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Homegoing Celebration Set for Dr. James Augustus Joyner

July 14, 2015 Staff 0

Dr. James Augustus Joyner 1942-2015 by Jeanine Ferguson Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 20, 1942, Dr. Joyner attended the local public schools and graduated from New Stanton Senior High School and later Florida A&M […]

Percy Sledge, Voice Behind “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Dies

April 14, 2015 Staff 0

Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died this week in Louisiana. He was 73. Sledge’s longtime […]