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Nov 21, 2014 Biographies

A native of Pineville, Louisiana, Dr. Richard Bennett, Jr., Ph.D., was born February 10, 1939, to Rev. Richard Bennett and Winifred Lewis Bennett. The youngest of three children, he enjoyed trailing b...

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Julius W. Blazer Jr.

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Jul 26, 2014 Biographies

Julius Blazer was a tire store owner and restaurant owner. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and came to Buffalo at an early age. In the 1960s he and John Young opened "Wings and Things" restaurant...

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Emma Elizabeth Williams Ellis

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Apr 14, 2013 Biographies

Emma Elizabeth Williams was born circa 1892, the daughter of George and Dinah Bailey Williams. Her parents were former slaves on the Wise Plantation. The census records initially reported her birth mo...

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Charley Herman Fisher, Jr.

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Feb 8, 2013 Biographies

Charley Herman Fisher Jr., of Buffalo was a retired union electrician, who was active in Masonic organizations. He was the father of former Buffalo Council Member Charley H. Fisher III. Mr. Fisher had...

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Thomas A. Ellis Sr.

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Nov 28, 2012 Biographies

Thomas Archie Ellis Sr. was born in Pineville, Louisiana on November 25, 1928 to the union of the late Robert C. and Florence Linscomb Ellis. Thomas graduated from Peabody High School I 1947. He serve...

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Mrs. Hazel Rhea Hurst

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Dec 7, 2011 Biographies

Ninth born to her parents, on the border of Jefferson and New Orleans, Hazel Rhea-Hurst was a natural born leader. After growing tired of walking miles to a white man's grocery store to use a phone, h...

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Willis Lee Jones

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Rev. Willis Lee Jones' plans for revitalizing the city's East side brought some of the first new construction in 20 years to the neighborhood around the old War Memorial Stadium. He was the pastor of ...

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Sarah Jane Lee Williams

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Jul 26, 2011 Biographies

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Clara Dorothea Ellis Seals

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Jun 28, 2011 Biographies

Clara Doretha Ellis was born in the small rural community of Pineville, Louisiana on August 5, 1921. She was the third child of Augustus (Gus) Ellis, a World War I veteran and Emma Elizabeth Williams ...

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Dorothy Ruth Wilson Coleman

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Dorothy Ruth Coleman was born on April 3, 1936 in the small town of Crowley, Louisiana. She is the daughter of Reverend J.J. Wilson and Delia Pierre Wilson. Dorothy Ruth Wilson Coleman has proven to b...

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Bertron Carter

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Jun 15, 2011 Biographies

Bertron Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 13, 1933. He came to Buffalo as a child. He attended the Buffalo Public Schools and graduated from Hutchison Central High School. He is a gradu...

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Vernell Melson

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Jun 14, 2011 Biographies

Vernell Melson was born on April 16, 1916. His parents were David and Lillian Melson. Vernell was the couple’s fifth son of thirteen children. At an early age, Vernell confessed Christ and joined St. ...

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