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Ann Lowery Lightfoot (1928-2024)

Ann Lowery Lightfoot, 95, of Massillon, Ohio, passed away on February 20, 2024 after a long illness. Ann was born in Luverne, Alabama on...

Benjamin T. Bradley (1944-2008)

Benjamin T. Bradley November 26, 1944 - June 8, 2008 Ben Bradley was a past president of Lighthouse Visions Inc. and shared the vision of...

Lemmie Gibson

Lemmie Gibson served in the U.S. Army Air Force for six months during World War II, and was employed at the YWCA. He served as a deacon...

Black History Month Program, Massillon 2024

View photos from the February 16, 2024 event here. PROGRAM Breakfast Opening Prayer Pastor LeCounte Nedab, St. James AME Zion Church...

Thomas Lee Jackson Jr. (1941-2023)

Thomas Lee Jackson Jr. was born in Parral, Ohio on June 16, 1941 to Thomas L. and Mattie (Golden) Jackson. His mother died when he was...

Aunty Malinda Clemons

(Article c.1907) 100 YEARS OLD DECEMBER 30 Aunty Clemens Will Soon be a Centenarian. RECORDS SAID TO GIVE HER AGE. Her Family Does Not...

Mary E. Bigsbee (1940-2004)

Mary E. Bigsbee Aug 29, 1940 - March 22, 2004 Mary E. Bigsbee, 63 of Massillon, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, March 22, 2004, in...

Wright Walker (1845-1921)

Wright Walker, born 1845 in Georgia and later freed from slavery during the Civil War. Walker joined Union General William Tecumseh...

Essie Wooten (1915-1996)

Essie Wooten was an inspirational woman born into poverty. Wooten was forced to drop out of high school to take on a $4.00 per week job....