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In Loving Memory of Anne Marie Burns (Devlin)

Anne Marie Burns

1957 – 2019
Beloved sister, mother, grandmother, friend and community activist

Do you know Anne Burns??  Which Anne Burns do you know, the mother? Grandmother? Sister? Aunt? Cousin? Friend? Caretaker? Advocate? Teacher? Student? Trailblazer? Minister? Was she the crazy lady holding up traffic in the middle of Quincy St? Or was sh …

Marilyn J. Dawson

Marilyn J. Dawson

1953 – 2019

Marilyn J. Dawson passed away after on February 2, 2019. A native of Boston, raised in West Medford, Marilyn was the oldest of three children born to James w. Dawson, Jr. (D-1992) and Barbara J. Dawson. She is survived by her mother, her two brothers C …

Beryl Ethelinda ROACH

Beryl Ethelinda ROACH

1922 – 2019

Was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1922, departed this life on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. She was 96 years old. Beryl was predeceased by two sisters, Emy Louise Marshall and Phyllis M. Donelan, and a brother, Horace L. Roach. She is survi …

Matthew Ray Drayton

Matthew Ray Drayton

2018

Matthew Ray Drayton, of Roxbury, best known as “Poppa Ray,” departed this life on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. The son of the late Eddie and Maggie (Lewis) Drayton, husband of Junyce (White) Drayton. Brother to Eddie M. Drayton, Jr., Ora Lee (Drayton) …

Ardis Graham

1944 – 2018
The Photographer

James “Ardis” Graham was born March 21, 1944, in Hoke County, North Carolina and entered eternal rest on November 19, 2018. From the union of Samuel Graham & Mable (Monroe) Graham, Ardis was the only child. He inherited a strong legacy of faith, fa …

Lloyd Trevor Horton, Jr (“Timmy”)

Lloyd Trevor Horton, Jr.

1945 – 2018
Nursing Home Crooner Passes

Lloyd Trevor Horton, Jr. was born on May 9, 1945 to the late Helen Taylor Horton and the late Lloyd T. Horton, Sr. Esq. in Boston, MA. He was so tiny they nicknamed him “Tim” in reference to “Tiny Tim” the popular character from Dickens’ A Christmas Ca …

In Loving Memory of Thelma Bolling

Thelma V.M. Bolling

2018
Beloved daughter of the late Senator Royal L. Bolling, Sr. and the late Thelma V.M. Bolling and cherished mother of Justyn Mayo

THELMA BOLLING OBITUARY Thelma Bolling of Boston and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts and Las Cruces, New Mexico, beloved daughter of the late Senator Royal L. Bolling, Sr. and the late Thelma V.M. Bolling and cherished mother of Justyn Mayo died on August 8, …

Edith Irene Brothers

1924 – 2018
We morn the passing of our mother Edith Brothers

EDITH IRENE BROTHERS, 94, of Chicago Illinois, passed away on Friday August 24, 2018 in Hammond, Indiana surrounded by her son and daughter and their spouses. Born on February 19, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Dolan B. …

Cecil Henry Guscott

Cecil Henry Guscott

2018

of Dorchester, August 1, 2018. Beloved father of Henry I. Guscott and Patrice A. Williams both of Dorchester. Loving grandfather of Henry Winston Guscott, Jr. of Dorchester. Son of the late Ruby A. (Field) and Henry Frank Guscott. Brother of the late C …

Joan Andrews

1949 – 2018

Joan Andrews was born May 23, 1949 in Boston. She was the beloved daughter of Richard and Ruth Andrews whom preceded her in death. Joan was a lifelong resident of Roxbury and a graduate of the Jeremiah Burke High school and she was employed by Verizon …