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Jun 19, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Livingston was born in Oklahoma City on October 1, 1939 to Mary and Clarence Thurmond. She graduated from Paige Elementary, Moon Junior High and Douglass High Schools. She matriculated at Hampton ...

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Marie Walker Bush

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Jun 19, 2011 Biographies

Marie Frances Walker Bush was born on December 7, 1940, in Weleekta, Oklahoma, to Ollie and Kathryn Walker and is the oldest of ten children. She married Frank Wesley Bush Sr. She has two children and...

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Norma Jean Tucker

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Jun 18, 2011 Biographies

Norma Jean Tucker, a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma, is an outstanding leader. Educated in Muskogee, Oklahoma, public schools, she was an outstanding student from elementary school-Douglass Elementary S...

Muskogee OK United States

Willa Strong

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

June 28, 1906 - March 1, 1971 Educator, Civic Leader By Joan Shuller for the Tobucksy News Dr. Willa Strong was a strong leader of African American people in the strongest since of the word. She is be...

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Robbie J. Roberts Steward

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Robbie Jean Steward is the daughter of retired CMSgt. Herman Roberts and Mrs. Monetta L. Quarles. She is the step-daughter of retired E-7 Climon Quarles. Robbie is a native of Altus, Oklahoma and grad...

Altus OK United States

Debra Thurman Smith

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Debra Thurman-Smith has devoted her life to enhancing and upgrading the lives of children. Her chosen vocation is teaching, but she has devoted many additional hours to the education of children in he...

OK Oklahoma City United States

Alberta Kennedy Simms

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Alberta Simms was born in 1923 in the rural community of Olympia, three miles south of Okmulgee in Okmulgee County. Her parents were Delancy and Ada Goudeau Kennedy. She attended Olympia School throug...

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Floretta Kirby Reed

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Floretta Reed was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Her parents were the late Hennan and Mintha Kirby. She was the youngest of five children. She graduated from Manual Training High School in Muskogee Oklah...

Muskogee OK United States

Darlene Fields Pitts

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

On February 16, 1952, Darlene Pitts was born in Florence Arizona. Her parents, Joe and Jessie Fields were Pima cotton farmers in Coolidge, Arizona. Six children were born to the couple. Joe and Jessie...

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Mary Byrd Parks

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Mary Byrd Parks was born in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Her mother died when she was 10 years old leaving her to help her father raise her two younger brothers ages 9 and 6. They walked three miles to (...

Leflore County OK United States

Ramona Mitchell Nazario

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Missionary Ramona Nazario is the second child born to Hulon and Pearl Mitchell and the great granddaughter of Stephen Carter (Chickasaw). As one of the original members of the Musical Mitchells (a fam...

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Angela Finley Molette

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Angela Molette was born December 9, 1958 to Robert and Barbara Finley in Enid, Oklahoma. She is the second of five children. She was raised in Southern California. Angela met, through her best friend ...

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