Obituaries
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Mother Ossie Lee Dillard
Mar 7, 2026
Ossie L. White-Wiggins-Dillard was born on September 24, 1939, in Terrell, Arkansas, the only child of Sarah Mullin-Brown and Booker T. West Sr. In 1955 she moved to South Bend, Indiana, to live with her father and her beloved stepmother, Geneva L. West, whom she affectionately called “Lil Momma.”
A graduate of Central High School in South Bend, Ossie continued her...
Charles Miller Carson Sr.
Mar 5, 2026
Charles Miller Carson, Sr. was born on January 15, 1949, to George and Doris Carson in Goodman, Mississippi. He was the second child of nine children. Charles was baptized at the age of seven at St. Mark’s Baptist Church in Mississippi.
When he moved to Chicago, Illinois, he became an active member of Trinity United Church of Christ. Charles was a...



