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Final Services Set for Educator Aria Rogers Peterson

October 20, 2015 Staff 0

Final services have been set for longtime Duval County educator Mrs. Aria Louise Rogers Peterson who transitioned Saturday, October 10, 2015. She is preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, the late Albert […]

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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 […]

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​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 […]

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