(Bottom row, Twin siblings: Dawn and Donte)
Respectfully Submitted by Jackie Davis, President and Editor,
Columbus, Ohio Chapter
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BLESSED EVENTS!
Sep 16
CJ has been nominated for Gold Star Chili Player of the Week. Here are the stats from Friday alone: C.J. Collins ran for 240 yards and had three touchdowns, added 105 yards passing and two touchdowns, and returned a kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown. That was just for one week as he would say, “the sickest QB in the MVC.” I think we would agree. For the year, CJ had over 1000 yards rushing and he was the QB, close to a 1000 yards passing if not more and quite a few touchdowns, that’s why they call him FLASH!
Because of contributions by Craig, his school’s track team also had a record breaking year. Craig received a full scholarship to the University of Charleston West Virginia.
Craig is the son of Craig Collins and the grandson of the late, Mary Sue Lake Collins.
Look for Flash in the National Football League (after college).
Respectfully Submitted by
Jackie Davis, President and Editor of the Columbus, Ohio Chapter
WESLEY MCINTYRE
Wesley McIntyre
Respectfully Submitted by Jackie Davis, Editor and President of the Columbus, Ohio Chapter
Respectfully Submitted by Jackie Davis, President and Editor of the WLH Ohio Chapter
Greetings, peace and blessings to all of our wonderful family members. It is with great pleasure that we are once again able to be involved in putting together our WLH Family Newsletter as we celebrate our Forty-First Annual Wilson, Lake & Herbert Family Reunion this Labor Day Weekend 2009 hosted by the Newberry, SC WLH Chapter held in Columbia, SC .
As we celebrate our 41st Family Reunion this year we are also celebrating the 20th Anniversary of this Newsletter. In commemoration of this milestone, we are launching our secured wlhnewsletter.com website to continue to share our rich family heritage. We believe this Website will improve our access to what is happening in the family. It will also allow more of us the ability to contribute and in addition, it will be a much less costly way of communicating. We hope that our family members young and old will share in this new venture. Other links may be made a part of the Website in the future. We still plan to have a limited number of copies of the printed version of the Annual Newsletter available for those who want them. Plans are that our format will continue to include our “timeline” to list important events which occurred in the world that also coincide with our own lives.
Ultimately we would like to post all of our Newsletters from the past 20 years on the Website. Wow . . . 20 years seem to have flown by so quickly!
I would like to offer a special thanks from all of the family to Devin Haley, the Creator and Administrator of this Website for his expertise and time in creating such a beautiful and efficient Website.
We are officially launching our Website today, August 31, 2009.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary A. Herbert, Editor
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A sense of racial pride is not about color but culture and values – No culture survives without the family” (Anon)
(Click on Comment above for comments regarding our recent 41st Annual WLH Family Reunion by Bernard Werts, President of the Newberry, SC Chapter of the Wilson, Lake & Herbert Family Reunion Circle.)
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IN LOVING MEMORY
Aug 31
IN LOVING MEMORY
*Mrs. Laura Spearman Wilson, (daughter of?; wife of George Wilson, sister of?; mother of Mary Jane Wilson Lake, David Wilson, Ned Wilson and Thomas Wilson) b. 11/9/1850- d. 9/12/1897 (On census, Laura was born 1847.) (Most of the family were buried at Little River Baptist Church Cemetery in Newberry, SC)
*Mr. George Wilson (son of; husband of Laura Spearman Wilson, brother of; father of Mary Jane Wilson Lake, David Wilson, Ned Wilson and Thomas Wilson) 3/12/1844-11/27/1917 (On his tombstone, his statistics are: b. 3/2/1845-d. 11/27/1912.)
*Mrs. Mary Jane Wilson Lake, daughter of Laura Spearman Wilson and George Wilson, wife of Burr Lake, sister of David Wilson, Ned Wilson and Thomas Wilson) mother of Bessie L. Herbert, Ausborne “Osbourn” b. 1896, Aft (Alfred), Earl, Mary Lake Reeder, RV Lake, Louvenia L. Harris, Laura, Murt “Myrtle” and George b. 1886) b. 1867
*Mr. David Wilson son of Laura Spearman Wilson and George Wilson, husband of Susan; brother of David, Ned and Thomas Wilson; father of 7 children b. 1868. (on David’s death certificate, his mother Laura’s maiden name is listed at Strickland.) d. 1936.
