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Oct 10, 2018 Biographies

Sharon M Belton-Cottman, was appointed in Spring 2011, and represents the students and parents of the Ferry District. Born to loving and nurturing parents, the late Thelma and Edward Belton. Sharon is...

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Evelyn Dove-Coleman

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Sep 3, 2018 Biographies

Evelyn Dove-Coleman was among seven Kinston-area women nominated for the 2007 Pinnacle of Achievement Award, presented by the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes profession...

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William Godfrey

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Sep 2, 2018 Biographies

William Godfrey was a retired Erie County worker and neighborhood leader. He was born in Pratt City, Alabama and moved to Buffalo, NY as a child. Mr. Godfrey was a machinist at Houdaille Industries an...

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Carolyn Bernice McClester Thomas

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Sep 2, 2018 Biographies

Carolyn Bernice McClester Thomas, a native Georgian, was the daughter of James and Lula McClester. She was born in Swainsboro and completed her formal education in her home town. She is a graduate of ...

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Bessie L. Walker

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Aug 30, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Bessie L. Walker was married to Sherman L. Walker. She came to Buffalo with her husband in 1922. Mrs. Walker worked with her husband in their funeral home. She was a member of the Eastern Stars a...

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Roy A. Mathis

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

Roy A. Mathis was born June 7, 1926 to Eli Mathis and Daisy Hunt in Chattanooga Tennessee. He was the youngest of 10 children, all of whom have preceded him in death. He attended Howard High School wh...

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Albert Thompson

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

Albert Thompson served as the first African American superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools from 1990 to 1996. Before assuming the position of superintendent, Thompson worked in the district beg...

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John Hackney

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

John H. Hackney was born in Buffalo, New York on September 12, 1929 at Children's Hospital. He was the first son and fourth child of John, Sr. and Mary J. Hackney, in a family of six children. John at...

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Christine Ann Castro Parker

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Aug 18, 2018 Biographies

Born in June, 1959, Christine Ann Castro is a native of Buffalo, New York. Christine is the eldest of five children born to Pedro Angelo Castro, Sr. (Puerto Rico) and Clara May Wright (Buffalo) and th...

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Mr. Darrell Marion Saxon II

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Aug 17, 2018 Biographies

Darrell M. Saxon II is known throughout the country as Western New York's premier funeral director who is at the helm of Buffalo's historic Thomas T. Edwards Funeral Home. Mr. Saxon joined the funeral...

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Karen Stanley Fleming

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Aug 8, 2018 Biographies

Karen Stanley Fleming is the owner and Managing Consultant for Key Success Factors Consulting in Buffalo, which provides strategic planning and fund development services for non-profit agencies as wel...

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Roger K. Strother

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Aug 3, 2018 Biographies

"Life is a marathon race and I'm a long-distance runner." This is just one of the mantras that have guided the life of Roger K. Strother. He completed one year at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Ma...

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