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Ada Smith was from Haltwhistle, Northumberland. [3] John Smith, her grandfather, founded a varnish factory in Haltwhistle, in 1850. [4] He lived at South Vale, now a Grade II listed building in Haltwhistle, [5] and was known as founder of local Sunday schools around 1830. [6] He married Mary Hood Haggie, daughter of David Haggie of Gateshead.
Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [5] Ada is home to East Central University, and is the capital of the Chickasaw Nation.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
A family is suing a New Jersey funeral home for botching a burial, causing a murdered woman's casket to pop open during the ceremony. According to WCBS, Brooklyn native Nequia Webb-Davidson was ...
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town is a 2006 true crime book by John Grisham, his first nonfiction title. The book tells the story of Ronald 'Ron' Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who was wrongly convicted in 1988 of the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada and was sentenced to death.
Idris Phillips, 64, musician and composer ... Dwight Smith, 58, ... politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1997) and Oklahoma House of ...
Greg Gumbel, the renowned CBS Sports anchor and commentator, has died at the age of 78. His family confirmed the news in a statement on Friday, saying:
Championship boxer Paul Bamba has died at 35, his manager Ne-Yo confirmed on Friday, Dec. 27. In a statement shared to Instagram, the 45-year-old singer and manager, along with Bamba's family ...