*Mr. Ned Wilson son of Laura Spearman Wilson and George Wilson, husband of; brother of; father of 13 children: Arthur Wilson, James Wilson, (married to Inez Floyd Wilson, b.1870
*Mr. Thomas Wilson son of Laura Spearman Wilson and George Wilson, husband of; brother of; father of b. 1873
*Mr. Fletcher Herbert son of Wilson and Lucretia Herbert; (husband of Bessie Wilson Lake Herbert; brother of Phoebe Herbert Nelson, Ida Herbert Longshore, Robert Lee Herbert, John Henry Herbert, Carrie Herbert Jefferson, Margaret Herbert, and Elizabeth Herbert ; father of Harnetha H. Crump, Lucretia H. Haley, Bessie Herbert, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elisha Herbert, Elijah Herbert and Amos Herbert) (circa) 1886-1916
*Mr. Burr Lake son of Henry Lake and Elizabeth Baker. Husband of Mary Wilson Lake. Father of Bessie L. Herbert, Ausborne, Aft (Alfred), Earl, Mary L. Reeder, Louvenia L. Harris, Laura, Murt and George). b. 1864, d. June 26, 1932.
*Miss Margaret Herbert (daughter of Wilson and Lucretia Herbert; sister of Phoebe Herbert Nelson, Ida Herbert Longshore, Robert Lee Herbert, John Henry Herbert, Fletcher Herbert, Carrie Herbert Jefferson, Elizabeth Herbert ) 1890-12/3/1966
*Mrs. Carrie Herbert Jefferson (daughter of Wilson and Lucretia Herbert; sister of Phoebe Herbert Nelson, Ida Herbert Longshore, Robert Lee Herbert, John Henry Herbert, Fletcher Herbert, Margaret Herbert, Elizabeth Herbert) 1888-1971
*Mr. Oscar Herbert, (son of Charley and Sarah Herbert, father of Louise Herbert Snowden) 2/9/1893-2/11/1972
*Mrs. Johnnie Mae Jefferson Crowder, daughter of John and Carrie Herbert Jefferson, wife of Charles Crowder, Sr., mother of Carmita Crowder Poe, Charles James Crowder, Sheila Crowder Mobley; sister of Eula Jefferson) 8/4/1912-1972
*Mr. Ephraim Lake, Sr. (son of George and Susanne Herbert Lake; husband of Rose Anna Hill Lake; brother of Lawson, Rosco, Alonzo, George, Son, Hattie, Maggie, and Elnora; father of Ephraim Lake, Jr. (Mutt), Rose Marie Lake Culbreath, and Doris Lake Walker) 1906-1976
*Mr. Alfred “Cousin Boy” Wilson, He left to mourn a wife, one sister and one brother and a host of relatives and friends. He was an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the WLH Reunion Club. 1907-10/22/1977.
*Mr. Willie Robinson, son of Will and Rosabell Robinson, husband of Ann Robinson) 1912-10/22/1978
*Mrs. Mary “Dank” Reeder, (daughter of Mary Wilson and Burr Lake; wife of John “Buddy” Reeder; sister of Bessie, Ausborne, Aft (Alfred), Earl, Luvinia, Laura, Myrtle “Murt” and George; mother of Mary Boyd, Eula Coleman, Harnetha Morgan, Betty White, Herman Reeder, Willie John, Jr. Theodore, Ernest and Herbert Reeder) 7/27/1902-1/8/1980
*Mr. James Burr Lake, (son of George and Maggie Lake, husband of Rozella Lake; brother of Raymond, Charles, Henry , Calvin Lake and Margaret Lake Burdine; father of Joyce Smith, Judy Lake, Sharon Little, Betty Conway, Earline Sterling, James Willie Suber) deceased 5/16/1981
