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Alberta Mae Simmons, March 15, 1933 - July 6, 2020 

Services will be held at Truevine M.B.C., 4735 N. Commercial on Friday July 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

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Hilton Eugene Smith, June 16, 1935 - June 30, 2020 

Hilton Eugene Smith, 85, passed away lovingly surrounded by family, on June 30, 2020.

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Dante Eugene Johnson, September 20, 1971 - June 15, 2020 

It is with great sadness, that the family of Dante Eugene Johnson announces his passing at the age of 48. Dante died unexpectedly on Monday, June 15, 2020. Viewing will be on June 25, 2020 from 1PM to 4PM at Terry Funeral Home.

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In this Jan. 20, 2011 file photo, Jean Kennedy Smith attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) 

Though she never ran for office, Smith campaigned for her brothers, traveling the country for then-Sen. John F. Kennedy as he sought the presidency in 1960.

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In this Sept. 14, 1978, file photo, Harry Glickman, general manager of the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, discusses events surrounding star player Bill Walton, who has been asked to be traded, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) 

Glickman was part of the original ownership team and held a number of positions with the team, including general manager. Under Glickman, the Trail Blazers reached the NBA Finals three times, winning their lone title in 1977

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In this Sept. 4, 1979 file photo, Bonnie Pointer poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Pointer, founding member of the Pointer Sisters, has died. Publicist Roger Neal says Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles on Monday. She was 69. (AP Photo/George Brich, FIle) 

Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday.

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The R&B giant was gay, black and out to the max; he was also a father and a man of faith

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Obrie Smith, Jr., November 24, 1940 - April 27, 2020 

Obrie Smith, Jr. was born on November 24, 1940, in St. Louis, Mo. He was peacefully called home by our Heavenly Father on Monday, April 27, 2020.

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This 2019 photo provided by Augusta Films, shows Richard Sobol in a still from the documentary "A Crime on the Bayou." (Augusta Films. A Crime on the Bayou via AP) 

Richard Sobol arrived in Louisiana in 1966 as a volunteer for the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee. Sobol said that assignment saw him enter "a new world from which I have never returned." 

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Herbert Lee Amerson 

Herbert Lee Amerson, a long time Portland resident, leader and community activist passed Monday, March 1, 2020 with family by his side

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