Arrangements updated for Tubbs Jones
CLEVELAND (AP) — Arrangements for the memorial of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones have been updated to include a service of the sorority of which she was a member.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Omega Omega services will be 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Bethany Baptist Church.
The 58-year-old Tubbs Jones died Wednesday evening after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm. A Democrat, she was the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
She represented the 11th Congressional District, which includes Cleveland and some eastern suburbs.
Viewing for the congresswoman is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
Additional viewing is 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. next Saturday at the Cleveland Public Auditorium in the Convention center, preceding an 11 a.m. memorial service.