*Miss Eula Jane Jefferson (daughter of John and Carrie Herbert Jefferson) 4/19/1910-5/18/1981
*Mr. Raymond Herbert, Sr. (son of Luecretia Herbert Haley and Edward Kinnard; wife of Elease Herbert, father of Lynne, Lisa, LaVerne and Tracey, Raymond, Jr., Ray and Rodney, brother of Virginia H. Hairston Stuart, Marian H. Fitts, Patricia H. Hawkins, Jeanette H. Forman and Bessie H. Henry, two step-sisters, Janie Mae Benjamin and Essie Mae Benjamin) 8/4/1936-2/20/1982
*Mr. Elijah (Uncle Big Babe) Herbert, (son of Fletcher and Bessie Lake Herbert; husband of Grace Wilson Herbert; brother of Harnetha H. Crump, Lucretia H. Haley, Bessie Herbert, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, twin brother,Elisha Herbert and Amos Herbert, father of Willie Herbert and John Robert Herbert) 4/1/1910-5/5/1982
*Mrs. Bessie Lake Herbert (daughter of Mary Wilson Lake and Burr Lake; wife of Fletcher Herbert; sister of Ausborne, Aft (Alfred), Earl, Mary, Luvinia, Laura, Murt and George; mother of William Herbert, Harnetha H. Crump, Willie Mae H. Jeter, Elijah Herbert Elisha Herbert, Amos Herbert, Luecretia H. Haley and Bessie Herbert,) 3/6/1886-1/2/1983
*Mrs. Dorothy Mae Lake Utley (daughter of Lossie Mae lake and Earl Lake; wife of Howard Utley; mother of Eugene Ruff Lake; sibling of Gladys Locks, Laura Lake, Patricia Lake, Louvenia Longshore, Earlene Means, Arelia Anderson, Willie B Lake, Horatio Lake, Timothy Lake, Willie J. Lake, Andrew Lake, James Lake and Benjamin Lake) 2/8/1934-12/20/1983
*Mrs. Dorothy Crump Collins (daughter of Harnetha Herbert Crump and Horace Crump, wife of Robert Allison Collins and mother of Harnetha (Shubby) Wheelan and Darryl Collins) 4/26/1934-2/25/84
*Mr. James Wilson, Sr. (son of Carrie and Ned Wilson; husband of Inez Wilson; brother of Joseph Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson, Lillie Wilson, Sara Wilson McDow; father of Doris Gregory, James Wilson, Jr., Joseph Wilson, Bessie Wynn, Theodore Wilson, Raymond Wilson, Janie Mae Griffin) 6/26/1903-5/23/1984
*Mrs. Lossie Mae Thomas Lake, daughter of Alfred and Mary Thomas; wife of Earl Lake; mother of Gladys Locks, Laura Lake, Patricia Lake, Louvenia Longshore, Earlene Means, Aureal Anderson, Willie B Lake, Horatio Lake, Timothy Lake, Andrew Lake, Willie J. Lake, James Lake and Benjamin Lake, pre-deceased by children: Baby Lake, John Earl, Osborne, J.C., Dorothy and Alfred Lake 9/29/1906-8/2/1984
*Mr. William Longshore (husband of Gussie Pitts Longshore; brother of Clarence Longshore, Florence Longshore and Ida Mae Byrd) 1910-5/14/1985
*Mrs. Louvenia “Dude” Lake Harris (daughter of Mary Wilson Lake and Burr Lake; wife of Thomas Harris; sister of Bessie, Mary, Osbourne, Alfred, Earl, Laura, Murt and George; mother of 8 children, including – Laura Mae, Thomas, Jr., Alfred, Helen, Mildred, Delores Jones, Barbara Harris, and Constance Whitlock; she joined six of her children in eternal peace) b. 12/12/1902- d. 10/6/1985.
