Oliver “Musa Muhammad” Carlton Lloyd, 45, a Black/African American man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on Saturday, February 21, 2015, leaving behind a circle of family and friends who gathered quickly around his memory and the rituals that mattered to him.
In the week that followed, his loved ones prepared to say goodbye in a way rooted in faith and community. A Janaza service was announced for Saturday, February 28, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.
at Masjidur-Rahim, 1238 North Johnson Street in New Orleans, with Imam Rafeeq H. Nu’Man identified in the service details. After prayers, he was to be laid to rest at Pineview Cemetery in Slidell, Louisiana, with arrangements handled by Professional Funeral Service, Incorporated, of New Orleans.
The notices describing his passing speak most clearly about the people who carried him in their hearts. They name his wife, Anjanette Hall-Lloyd; his sons, Nylan Z. Bryant, Michael Bailey, and Rocky D. Hall Jr.; and his parents, Gloria and Oliver Lloyd Jr., alongside siblings and extended family members who would have filled the rows at the service and the quiet spaces afterward. They also record losses that had already marked the family, noting loved ones who died before him, including Beryl Kennedy, and in another notice, additional relatives listed among those preceded him in death.
As for what happened to him and whether anyone was ever held responsible, the readily available public material tied directly to his death offers little beyond the fact of his passing and the arrangements that followed. One online memorial entry characterizes the death as gun violence, but it does not provide investigative detail. Across these accessible sources, there are no confirmed names of suspects, no documented arrests, and no publicly described charges, trials, or convictions connected to his death.
