James Everett Jr., 91, family and South Philly neighborhood patriarch, dies
(World News USA)

JAMES EVERETT JR., 91, patriarch of his family and his South Philly neighborhood, died Jan. 12 after a life of caring that was celebrated Sunday at his beloved Rising Sun Baptist Church. Born in 1924 in Laurinburg, N.C., Mr. Everett married Julia McKay on Dec. 22, 1942, in Bennettsville, S.C. The marriage lasted more than 70 years until her death in 2013. The couple moved to South Philadelphia in 1951, where Mr. Everett, a member of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, ran...