*Ms. Eunice M. Herbert, (daughter of Elisha and Eunice Herbert; sibling of Doloris Tadlock, Barbara, Saundra H. McCord, Joan and Roy Herbert; child, Jennifer Phillips) 12/12/1948-5/17/1987
*Mr. Dwayne Fitts, son of Wilbert and Marion Fitts; brother of , Darryl, his twin, Kerry, Brian and Todd Fitts; grandson of Morris and Luecretia Herbert Haley) 2/7/1966-9/24/1987
*Mr. Elisha (Uncle Little Babe) Herbert, (son of Fletcher and Bessie Herbert, husband of Eunice Herbert, brother of Harnetha H. Crump, Lucretia H. Haley, Bessie Herbert, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert and Amos Herbert, father of Roy Herbert, Doloris H. Tadlock, Barbara H. Rogers, Saundra H. McCord, Joan H. Walker and Eunice M. Herbert) 4/1/1912-12/ /1990
*Mr. Amos (Finlon) Herbert, Sr. (son of Fletcher and Bessie Herbert, husband of Inez Herbert; brother of Harnetha H. Crump, Lucretia H. Haley, Bessie Herbert, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert; father of Amos (Tiny) Herbert) and Vastine Herbert) 3/16/1916-1/2/1991
*Mrs. Bessie G. Lake (daughter of Comas and Ida Mae Rice Stowers; wife of Roscoe Lake; children, Warren C. Jones, James T. Lake, Roscoe Lake, Jr., Barbara Lake Jenkins, Mildred Davis, Mary Sue Collins, and Victoria Talley) 5/28/1905-2/27/1991
*Miss Elizabeth G. Herbert (daughter of Lucretia and Wilson Herbert; sister of Phoebe Herbert Nelson, Ida Herbert Longshore, Robert Lee Herbert, John Henry Herbert, Fletcher Herbert, Carrie Herbert Jefferson, Margaret Herbert) 1/12/1892-4/26/1991
*Mrs. Luecretia Herbert Haley (daughter of Fletcher and Bessie Lake Herbert, wife of Morris Haley sister of Harnetha H. Crump, Bessie Herbert, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert and Amos Herbert; mother of Virginia H. Hairston Stuart, Marian H. Fitts, Patricia H. Hawkins, Bessie H. Henry and Jeanette Haley, two step children, Jannie Mae Benjamin and Essie May Benjamin) 12/24/1916-4/29/1991
*Mr. Foster Robinson, Jr. (born to Foster and Elnora Lake Robinson; husband of Alice Livingston; father of, Bernard Foster) 9/27/1921-2/20/1992
*Mrs. Bessie Henry, (daugher of Morris and Luecretia Haley, wife of Rodger Henry; siblings, Raymond Herbert, Virginia Hairston Stuart, Marian Fitts, Patricia Hawkins and Jeanette Haley; parent of Toni, Tanya, Teia, Renee and Rodger, Jr.) 12/12/1951-3/10/1992
*Mr. Frank A. Brown, son of Nora and Wayman Brown; husband of Frances Brown; brother of George Brown, Jenny Lee, Nora Brown, and Wayman Brown; father of Bessie Brown, Florence Collins, Khalilluh M. Nasir, Arlene Corbit, Ethelda Brown, Francine Anderson, and Annette Brown) 10/28/1923-2/12/1993
*Mr. Rory Devell Herbert, son of Roy Herbert and Shirlee Herbert-Miles; twin sister, Royce, sister’s Patricia, Roxanne, Denise, Kimberly, Shirlee, Sheila, Tameka, and Tiffany; father of Tyreece and Jessica) 1963-1993
*Mr. Edward Culbreath, Sr., son of John Culbreath and Carrie Livingston Culbreath; wife of Rose Marie Lake Culbreath; brother of fraternal twin, Freddy, John, Sylvester and Ruth Johnson; father of Cheryl, Edward, Jr. and twins, Todd and Tara) 12/4/1936-1/17/1995
*Mr. Willie Edward Herbert son of Grace Wilson Herbert and Elisha Herbert; husband of Sarah F. Stawder Herbert; brother of John Robert Herbert; father of Edwina F. Herbert, Janice D. Herbert, Darrell L. Herbert and Heyward E. Herbert) 7/7/1934-1/29/1996
*Mr. Jay Carl Lake, son of the Late, J. C. Lake, on 7/30/1996 at the age of 31.
