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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Rita E. Fraiser is a Buffalo native, and has dedicated her life to developing and expanding the minds of young children for the past 26 years. Believing throughout her career as both teacher and admin...

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Catherine Eberhart

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Catherine Eberhart was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She lived in the Willert Park Projects for her first 7 years and an almost daily visit to the Willert Park Library helped her develop a lov...

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Barbara Kirkland Dennis

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Barbara Kirkland Dennis is a native of Buffalo who, for more than twenty-five years, has demonstrated a sincere commitment to family and community restoration. Her dedication in this field of work is ...

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Laura Davis Jackson

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Laura (Davis) Jackson Laura Davis, born in Buffalo New York September 23, 1946 raised in Willert Park and Cold Spring sections of the city. Attending schools 31, 17, Lafayette High School, graduating ...

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Karen R. Davis Ellington

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Karen R. Ellington is a native of Buffalo, New York. She is one of five children, born to Marian and Willie W. Davis. Ms. Ellington is a graduate of Buffalo's Riverdale High School and the Bryant ...

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Dianna Robyn Coles

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Dianna Robyn Coles was born on January 18, 1970, in Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Hospital to Robert and Claudia Coles (nee Clark) (Deceased). Robert Coles was the first minority Union Steward at WKBW-AB...

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April Smith Coley

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

A native of Buffalo, April Smith Coley has called North Carolina home for many years. Leaving Buffalo in the late 70's because of the passing of her mother, the late Cottie B. Williams, she moved to N...

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Jessie Faye Coleman Ector

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Jessie Faye Ector was born in Buffalo to Grover, Sr. and Ethel Coleman. She is a graduate of Fosdick Masten High School and Medaille College where she received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration...

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Lynne Meredith Clawson Woods

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Lynne Meredith Clawson-Woods was born in Buffalo, New York. She was educated in Buffalo Public Schools and attended Erie Community College for Dental Hygiene. She is the mother of Brandon Michael Wood...

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Lorenda Chisolm-Williams

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Lorenda is a native Buffalonian, is the daughter of Stephanie and Larry Chisolm. She has a younger sibling, Marcus, who is an electrical engineer in Chattanooga, TN. A product of the Buffalo Public Sc...

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Patrice Cathey

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

This biography appears in Uncrowned Queens, Volume II. Patrice Cathey is a native of Buffalo, New York. She is the daughter of the late Eulis M. Cathey, Sr., former Erie County Probation Officer and M...

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Michelle McKnight Boyd

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Michelle A. (McKnight) Boyd was born September 12, 1942 in Buffalo, New York; twelve siblings (seven sisters and five bothers. She is married to Rev. Arthur H. Boyd, President/CEO of GROUP Ministries,...

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