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Mar 29, 2017 Biographies

Lonnie B. Harrell was born in Cheraw, Mississippi, a small rural area seven miles south of Columbia, Mississippi. His mother and father, Edwina and Robert Harrell, had only two children, Lonnie and hi...

Cheraw MS United States

Edgar French McClellan Sr.

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Feb 23, 2016 Biographies

Edgar French McClellan Sr. was born on May 14, 1904 in Bihalia, Mississippi and was the only child of Zula Hardison and Gene McClellan. He attended elementary school and high school in Memphis Tenness...

Bihalia MS Religion United States

Thomas R. White

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Feb 15, 2016 Biographies

Thomas R. White was among the first three African American firefighters in the City of Buffalo. He was born in Rome, Mississippi and came to Buffalo with his family as a young boy. He attended Buffalo...

Labor MS Rome United States

Richmond Holloway

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Dec 1, 2015 Biographies

Born in Byhalia, Mississippi, Richmond Holloway was a graduate of Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He moved to Buffalo in 1963 and began serving as a pastor at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Ch...

Byhalia MS Religion United States

Cedric Holloway

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Nov 21, 2014 Biographies

Born in Byhalia, Mississippi, Richmond Holloway was a graduate of Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He moved to Buffalo in 1963 and began serving as a pastor at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Ch...

Byhalia MS Religion United States

Clemmon Howe Hodges

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Jun 16, 2013 Biographies

Clemmon Howe Hodges was born on October 27, 1927 in Starkville, Mississippi. His parents were Samuel and Sally Lou Hodges. As a young man, Clem was interested in philosophy and religious studies. It w...

Community MS Starkville United States

Tamara Brown

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Mar 29, 2013 Biographies

A native of Vicksburg , Mississippi , Tamara Brown has been a part of the Western New York community since 1994. Tamara, the younger of two children, was born on November 18, 1971 to Ophelia and Charl...

MS Science United States Vicksburg

Freddie Harris Fordham

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Dec 29, 2012 Biographies

Freddie Fordham is a career educator. She was an elementary school teacher for 35 years. In addition to her passion for teaching and working with children, a central theme that has characterized her l...

Clarksdale Education MS United States

Willie James Brown, Jr.

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Dec 5, 2011 Biographies

A native of Laurel, Mississippi, Willie James Brown, Jr. was born on October 2, 1936. He served in the Army from 1953 to 1959. When he returned to Mississippi, he was active with the Student Nonviolen...

Community Laurel MS United States

Albert Charles Ware

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Nov 16, 2011 Biographies

Rev. Ware was the son of a sharecropper. He was born in Macon, Mississippi and grew up in the cotton fields of that area. He served in the US Army before becoming a Baptist Minister. He received his b...

MS Macon Religion United States

Willie Belle Miller

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Aug 15, 2011 Biographies

Willie Miller was known for many years in the Kenfield- Langfield housing complex as "Mother Miller" or "Granny Miller" for her unselfish aid to neighbors over the years. Children would flock to her a...

Community MS Meridian United States

Robert Lee, Jr. MD

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Dr. Robert Lee practiced Internal medicine and was a member of numerous community organizations. He was born in Hushpuckennie, Mississippi. His family moved to St. Louis when he was two years old. He ...

Hushpuckennie MS United States