*Mrs. Florence Longshore (daughter of A.C. and Ida Mae Herbert-Longshore; wife of Chesley Johnson; siblings William and Clarence Longshore; one son, Grady W. Johnson) 8/12/1912-1/20/1997
*Mrs. Alice Livingston Robinson daughter of Willie and Vastyne Mason Livingston; wife of Foster Robinson; sister of Robert Livingston, Annie Mae Butler, Vastyne Kennedy, Clara Williams, Fannie Manning, Willa Mae Mobley and predeceased by Jasper, Willie, Charles, Johnnie Lee, Ida Livingston Weaver and Ellen Livingston; God Daughter, Roslyn K. Robinson; mother of Bernard Foster) 5/25/1925-2/2/1997
*Mrs. Mattie L. Wilson (daughter of Henry and Mary Johnson; wife of Joseph Wilson; sister of Lillie M. Moon and Bessie Thomas; mother of Juanita Covington and William Wilson, Sr. who preceded her in death. 1900-1997
*Mrs. Harnetha Herbert Crump (daughter of Fletcher and BessieHerbert, wife of Horace Grady Crump; sister of Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert, Bessie Herbert, Luecretia H. Haley and Amos Herbert, mother of Dorothy Crump Collins) 7/29/1906-1/20/1998
*Mrs. Mary Madeline Butler (daughter of Alfred and Florence Butler; wife of James R. Conner; sisters, Frances Brown, Doris, Lillian and Pauline; mother of Linda (Bunny), Debra Ann and James Conner, Jr.) 10/28/1943-4/18/1998
*Mr. George Lake, Jr. (son of George and Maggie Lake; brother of Raymond Lake, Charles Lake, HenryLake, Calvin Lake and Margaree Lake Burdine, father of Carolyn King and Charles Brock) 2/5/1922-4/6/1999
*Mrs. Willie Mae Jeter (daughter of Fletcher and Bessie Lake Herbert, wife of Robert Jeter, Sr. sister of Harnetha H. Crump, Bessie Herbert, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert, Luecretia H. Haley and Amos Herbert, mother of Eartha Lee and Robert Jeter, Jr.) 11/11/1907-11/8/1999
*Ms. Bessie Lee Herbert (daughter of Fletcher and Bessie Lake Herbert; sister of Harnetha H. Crump, Willie Mae H. Jeter, William Herbert, Elijah Herbert, Elisha Herbert, Luecretia H. Haley and Amos Herbert; mother of Leroy Herbert) 9/6/1914-3/22/2001
*Ms. Edwina Felicia Herbert (daughter of Sarah Strawder Herbert and Willie E. Herbert; sister of Darrell I. Herbert, Janice D. Herbert and Heyward E. Herbert; mother of Staci Jeannine Herbert and Britney Dionne Herbert) 8/3/1956-5/7/2001
*Ms. Jeanette Haley (daughter of Morris and Luecretia Herbert Haley, sister of Raymond Herbert, Virginia Hairston Stuart, Marian Fitts, Patricia Hawkins and Bessie Henry, Jannie Mae Benjamin and Essie Mae Benjamin; mother of Tracy Weathers, Stacey Foreman Haley, Tina Foreman Haley and Shawn Weathers) 5/19/1950-7/13/2001
*Mrs. Eula B. Reeder Coleman (daugher of Henry Reeder and Mary Lake Reeder; wife of Marcellus Coleman, Jr.; sister of Harnetha Reeder Morgan, Herman Reeder, John Reeder, Theodore Reeder, Herbert Reeder, and siblings who preceded her in death, Betty Jean White, Ernest Reeder, Mary “Tex” Boyd, and Willie Reeder; mother of Rogers Coleman, Christine Coleman Walker, , Marcellus Coleman, III, Dwain Coleman, Sr., Shirley Coleman Wilson and Ronald (Abdur-Raqeeb Ibn) Coleman) 1927- 11/3/2001
*Mrs. Willie Thomas (daughter of Claude and Ida Earl; wife of Willis Thomas; sister of Lillian Boston, Francis Lindsay and Luvenia Carnes; mother of Marie Hodge Griffin, children who preceded her in death, Charles and Willis Thomas, Jr.) 11/3/1912-10/18/2001
*Mrs. Lillie Mae Lake (daughter of Neil Johnson and Sweetie Johnson; wife of Jasper Lake; sister of Elizabeth Witt; mother of Jasper Clarence Lake, Jr. and Delores Comer) 2/6/1906-9/1/2001
*Mrs. Joan Diane Herbert Walker (daughter of Elijah and Eunice Herbert; wife of Richard Henry Walker, Sr.; sister of Roy Herbert, Doloris H. Tadlock, Barbara H. Rogers, Eunice Herbert and Sandra H. McCord; mother of Terri Lynn Walker, Brenda Diane Walker and Richard Henry Walker, Jr. who preceded her in death at age 21 on 2/23/1991) 10/8/1949-4/19/2003
*Mrs. Susie Williams Herbert (daughter of Vinnie and Lawson Williams; wife of William Herbert; sibling of Robert Williams, George Williams, and Alice Williams McField; mother of William Herbert, Jr., Ralph Herbert, Sr., Fletcher Herbert and Earnest Herbert, Sr.) 6/18/1909-6/7/2003
*Mr. Brian Douglas Fitts (son of Marion and Wilbert Fitts; brother of Dwayne Fitts, who preceded him in death, and Darryl Fitts, Kerry Fitts, and Warren Fitts) 4/12/1963-9/23/2003
*Mr. James Wilson, Jr. (son of James Wilson, Sr. and Inez Willie Floyd Wilson; brother of Bessie Wynn, Janie M. Griffin, Theodore Wilson and Raymond Wilson, Sr.; father of Kirby Braywell Wilson) 1/14/1927-12/3/2003
*Mr. Raymond “Tuggie” Herbert, (son of Raymond Herbert, Sr. and Elease James Herbert; husband of Beverly Herbert, father of Malikah Mines-Shorter, Raymond, Jr., Nina and Rasheed; brother of Lynn, Laverne, Lisa, Tracey, Roy and Rodney Herbert. 8/12/1957- 6/1/2004.
