Obituary     Mortena Bishop was born in Barbados on October 2, 1931. Her proud parents were Arron Belgrave and Rosetta Evelyn. Mortena was one of eight siblings and immigrated to New York in 1968, residing in Long Island. She found early employment with the Seigal family and continued working with them until retirement. During that period, Mortena obtained her GED. In the 1970s, Mortena married Leon Bishop. For many years she served as a faithful member of the Church of the...

Obituary       Chanceford Fairfax Jr. (Knobby) was born July 5th, 1938 to the late Marion E. and Chanceford Fairfax Sr. at Meadowbrook Hospital, East Meadow New York. Chanceford was raised in Westbury New York and educated in the Carle Place and Westbury School District. As a child Chanceford accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. He attended the AME Zion Church located on Grand Blvd. and Union Ave. in Westbury where his Grandfather served as Pastor. As a young...

Obituary           Conrad Martin was born on January 23 1929 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Frank and Anna Martin. He attended various elementary schools and eventually Haaren High School from which he did not graduate because he would not do long division in the school sanctioned manner. This refusal to conform to what he believed was wrong or illogical presaged how he would continually interact with bureaucracies his entire life. However, he obtained his G.E.D and...

Obituary         Robert Earl Sizemore, Sr. was born in Fayette, Alabama to Gurley Sizemore and Lizzie Williams on May 19, 1948. He was the second child of seven children. Robert was a graduate of Fayette County High School. He enlisted in the army in September 1968 and served one year of combat in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in September 1970.   In 1971, shortly after his return from the army, his cousin introduced him to Cynthia Wingfield. Robert and...

Obituary         Patricia Lee Harris was born to the late Albert Bishop and Ethel M. Bishop on January 27th, 1944 in Far Rockaway, New York.   The Family moved to Amityville, New York, where Pat continued her education in the Amityville school system. She later completed a nursing assistant program but soon realized it was not her cup of tea (always the diva). Patricia began working at the Amityville Junior High School for several years as a teacher’s...

Obituary     William Henry was born to his beloved mother Constantia Carmen and father William H. Carmen in Brooklyn, New York on February 5, 1927. He was the first born of this union. He was nurtured by his maternal grandparents Katie and George “Papa” Anderson along with his sister Constantia and Aunt Mollie (who was like a sister to them). He grew up in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York with a lively, household full of uncles and...

Obituary     Alton Dayshaun Lucas was born on May 18th 1987. He was the first of two children born to Katurah Lucas and Amos Livingston.   He affectionately became known as “Day” or “ Day Day.” Dayshaun was a hyper active child and at the age of six, his stepfather, Michael Richardson, enrolled him in Huntington P.A.L football. He excelled from day one and we knew we had a star in our hands.   In 1996, the family moved to West Babylon. This...

Obituary     Mother Mozell Pannell was born on April 23, 1932 in Union County, South Carolina to the late James Jeter and Susie Gist- Jeter. She attended and graduated from Spartanburg school district.   Mozell migrated to New York in 1951. She married the love of her life, Charles Curtis Pannell in 1966. From their union came three children: Susie, Charles Michael, and Austina. Mother Pannell built her life and home in Amityville. She helped and cared for children from...