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Jun 9, 2013 Biographies

Douglas E. Noles was born on September 7, 1916 in Montrose, Georgia. His parents were Errie and Jack Noles. Douglas father died when he was a young boy and his mother moved to Buffalo, New York shortl...

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Mary Louise Jackson Lewis

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Jun 6, 2013 Biographies

Mary Louise Lewis was born on January 31, 1925 in Augusta, Georgia. Her parents were Andrew Jackson and the Rev. Essie Brown Jackson. Mary moved to Buffalo at the age of 5. Despite being a high school...

Augusta Education GA United States

Grover Washington, Sr.

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Mar 24, 2013 Biographies

Grover Washington, Sr. was a native of Savannah, Georgia. He came to Buffalo as a boy and worked at Republic Steel until the plant closed in 1983. But it was his interest in music that left his real l...

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Oscar E. Rayford

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Mar 20, 2013 Biographies

Oscar E. Rayford was born on May 1, 1939 in Ocilla, Georgia. His parents were Oscar E. Rayford and Willie Toler. Mr. Rayford spent his formative years in Miami, Florida before relocating to Buffalo, N...

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Paul H. Harrison

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Mar 20, 2013 Biographies

Paul H. Harrison, a native of Gainesville, Georgia, moved to Buffalo in 1957. He was a graduate of East High School. He was employed in general trucking for 30 years before retiring in 2008. Mr. Harri...

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Monroe Fordham PhD

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Aug 11, 2012 Biographies

Monroe Fordham was born on October 11, 1939 in Parrott, Georgia. My mother's name was Arie Deloris Oxford, and my grandparents were Mance and Sarah Ann Oxford. Within a year or so after I was born, my...

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Roosevelt T. Johnson

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Aug 3, 2011 Biographies

Roosevelt Johnson was the director of religious programming at WUFO radio for 15 years. He played gospel music on Sunday mornings at the station. For 10 years he was also the host for "Brother Ted’s W...

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Janice D. Lois Stanley Coble

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Janice D. Lois Coble was born to Ora Clyde and Callie Stanley on December 6, 1928, the youngest of five children. She was born in a country town known as Chauncey, Georgia. Janice's earliest childhood...

Chauncey GA United States

Milton Holder

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Milton Holder was a former waiter for the New York Central Railroad. He was born in Dublin, Georgia and moved to Buffalo with his parents in 1923. He studied auto mechanics at Burgard Vocational High ...

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Ruby Butts

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Jul 20, 2011 Biographies

Ruby Butts was born on November 25, 1905, in Hogansville, Georgia. She attended Spellman College in Atlanta and the University at Buffalo. After earning her degrees, Ruby lived in Ashville, North Caro...

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Herman Price

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Jul 14, 2011 Biographies

Herman Alexander Price was born on May 9, 1905 to the late Sherman and Rosa Anna Price. Herman is the surviving offspring of ten children: Daisy, Willie Bell, Mamie Dell, Nollie, Sherman, Henry, Rosa ...

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Devorah Christmas Maclin

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Devorah is a native of Eastman, Georgia. She is the daughter of Lillie Anna Christmas Warren and the late William Christmas, and granddaughter of the late Lucas and Eva Christmas. Devorah is the niece...

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