*Mrs. Sandra Herbert McCord (daughter of Elisha and Eunice Herbert; wife of Alexander McCord, Sr.; sister of Eunice Herbert and Joan Diane Herbert Walker who both preceded her in death, Doloris Herbert Tadlock, Barbara Herbert Rogers, and Roy Herbert mother of Angie who preceded her in death, Renee McCord and Alexander McCord, Jr.) 11/17/1947-5/11/2004
*Mr. Jasper Clarence Lake (son of Jasper and Lillie Mae Lake; brother of Delores Lake Comer 4/28/1928-7/5/2004
*Mrs. Frances Brown (daughter of Alfred and Florence Butler; wife of Frank A Brown; sister of , Pauline Casey, Doris Miller, and Lillian Brown; mother of Bessie Brown, Florence Collins, Khalilullah M. Nasir Bin Brown, Arlene Corbit, Ethelda Brown, Francine Brown and Annette Brown) 8/9/1932-8/12/2004
*Mr. Ricky (Joey) Peter Beatty (son of Beatrice Ferguson Beatty and Robert Beatty; brother of Reginald Beatty, Emanuel “Love Buddy” Boyce Beatty, Michael Beatty, Faye Davis, Lola Beatty, Renee Gantt, Della Crockett and Joette Beatty; father of Mevan Dobbins) 9/24/1965-9/9/2004
*Mr. William Herbert, Sr. (son of Bessie Lake Herbert and Fletcher Herbert; husband of Susie Williams Herbert; brother of Harnetha H. Crump, Willie Mae Jeter, Lucretia H. Haley; Bessie Herbert, Elisha and Elijah Herbert and Amos Herbert; father of William A. Herbert, Ralph Herbert, Fletcher Herbert and Earnest Herbert) 6/11/1909-8/18/2005
*Mrs. Eartha L. Lee (daughter of Robert Jeter and Willie Mae Herbert Jeter; wife of Walter “Mo” Lee; sister of Robert Jeter, Jr. , mother of Michael Lee, Melvin D. Lee and Marquita Lee) 7/3/1930-10/16/2005
*Ms. Patricia A. Lake, (daughter of Earl and Lossie Mae Lake; sister of Gladys Locks, Laura Lake, Patricia Lake, Louvenia Longshore, Willie B. Lake, Earlene Means, Aureal Anderson, Horatio Lake, Timothy Lake, Willie J. Lake, Andrew Lake, James Lake and Benjamin Lake, adopted daughter, Zandra M. Thompson and Tammy D. Lake) 4/27/1948-5/20/2006
*Mrs. Beverly Joyce Thurston, (daughter of James Burr Lake and Kathleen Lake; wife of Anthony Thurston; sister of Judy Lake, Sharon Lake Little and James W. Suber, Sr. mother of Rolando Smith.) 11/22/1949-5/27/2006
*Mr. Andrew Burdine (son of Walter and Rosa Lee Austin Burdine; wife of Georgia Margaree Lake Burdine; brother of Mary Pearl Bowman; father of JoBarbette (Gary) Jones, Denise Anderson and Marilyn (Terry) Gamble) deceased 5/29/2006
*Mrs. Marian Haley Fitts (daughter of Luecretia Herbert Haley and Morris Haley; sister of Virginia Stuart, Patricia Hawkins, Jeanette Brown, Essie Mae and Janie Mae Benjamin; mother of Kerry, Warren (Todd) and Darryl Fitts, predeceased by sons Dwayne Fitts and Brian Douglas Fitts) 6/8/1941-8/11/06
*Mr. Willie Burr Lake (son of the late, Earl and Lossie Mae Lake; husband of Lylie Doris Lake; brother of Gladys Locks, Laura Lake, Patricia Lake, Louvenia Longshore, Earline Means, Willie J. Lake, Aureal Anderson, Horatio Lake, Timothy Lake, Andrew Lake, James Lake and Benjamin Lake ; father of Larry Tyrone Lake) 5/9/1925-11/26/2006
*Mr. Jamal (Grass) Ameen Herbert (son of Denise Herbert-Tate and Gordon Johnson, grandson of Roy Herbert and Shirlee Herbert Miles; brother of Tay-Tay, Rafik, stepbrothers, Hamin and Carle; father of Yasmina) 6/4/1976-12/6/2006
