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Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (January 2, 1894 – April 25, 1967) was the first African-American Democrat elected to the Senate of the State of Michigan. Born in Tallula, Mississippi, to James J. Diggs and Lilly Granderson, Diggs moved to Detroit in 1913, where he owned a successful funeral home on the lower east side.
Cottrell has said: "The opportunity of leading worship at Two Rivers Baptist Church that Dr. Jerry Sutton gave me was a blessing." [2] Since that time Cottrell's vocals have been on several praise and worship albums led by Don Moen. He has also led worship at Beth Moore's conferences titled Living Proof Live since 1998.
Mount Elliott Cemetery is the oldest extant cemetery in the city of Detroit, [3] and contains 65 acres (260,000 m 2). [4] It is located on Mount Elliott Avenue just north of Lafayette Street. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association, who own a group of cemeteries in the Metro Detroit area.
A flower arrangement from Otis Williams and The Temptations sits in a hallway during the funeral for the Four Tops' Duke Fakir at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024.
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Eber Brock Ward (1811–1875), Detroit's first millionaire; Alpheus S. Williams (1810–1878), American Civil War general and U.S. Representative from Michigan. John R. Williams (1782–1854), first and sixth Mayor of Detroit under the second charter (1824–1825, 1830) and namesake of John R. Street [4]
Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909) – Architect of the Colorado, Michigan and Texas State Capitols; James K. Okubo (1920–1967) – World War II US Army recipient of the Medal of Honor; Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) – Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor [17] Francis Petrus Paulus (1862-1933) — Artist, teacher, and trustee of the Detroit Museum ...
Travis Scott has announced he will cover all funeral costs for the eight people who died at his concert last week and will provide "further aid" for