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Damon has recently realized that he may be “too broke to die.” He attended John Witherspoon’s “celebration of life,” and it was so “elaborate,” and beautiful. That’s what made him realize that he doesn’t have enough money to have a home going ceremony half as nice as that. So, he’s going to keep working and […]

So often people label funerals a “celebration” of life but often times Guy says they don’t feel very celebratory. Yesterday he went to John Witherspoon’s funeral and he said it actually felt like a celebration. The family asked that people not come dressed in black, but wear colors because John was a colorful person. Stories […]

Megan Thee Stallion has reportedly done a good deed for the family of a fan. HotNewHipHop reports that Thee Stallion gave money to assist with the funeral costs of a fan who was killed after her Washington D.C. show with Wale. A fan posted a photo on Monday night on Twitter with the message,  “So my cousin was […]

T.I.‘s older sister, Precious Harris, passed away Feb. 22 after suffering an asthma attack on the road, causing her to lose control of the vehicle she was driving and crash the car. She died a week later from her injuries at age 66. Harris was reportedly surrounded by family with T.I. and Tiny halting production on their reality […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most exclusive fraternity — the presidents club — assembled Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush, putting on public display its uneasy relationship with the current occupant of the Oval Office. The uncomfortable reunion brought President Donald Trump together in the same pew with past White House residents who have given […]

A South Jersey woman claims a funeral home let her brother’s body “decompose” in their facility before the service was set to take place. Ashkeya Pratt-Williams has filed a lawsuit against Carl Miller Funeral Home in Camden for allowing the body of her recently deceased brother, John Ross Pratt, to decompose in a garage. Pratt died in his home […]

There are rules to attending Funerals, and Guy has gripes. Every family has the “hungry side of the family,” but don’t go to a funeral just for the food at the repass. During the funeral don’t lean on the casket, there is no need to “have a conversion with somebody that’s dead,” Guy says. And […]

  The Archdiocese of Washington has issued an apology after a Maryland manic priest kicked a mourning family out of his church during a funeral and then proceeded to call the cops on them. According to Fox5, the altercation happened at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Charlotte Hall, Maryland on Tuesday, when Reverend Michael Briese blew up at the family. […]

One of the victims in last Sunday’s Waffle House shooting was singing “Jesus Loves Me” moments before a gunman entered the restaurant and shot her to death, along with three others. Mourners at Saturday’s funeral service for DeEbony Groves, 21, said her last moments reflected the life she lived. The senior at Belmont University was […]

4/23/18- While attending the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush over the weekend, Melania Trump attended without Donald Trump. The internet couldn’t help but notice how happy she looked sitting next to Barack Obama. Really, who wouldn’t be happy sitting next to Obama! READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — City officials braced for more protests as mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a 22-year-old, unarmed black man who was shot to death by Sacramento police in his grandparents’ backyard. The Rev. Al Sharpton planned to give the eulogy at services for Stephon Clark. Sharpton has called the shooting an […]

Hundreds hailed Erica Garner as a courageous racial justice activist, including rapper Common and Rev. Al Sharpton, at her funeral service in Harlem, New York Monday.