*Ms. Eunice Herbert (daughter of Liza and Benjamin Burton; wife of Elisha Herbert; sister of Julia Chapman and Annie Rubin; mother of Roy Herbert, Doloris Tadlock, Barbara Rogers, daughters Sandra Herbert McCord, Joan Diane Walker and Eunice M. Herbert preceded her in death) 5/5/1915-7/4/2007
*Mr. Henry Earl Lake (son of George Lake, Sr., and Carrie Long Lake Massey; husband to Frances Humbert Lake; brother of Raymond Lake, Sr. Georgia Margaree Lake Burdine, Calvin Lake, preceded in death by Asburry Lake, Oliver Lake, James Lake and Charles Lake; father of Vickie Lake and Gabrella Downs) 7/11/1932-11/11/2007
*Mrs. Rose Anna Hill Lake (daughter of Vinie and John Hill; wife of Ephraim Lake, Sr.; mother of Ephraim Lake, Jr., Rose Marie Lake Culbreath and Doris Lake Walker) 6/3/1909-3/17/2008
*Mrs. Barbara Mae Lake Jenkins (daughter of Roscoe and Bessie G. Lake; wife of Robert M. Jenkins; sister of Mildred Davis, Victoria (Lendyburgh) Talley, James Lake, and Sylvia Lake; mother of David, Dwayne, Deborah Hess and Dana Robinson) 9/6/1934-3/29/2008
*Mrs.Virginia Nelson Hairston-Stuart (daughter of Luecretia Herbert Haley and Morris Haley; adoptive parents Aunt Jannie Lee Nelson Coleman and Alfred Nelson; wife of Samuel P. Hairston, remarried later to Jessie Stuart; sister of Patricia Hawkins, Essie Mae Benjamin Clarker, Jannie Mae Benjamin, Bessie Henry, Jeanette Brown, Marion Haley Fitts; mother of Janice (Karima), Juanita, Joanie, Jacqueline and Samuel Hairston, III) 3/7/1939-11/15/2008
*Ms. Carrie Mae Wilson Brown (daughter of John and Lucille Wilson; sister of John Wilson, Jr.; wife of Celester M. Brown; mother of Patricia McNeal and Bradford Brown) 1921-2009
*Baby Nayshaun Herbert-Jordan (son of Darryll M. Herbert and Stephanie Jordan) 1/20/2008-4/5/2009
*Mr. William A. Herbert, Jr. (son of Susie W. Herbert and William Herbert; husband of Ethel Wims Herbert; brother of Ralph Herbert, Fletcher Herbert and Earnest Herbert; father to Corvetta Herbert Hollingsworth, Sophia Herbert Todd and William Herbert, III) 5/24/1935-7/16/2009
*Matthew Campbell-Davis, (son of Jacqueline Davis; brother of, Anthony Campbell-Davis; special cousin, Larry Whatley, grandmother, Mildred Davis, his biological parents, Wanda Campbell and Tim Porter, brothers: Justin Campbell, Jammal Campbell, Randy Linville, Christopher King, and Marshawn McNeal; sisters: Santanna Linville, Tiajuana Campbell, Eboney Campbell, Quinnsetta Porter, Cortez Sloan and Stacey Sloan). 9/29/1991-12/21/2009
*Roy Benjamin Herbert, (son of Eunice Burton Herbert and Elisha Herbert; husband of Helen Knox Herbert; brother of Sandra H. McCord, Eunice Herbert, and Joan Diane H. Walker who preceded him in death, and brother of: Doloris H. Tadlock and Barbara H. Rodgers; father of daughters,Tamika and Tiffany, and children by first wife, Shirlee: son, Rory Devell Herbert,who predeceased him, and daughters: Patricia, Roxanne, Denise, Kimberly, Sheila, Shirley and Royce, three step children, Sonya, William and Telly Knox and one best friend -like a brother, Creswell Burch.) 5/11/1934-2/16/2010
*Dana Jenkins Robinson, 9/19/1958-3/27/2010
