Lawrence Melvin Davison died on Aug. 3. He was born on April 15, 1939 in Portland, Oregon...

Deetta Yvonne Thompson died on Aug. 12. She was 81.
Born in Maxwell, Ore., on March 6, 1928, Deetta is survived by her husband Rev. Lige J. Thompson.

Debra Denise LyDay died from complications due to seizures on Aug. 15. The funeral service is 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at The Sharon Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 5209 NE 22nd Ave. Pastor Royal L. Harrison will be officiating ...

Gary Wayne Livingston Sr. was born on July 4, 1935 to Glen G. Livingston and Irene Livingston in Shelby, Mt. This proud warrior and member of the Chippawa lost tribe of the Little Shellnation died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Melford died on July 28. He was 70. Melford was born on Nov. 2, 1938 in Spur, Texas to Anton and Clemmie Hodge-Smith. He was one of ten children ...

M. K. Nickleberry died on July 29. He was 88. A public viewing will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 4 and Wednesday Aug. 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Terry Family Funeral Home, 2337 N. Williams Ave. The service will be held Thursday, Aug. 6 at 11 a.m. at New Song Community Church ...

Lillian Lucille Glass has died. She the daughter of the late Allen Glass and Katie (Robinson) Glass, was born in Somerville, Alabama on Sept. 5, 1908. At an early age she accepted Christ and became a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Hartselle, Ala. Ms. Glass moved to Portland from Birmingham, Ala. in the early 1940s ...

Brady Brookins has died. He was born on July 25, 1956 in Sylacauga, Ala. He was the fifth child of Jimmy Kater Brookins and Raycene Rogers-Brookins. He attended East Highland High School. After high school he went into the military. He was last stationed in Fort Lewis, Wa. He received an Honorable Discharge from the military and made Portland, Ore. his home. ...

Marvis Lee Lambert was born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas on September 3, 1938 to the late Marvin Lambert and Everline Jacobs-Lambert, and was reared by his beloved step-father James Thomas Jacobs. He was an avid fisherman and lover of sports. He was brought up in the fear and admonition of God at the Longview Methodist Church. He was educated in the Drew County Public School System in Lacey, Ark. During Marvis' vocational career he was employed by Portland Ship Yard, Ron Tonkin Chevrolet, Crown Zellerbach, and after 30 years of loyal service retired in 1998 from Oregon Steel Mill ...

Aaron B. Pruitt died on May 16. He was 49. Aaron was born Dec. 22, 1959 in Birmingham, Ala. to Callie K. Pruitt and Askew Benson. Aaron B. Pruitt, there isn't enough words to explain such a dedicated, loving, successful, remarkable man. He was a hero in many eyes, especially his kids. ...