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Apr 2, 2023 Biographies

A native of Albany, New York, Joyce came to Buffalo, New York in 1973 with her husband, Winford A. Quick, M.D. to do his internship and residency at the Deaconess Hospital of Buffalo. She is the oldes...

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Eugene L. Pierce Sr.

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Mar 30, 2023 Biographies

Reverend Eugene L. Pierce was born Lovely E. Pierce on June 23, 1935, in Bay Springs, Mississippi, the third oldest of eleven children of the Rev. Lou E. Pierce and Mrs. Denothras Pierce (Pickens). Re...

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Johnnie Mae Bolden Mayo

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Mar 28, 2023 Biographies

Johnnie M. Mayo is the oldest of seven children. Her family increased by four when cousins were introduced following the loss of her maternal aunt. As a sixteen-year-old high school student, Johnnie b...

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Winford A. Quick MD

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Mar 25, 2023 Biographies

Winford A. Quick, M.D. is the Medical Director at the General Motors Corporation, Powertrain Division's Tonawanda Engine Plant. His responsibility is to provide quality medical care to the 1,800 plus ...

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Annie Nixon Singleton

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Mar 13, 2023 Biographies

There are many well-known and accomplished African Americans buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The list is long and impressive. One of the lesser known people is a woman named Annie Singleton, who at th...

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Irene McLeish Greene

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Feb 9, 2023 Biographies

Irene was born Irene McLeish in Buffalo, New York on August 31st, 1939, ten minutes after her identical twin Lorine. Their parents were Aaron and Martha McLeish. The sisters had a close bond in this w...

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Cynthia Jackson Anderson

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Jan 31, 2023 Biographies

Cynthia Anderson was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and attended Chickasha public schools first through tenth grades. She is the daughter of the late Harold W. Jackson and Loretta Y. Blunt Jackson. She ...

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Byron Brown

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Jan 25, 2023 Biographies

Mayor Byron William Brown was born and raised in Hollis, Queens. Educated in the New York City public schools, he is a graduate of August Martin High School, and came to Buffalo as a college freshman....

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Hortense Butts Nash

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Jan 22, 2023 Biographies

Hortense Butts Nash is the eldest of two daughters born to George and Ruby Tucker Butts. Hortense was born on September 29, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years later, her sister Gloria was born in the...

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Frances Jackson Nash

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Jan 22, 2023 Biographies

Frances Jackson Nash was born in Buffalo, New York on October 19, 1895 to Samuel and Harriet Anderson Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was remarried to Milton Hardon. She and her brother, Raymond E. Jackson (for...

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Sandra Leah Walker

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Jan 3, 2023 Biographies

Sandra Leah Walker was born in Buffalo, New York on July 17, 1944. She is the oldest child of the late Samuel S. Walker, Sr. and Georgie Stokes Walker, both originally of Calhoun Falls, SC. Her brothe...

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William H. Simpson

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Dec 24, 2022 Biographies

William H. Simpson's untimely death at age 35 deprived the world of one of its most talented artists. Even at his young age, he had been recognized by many important personalities, such as Bishop J. W...

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