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Floyd J. Edwards

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Jun 12, 2019 Biographies

Edwards was a graduate of Barker Central High School in Barker, New York. He served in the US Marine Corps for three years during World War II and was honorably discharged as a Private First Class. As...

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Feb 21, 2015 Biographies

Pete Johnson, a jazz musician was noted as being one of the foremost practitioners of the swinging, eight to the bar boogie woogie piano style. The "King of Boggie" started out as a jazz drummer but s...

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William Roland Riding

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Dec 7, 2011 Biographies

William Roland Riding was born in Hannibal, Missouri on May 8, 1931. He was the son of Albert William Riding and Mary Lewis Riding. Bill, as he was affectionately called, moved to Buffalo in 1935 with...

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Dec 7, 2011 Biographies

Mr. Inge was a well-known Buffalo saxophonist, who played with and taught jazz musicians in the Western New York area since the 1940s. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 7, 1906 and learned to ...

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Ruth Serene Houston Cathey

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Jun 28, 2011 Biographies

Ruth Houston Cathey was born on July 25, 1929 in Springfield, Missouri. She was raised in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Her mother was a school teacher and her father was the minister of the Presbyterian...

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Betty P. Shadrick

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Over the past 28 years, Betty P. Shadrick has held progressively responsible positions in educational institutions, community-based and state government agencies. Applying her skills in teaching, coun...

Kansas City MO United States

Lessie Arnold Roland

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Lessie Arnold was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, in 1907. She was the fourth eldest of nine children born to Bernard and Catherine Miller Arnold. While still a child, Lessie moved to Buffalo, New Yor...

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