A regular performer at blues festivals as late as the early 1990s, Jessie Mae Hemphill, outfitted in a sequined hat and shiny purple halter top, stood out onstage for her age as well as her appearance ...

Jessie Mae Lankford SUFFOLK – Jessie Mae Lankford, 88, passed away March 2, 2009. She was a native of Suffolk and a nursing aide for The Chesapeake Retirement Home – when she retired she became a ...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of a blues music legend, Jessie Mae Hemphill, who passed away Saturday, July 22 around 7pm. Her music was an inspiration to music players and lovers around the world ...

Jessie Mae Hemphill, a blues musician whose award-winning career lasted decades and was heavily influenced by her upbringing in rural Mississippi, died Saturday in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital.

She lived her entire life in Florida, mostly in Calhoun County. She graduated from Blountstown High School in 1939 where she was on the basketball team, class president and Valedictorian. Jessie Mae ...

Jessie Mae Brown looks after her entire neighborhood—and proves that every little bit helps. Mention Jessie Mae Brown's name in her Oakland, CA, neighborhood, and everyone in a two-block radius will ...

A woman whose hallucinations were dismissed as anxiety has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Jessie Mae Lambert, 28, began experiencing hallucinations in October 2023, but her local GP attributed ...

MEMPHIS, July 24 (AP) Jessie Mae Hemphill, whose award-winning blues career lasted decades and was heavily influenced by her upbringing in rural Mississippi, died here on Saturday. She was 71. The ...