I n the rural-poor county of Coosa at the heart of Alabama is the small Peace and Goodwill Cemetery. The burial ground lies outside the backroads town of Rockford, which at the la ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Timothy Lee “Willie” Wilson, 68, Grand Forks, N.D. died Sunday, Feb. 23, in his home with family gathered by his side. Celebration of Life will be held Friday, February 28 ...

Robert Lee Willie raped and kidnapped one victim on May 28, 1980 in Washington Parish. Willie was convicted for raping and murdering Faith Hathaway, however, Willie said he had committed other ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them. The holidays were adopted by ...

There was another death row inmate you counseled during the same period named Robert Lee Willie, who was convicted of raping and murdering an 18-year-old named Faith Hathaway—crimes for which he ...

Born February 22, 1955, in East Chicago, IN, to Nemm and Jessie Mae Jackson. Robert Lee Jackson made his transition on December 5, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents Nemm and Jessie Mae ...

It’s been almost a decade since the Austin elementary school my kids attended, the school formerly known as Robert E. Lee Elementary, was the site of an early skirmish in the latest round of ...

Willie’s legacy continues, evidenced by a street in Dunbar named in his honor, an initiative Pitts helped spearhead. Lee County NAACP said Willie brought substance to civil rights and made his ...

Lee went on to say he believes Mays is the greatest baseball player who ever lived, and MLB should retire his No. 24. “I think Major League Baseball should retire the number 24 for all the teams ...