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Reese J. Booker Wilkes Relative Distinguished African American educator and community leader, Reese Jack Booker was born in 1911 in the Pinto District of Wilkes County Georgia. The 1930 Census reflects that his 45-year-old mother, Sallie Lou Booker, was the head of the household and was parenting three children - 12-year-old son Reese, 14-year-old daughter Clara, and 10-year-old son O. D. The census records that Sallie was a farmer and that each child was a farm laborer. Gibson Grove Baptist Church was the family church and was significant in the spiritual development of all the Booker children. After completing high school in Washington, Georgia, Reese enlisted in the Navy where he served honorably as a cook for several years. Having been positively influenced in Wilkes County by the local Black Presbyterian minister and educator Rev. William Woods, Reese, upon being honorably discharged from the Navy, used his hard-earned GI Bill educational benefits to prepare himself for a ...

Story copied from: Philadelphia Stories by Bob Mcnulty   Note: I have found no evidence to Mrs. McDonald or Mr. Gibson. Mary McDonald was born on November 14, 1770 in Frogtown (near Norristown). When Mary was 4 years old, her mother died. She was then sent to live with the family of Rees Howell as a bound servant. Howell had a farm situated on the road betwe ... en Gulph Mills and Valley Forge. In mid December, 1777, (about a month after her 7th birthday) Mary watched as Washington's ragged Continental Army passed in front of the Howell's house on their way to nearby Valley Forge where they would make camp for the next several months. It was snowing fiercely on January 1, 1778. The Howell family was about to sit down to a New Years Day feast when their neighbor, Isaac Walker arrived outside their door on a huge sleigh. Walker told them that the soldiers at Valley Forge were starving and he had been out collecting food for them all day. The Howells...

Kinsler Family Reunion will be on the following website by this weekend: www.kinslergroup.com TIPTON**** 2014**** BROWN FAMILY REUNION Saturday, August 16, 2014 Seven Lakes State Park 14390 Fish Lake Rd Holly, Michigan 48442 Big 7 North Pavilion HUDDLESTON REUNION SUMMER 2014

Alberta Downer Towns was honored on her 104th birthday Friday, February 14, with special visitors and a family celebration. Mrs. Towns was born in Wilkes County on February 14, 1910, to Sally and Albert Downer, one of ten children, five boys and five girls. She and her sister, Annie Laura Downer Porter of Atlanta, are the only surviving siblings. Mrs. Towns is the mother of seven children, Joe Lewis Towns of Washington, Fred Towns of Washington, D.C., and Evelina Johnson of Buffalo, N.Y.; also, Moses Towns, Leonard Towns, Jeroline Towns, and Annie Pearl Towns, who are deceased. On her birthday Mrs. Towns had a surprise visit from Flint Hill Baptist Church deacons, Tom Richards and Bobby Hill. Mrs. Towns was honored on Saturday, February 15, with a birthday celebration at her home given by her family. For this occasion Mrs. Towns wore a lace gold and white flowered scarf, a pink necklace, and silver bracelets to accent her black pants suit. Mrs. Towns’ grandson-in-law, Rev. O...

Clinton Wingfield finished high school in 2001 at age 77. At 81 years old he was getting ready to enroll at Georgia Perimeter College to study computers, but it wasn't to be. On July 5, a month before class began at the Decatur Campus on Panthersville Road, Wingfield, who lived in Decatur with Eutha, his wife of 27 years, died at DeKalb Medical Center. His wife said he was really excited about going to GPC. "He just wanted to do that," she said. "He told me that when he learned how to use computers he was going to teach me. But he didn't want me to tell anyone that he was going to college. He wanted to surprise them when he graduated." During the application process, Wingfield, a retired General Motors lineman, made such an impression on the admissions team, the college wanted to commemorate his efforts. On Sept. 13, they invited his widow to the college and presented her with a framed copy of his acceptance letter. Decatur Campus Provost Felita Williams sa...

July Anniversaries, Birthdays, Celebrations!!! 1 Melvin Smith   Katresha Hughley   Dennis Dottin   Linda Pharr 2 Demarco Hughley's mom 5 Kevin Alexander 6 Caron Sloan 7 Luckie Daniels 11 Ronald and Reginald Wynn 12 Savon Pelt 16 Ekemini Nsentip (Kemi) 17 Darrius Cade 19 Judy Murphy 21 Randy Ware 26 Clark Jones Jr.  27 Bridgette Boykin 29 Antoinette Webb

JUNE BIRTHDAYS & CELEBRATIONS Date Name 3-Jun Ara Viverette 4-Jun Mario Shannon & Jamarl Clark 5-Jun Kristian Sales & Nicole Williams 7-Jun Barrett Hanson 8-Jun Destiny Jones 12-Jun Jessie Webb,Michael Starks, Alfrieda Sanders & Lida Berry 15-Jun Lawrence Brown 16-Jun Me 17-Jun Jerrold Webb 20-Jun Bisi Smith & Beverly Tolbert none none