William C. March, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William C. March

American businessman

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1923

Date of Death: 02-Aug-2002

Profession: entrepreneur

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Carrington March (February 4, 1923 – August 2, 2002) was an entrepreneur.
He and his wife Julia R.
March founded March Funeral Homes located in Baltimore, Maryland, the largest African American funeral services company in the United States.March was born in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina to Carrington March, a Lutheran minister, and Georgia March.
In 1928, his father moved his family to Baltimore, after taking a ministry job there.
However, the Marches soon discovered that there was racial prejudice even within the church.
Carrington March was removed from his Baltimore ministry because he was black.
Lutheran officials offered him a church of his own in Selma, Alabama, but he refused to take his family to the deep South.