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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

“…give me my flowers, while I’m livin’…..” Jessie was born in Beggs, Oklahoma on April 28, 1914, the fifth child to parents Bertha Holmes Harris and Zebedee Harris (who lived to the age 100). The Harr...

Beggs OK United States

Magnolia Johnson Lewis

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

“Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies…(Proverbs 31:10) These words were a testimony for Magnolia Johnson-Lewis, who was also called “Mother Lewis”. The eighth of twenty-two...

OK United States Watonga

Nealo Jackson

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Nealo Jackson was born in Hughes County, Oklahoma. She comes from a family of 15 children. Mrs. Jackson has seven children. She has a CDA Certificate in Child Development Education. She enjoys working...

Hughes County OK United States

Loretta Y. Blunt Jackson

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Loretta Y. (Blunt) Jackson is the seventh child born to Lillie Bell (Curry) Blunt and the late Clarence Blunt. Mr. Blunt was born in Earlsboro Township, Pottawatomie County, 1905. Loretta is also the ...

Chickasha OK United States

Carol Flanagan Kimbrough Frank

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Carol was born and reared in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Irene and Irvin Kimbrough. Her childhood was filled with many academic accomplishments, excelling in most endeavors. She graduated...

OK Oklahoma City United States

Helen Fox

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Fox was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, one of six children of Harvey C. and Johnnie Mae (Melton) Fox. She is a graduate of the Oklahoma State University Technical Branch, where she received an Assoc...

OK Tahlequah United States

Clinita Amsby Ford

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Clinita Eloise Arnsby Ford graduated, at the age of 15, from Manual Training High School with Honors in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She completed the Baccalaureate Degree in Vocational Home Economics from Lin...

Muskogee OK United States

Ada Sipuel Fisher

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma in 1924. She attended the segregated school of her time, Lincoln School. Following graduation, she attended Langston University where she graduat...

Chickasha OK United States

Barbara Mitchell Finley

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Barbara Ann Finley was born on December 18, 1942 in Enid, Oklahoma to Hulon and Pearl Mitchell. She is the fifth of 15 children produced by this union. She was raised in Enid, Oklahoma. Barbara met an...

Enid OK United States

Betty Permetter Falato

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Betty Katherine Falato (nee Permetter) is a native of and grew up in Earlsboro, OK. While living there with her parents, Coyle and Rosa Lee, and her nine siblings, she attended Douglass Grade School i...

Earlsboro OK United States

Wanda Jo Evaige

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

I, Wanda Jo Evaige, was born to the late Sam and Lenora Oliver-Evaige in Fredrick, Oklahoma. I am the seventh of seven children: Clarence, Lena Mae, Clyde, Lennie B., Clifford, Doris June and Wanda Jo...

Fredrick OK United States

Nancy Randolph Davis

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Educational pioneer and trailblazer, Nancy Randolph Davis, took a brave and courageous step when she paved the way for future generations of African Americans and other students of color to enter Okla...

OK Sapulpa United States