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Joyce Wilson Nixon

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Nov 10, 2020 Biographies

Joyce Nixon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and adopted by James and Edna Wilson. Her Mother ( Edna ), a former nurse is deceased and her father , just turned eight-one, retired from US Steel aft...

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William E. West

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Nov 18, 2019 Biographies

William E. West was born on November 2, 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were Samuel A. and Loretta Jennings. The same year that he was born, he was adopted by his mother's sister, Mary J...

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Bessie L. Walker

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Aug 30, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Bessie L. Walker was married to Sherman L. Walker. She came to Buffalo with her husband in 1922. Mrs. Walker worked with her husband in their funeral home. She was a member of the Eastern Stars a...

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Eugene Strazola Richards Sr.

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Jan 20, 2017 Biographies

Eugene S. Richards, Sr. Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Businessman If you have ever passed through a long underground tunnel, or ever wondered how skyscrapers and lengthy bridges were built, then you ...

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Joan L. Simmons

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Dec 29, 2014 Biographies

Joan L. Simmons was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now retired from private industry, she began her professional career working for major corporations in the telecommunications and airli...

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Era Robinson Holmes

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Nov 28, 2011 Biographies

Era Holmes was born in Pittsburgh, Texas on September 9, 1904, to Ben and Ida Craig Robinson. When Era was six years old the family moved to Oklahoma City. Era Holmes, attended Archie Park Elementary ...

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Earl W. Littlejohn

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Aug 21, 2011 Biographies

Earl W. Littlejohn was a jazz musician who played with some of the top bands, including those of Louis Armstrong, George Clark and Elvin Shepherd. He was born in Pittsburgh and attended school there b...

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Sharon Foote DuBard

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Sharon DuBard is the eldest of eight children of Lonnie Charles and Mary Foote. She was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and came to Buffalo, NY with her parents when she was very young. Sharon had pla...

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