NFL-star-turned-dentist, John Williams, succumbs at 64
OW Staff
Jul 12 2012

Played for Rams, Colts

John McKay Williams, a National Football League offensive lineman from 1968 through 1979, died on July 8, in Minneapolis at age 64. He had recently been the recipient of a kidney transplant.

Born in Jackson, Miss., Williams began his athletic career as a stand-out football star in Toledo, Ohio. He received his bachelor’s in education from the University of Minnesota in 1969.

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Doris Thomas memorial held
Jennifer Thompson  |   OW College Intern
Jun 14 2012

Succumbs to ovarian cancer

Funeral services for Doris Marie Thomas were held Saturday at Church of Christ Eastside in Los Angeles. 

Thomas was 73 years of age and died May 31 of ovarian cancer. 

She was born the seventh of eight children on March 31, 1939, to James and Marie Mims in Bessemer, Ala. As a youth, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior and joined Church of Christ in Bessemer. 

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Down by the Deltas
OW Staff Writer
Jun 14 2012

Looking toward the Centennial

Honorary Delta Sheryl Lee Ralph, from left, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority President Cynthia M.A. Butler McIntyre, Regional Director Sandra Phillips Johnson, and past Regional Director Thelma James Day, Ed.D., at the Delta’s far west region reception honoring McIntyre at Loyola Marymount University on Sunday, June 10. The event was a kickoff celebration titled “Journey to the Centennial.” The Deltas will celebrate their 100th year as a sorority in 2013./ 
 

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Friends and family celebrated
OW Staff
Oct 27 2011

Second A.M.E. Zion plans two-day event

Second A.M.E. Zion Church holds its annual Friends and Family weekend beginning Saturday with a harvest festival from noon to 4 p.m.

The event will feature local performers, cultural entertainment, free food, crafts for the children, exhibits, games and much more.

On Sunday, the church will hold a 10 a.m. Friends and Family worship service.

Second A.M.E. Zion is located at 3612 W. 64th St., Inglewood. For information, call (310) 412-1674.
 

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