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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Oliver A. Lomax was born to George and Augustana Lomas on July 1, 1916 in Abbeyville, South Carolina. With the passing of Augustana, the twosome ventured to the northeast region of the United States d...

Abbeyville SC United States

Louise Teamer Jackson

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Jackson was a retired registered nurse who was active in community affairs. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina and came to the Buffalo area with her family at the age of 10. She was educated...

Columbia SC United States

Jeff L. Shelton

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Jeff L. Shelton was an avid sportsman and former pitcher in the Negro League. He was born in Great Falls, South Carolina. He played in the Negro League in the 1930s and 40s with the Greenville Black S...

Great Falls SC United States

Eddie T. Parker

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

Ms. Eddie Parker was a beautician who introduced a new chemical hair straightener in Buffalo. She was a native of Ninety Six, South Carolina. She came to Buffalo in 1945 and studied at Lillian Dora's ...

Ninety Six SC United States

Henry Clay Edward Everett MD

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

Dr. Everett was born in Columbia, South Carolina and was a classmate of John F. Kennedy at Harvard University, where he had a scholarship. He graduated from Harvard in 1940. He earned his medical degr...

Columbia SC United States

John A. Gary

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

John A. Gary was a retired waiter for New York Central Railroad. He was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. He moved to Buffalo, New York around 1925. For 40 years he was a dining car waiter for th...

Calhoun Falls SC United States

Grace Harden Williams

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Aug 7, 2011 Biographies

Grace Williams was born and raised in Rock Hill South, Carolina to Mary and William Harden. Born on February 29, she is the youngest of nine siblings. After graduating from high school in South Caroli...

Rock Hill SC United States

James Reid

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Aug 4, 2011 Biographies

James Reid was born in Lancaster, South Carolina. He worked as a landscaper in Washington, DC before moving to Buffalo, NY, and taking a job with General Motors where he worked for 34 years. In 1960 h...

Lancaster SC United States

Raphael DuBard

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Raphael DuBard was born in Columbia, SC. He came to Buffalo as a youth and attended Buffalo schools graduating from Hutchinson Central High School. He attended Hastings College in Nebraska. He married...

Columbia Community SC United States

Elijah Brown

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Jul 28, 2011 Biographies

Elijah Brown was born in Camden South Carolina on December 25, 1903. His parents, Charles and Cornelia Bush Brown came to Buffalo, New York to make a better life for themselves and their children. Dea...

Camden SC United States

General Gene Bass

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Jul 26, 2011 Biographies

General Gene Bass was a community leader and local tennis icon who gave many inner-city children a rare opportunity to learn the sport. Bass was a pioneer with a list of firsts for Buffalo’s African A...

Calhoun Falls SC United States

Viola McFarland Marshall Curry

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Jun 27, 2011 Biographies

Viola Marshall Curry, the daughter of Jannie Evans-McFarland, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She was raised in Sutton, South Carolina, where she attended a one-room school. Viola graduated fr...

Charleston SC United States