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Georgie Stokes Walker

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Mar 23, 2020 Biographies

Georgie Stokes Walker, the only child of Lucille Lee Stokes and the late James Stokes, was born February 20, 1924 in Calhoun Falls , South Carolina . She was brought to Buffalo , New York at three mon...

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Lucille Lee Stokes

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Mar 19, 2013 Biographies

Lucille Lee Stokes was the youngest child born to David Lee, a farmer and itinerant Methodist minister and Leah Foote Lee on January 20, 1905 in Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, South Carolina. She wa...

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Thelma Belcher Barnes

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Mar 19, 2013 Biographies

Thelma Barnes was born on May 11, 1925 in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. Her parents were Coleman and Georgie Lee Belcher. She attended school in her home town and moved to Buffalo in 1943. As a young...

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

John A. Gary was a retired waiter for New York Central Railroad. He was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. He moved to Buffalo, New York around 1925. For 40 years he was a dining car waiter for th...

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General Gene Bass

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Jul 26, 2011 Biographies

General Gene Bass was a community leader and local tennis icon who gave many inner-city children a rare opportunity to learn the sport. Bass was a pioneer with a list of firsts for Buffalo’s African A...

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Mildred Belcher Thomas

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Mildred Belcher Thomas was born February 5, 1923 in Calhoun Falls , South Carolina to the late Coleman and Georgie (Lee) Belcher. She was the second oldest child of ten children born to this union. Sh...

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