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Mar 10, 2019 Biographies

Corrine Risdon was born on October 10, 1910 in North Carolina. She married Arthur B. Risdon, from Panama. They became residents of Niagara Falls, New York and raised two sons there, Ernest and Algerno...

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Edna Hendricks Watkins

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Mar 8, 2019 Biographies

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Nellie M. King Ashford

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Mar 7, 2019 Biographies

Nellie Ashford was born on July 13, 1922, the daughter of the late Charles and Ivery (Gilbert) King. Nellie attended The Prestigious Philadelphia School for Girls, graduating in 1949. She received a r...

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Deborah Frails May Burt

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Mar 6, 2019 Biographies

Deborah May Burt was born on January 3, 1952 to Jim and Susie Frails in Niagara Falls, New York. She attended the Niagara Falls Public School System, and was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School. D...

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Doris W. Jones

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Mar 6, 2019 Biographies

Doris W. Jones was described by those who knew and loved her as ".a strong voice, tenacious fighter and compassionate conscience for tenants and tenants rights in the Niagara Falls community, even in ...

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Arlene R. Miles Peoples

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Mar 5, 2019 Biographies

Ms. Peoples was a longtime member of the American Kennel Club, traveling the dog show circuit across the United States with her champion bull mastiffs, winning many awards. She introduced Buffalo scho...

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Essie Brown Williams

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Mar 5, 2019 Biographies

Effie Brown Williams was the eldest child of Berta Felder Brown and Paul Brown, Sr. born June 28, 1928 in Montezuma, GA. During her formative years, the family moved several times. Despite the disrupt...

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Linda G. Gray

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Mar 4, 2019 Biographies

Linda G. Gray is a native of Niagara Falls and the daughter of the late Luther Gray and Flora M. Harris. She is the mother of two (2) children, Toya Gray-Thomas and Jelani B. Hamlett as well as grandm...

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Alicia L. Lester

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Mar 4, 2019 Biographies

Alicia L. Lester was born to the proud parents of Belmira Hinto Lester from Niagara Falls, NY and James Lester from Harrisburg, PA in August of 1955. Ms. Lester is a trained Senior Financial Analyst, ...

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Vanessa Scott

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Feb 27, 2019 Biographies

Elder Vanessa Scott is a native of Niagara Falls and a Mother of four sons. Vanessa accepted the Lord into her life December 13, 1981 at the New Jerusalem Revival Center after hearing the message of B...

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Inez V. Caver

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Feb 27, 2019 Biographies

Inez V. Caver was born to two of the founding members of New Hope Baptist Church, the Late Deacon Willie Walter Ellis and Deaconess Aurelia Smith-Ellis, on October 7, 1916 in Niagara Falls. She attend...

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Vivian Virgina Charlotte Ellis Thompson

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Feb 27, 2019 Biographies

Vivian Virginia Charlotte Ellis was born to two of the founding members of New Hope Baptist Church, the Late Deacon Willie Walter Ellis and Deaconess Aurelia Smith-Ellis, shortly after her parents emi...

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