The family will receive friends on Tuesday at Ebony & Whites Funeral Service from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm, Join Zoom Meeting https://southalabama.zoom.us/j/95698214546, +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York), +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston), +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma), Ebony & Whites Funeral Service is serving the Dockery family, Send flowers to the service of Carl Dockery. Now Mrs. Bryant, more recently known as Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died at 88. He learned that the power and respect that usually accompany fame and fortune could be largely illusory as far as black entertainers were concerned. urns, and clothing to fit every budget. Flowers are delivered by the preferred local florist of Ebony & White's Funeral Service | Lincolnton, NC. Starts at 11:00am (Central time) View Details. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. The pairs subsequent film, Uptown Saturday Night (1974), proved less successful. Two great grandchildren, Miss Jada Carlise Lawrence, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and Miss Kyndall Alysia Lawrence, Kings Mountain, North Carolina and a host of dear relatives and friends. April 21, 2023. Weeks after the unserved arrest warrant was found, the office of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said there was no new evidence to pursue a criminal case against Donham. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Rosanna Dockery Thompson (Allen), Raleigh, North Carolina. Box 1133 If so, claim your Forever Free Basic Listing today! The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. While attending Tuskegee Institute Carl Jr. met the love of his life, Chloe Chlo Runderson of Mobile, Alabama. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. The enduringly handsome Belafonte, who has died aged 96, had great success not just as a honey-voiced singer and a compelling actor, but also as a passionate and erudite campaigner for civil rights. John Benjamin Johnson. Historian and author Timothy Tyson of Durham, North Carolina, provided a copy of the 99-page manuscript, I Am More Than A Wolf Whistle, to AP. She survives him, along with the two daughters of his first marriage, and the son and daughter from his second.Brian Baxter. He fared better producing Buck and the Preacher (1972), directed by his co-star, Poitier. The family will receive friends on Tuesday at Ebony & White's Funeral . His mother would often reinforce this belief by saying, Serve your community and to do well your part for thats where the honor lies. He was the first person of color to be appointed by the governor to the Cleveland Community College Board of Trustees. OBITUARIES. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. Offer words of sympathy and comfort, share a memory or light a candle. She was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina on April 16, 1961 to Kathryn Smith. By Erik Ortiz. View obituary. Ebony & White's Funeral Service | Lincolnton, NC Obituaries. Post a message or leave a review for Ebony Funeral Services. A passionate campaigner for gun control in the US, he chastised fellow black Americans in 2013 for failing to speak up on the issue. At an early age Carl Jr. received Christ and through the years, he was active in his local church, Durham United Methodist Church in Shelby.