*Mrs. Louvenia Lake Longshore, (daughter of the Late, Earl and Lossie Mae Lake; wife of the Late, John R. Longshore; mother of Barbara D. Gaskins, Janet L. Smith and Eric A. Longshore; sister of Horatio, James (Willie), Timothy, Andrew, Benjamin, Gladys Locks, Earline Means and Laura Lake. She was predeceased by siblings: Joseph, Carl, Alfred, Willie Burr, John Earl, Osborne and Baby, Arelia, Dorothy, and Patricia.) 5/5/1935-9/17/2010
*Mr. Willie Eddie Sligh, (son of Mrs. Bernice M. Sligh and the late Mr. A.W. Sligh; Brother of Charles Sligh, Eugene Slight and Daisy S. Washington; special friend, Sheila Wright.) 7/1/1950-11/2/2010
*Mrs. Grace Wilson Herbert, (daughter of the late, Reverend Fred Wilson and Laura Floyd Wilson; wife of the late, Elijah Herbert; mother of sons, Willie E. Herbert who preceded her in death, and John Robert Herbert (Mary D.). Siblings who preceded her in death: Eugenia Stewart, Sallie Spearman, John Wilson, Jessie Wilson, Fred Wilson, Mary Wilson, Eddie Mae Hawkins and Henry Wilson.) 11/2/1915-11/6/2010
*Mrs. Earline Lake Means, (daughter of the late, Earl and Lossie Mae Lake; wife of the late, James Otis Means; mother of son, James Otis Means, Jr. (Reverend Joann); Sister of Horatio, James (Willie), Timothy, Andrew, Benjamin, Gladys Locks, and Laura Lake. She was predeceased by siblings: Joseph, Carl, Alfred, Willie Burr, John Earl, Osborne and Baby, Arelia, Dorothy, Patricia and Louvenia Lake Longshore.) 6/30/1930-12/8/2010
*Mrs. Katherine Werts, (daughter of the late, Helen Suber Hair and the late, Roy Chris Williams; wife of Horace Werts; mother of Darryl Thompson Werts, Michael Eric Werts (Torchia), and Kimberly Werts (Aaron); sibling of Adell Hair, Jr. and Timothy Hair, Sr.) 10/24/1942-1/5/2011
*Mr. Horace Werts, (son of the late, Forest Werts, Sr. and the late, Inez Perry Werts; wife of, the late Katherine Werts, father of Darryl T. Werts, Michael E. Werts (Torchia) and Kimberly Werts (Aaron); sibling of Forest Werts, Jr. (Sarah), Pastor Harry Werts (Shirley) and Larry Werts (Kathy). 5/4/1948-1/21/2011
*Mr. Roosevelt Leaks, (son of the late, James “Doc” Leaks and the late, Lillian “Toss” Spearman Leaks; wife of Lola Bell Pitts Leaks; father of Gloria Leaks Gaymon, Grace Leaks and Sylvester Stephens; sibling of the late, William “Hoover” Leaks.) 1/28/1934-3/25/2011
*Ms. Charlene T. Crowder, (daughter of Charles Crowder and Mary Crowder; mother of Kim and Briana, sister of, Charisse Champion, Cheryl Crowder and Carla Brown.) 10/2/1961-7/14/2011
*Mr. Emmanuel Boyce Beatty, (son of the late, Robert Beatty and Beatrice Beatty; he was the sixth of ten children. He was preceded in death by two brothers: Robert Beatty, Jr.; Ricky Peter Beatty; and one sister Joette “Nellie” Beatty. Other siblings are: Reginald Beatty; Michael Beatty, Faye Davis; Lola Beatty; Renee Gantt and Rosalind Crockett.) 03/19/1949-08/09/2011
*Benjamin Hugh Lake, (son of the late, Earl Lake and Lossie Mae Lake. He was the husband of Lucille Lake mother of their son, Rev. Hughvarris Theo Lake. His loving companion was Arneda White. He was the youngest of 18 siblings. He was preceded in death by siblings: Joseph, Carl, Alfred, Willie Burr, John Earl, Osborne and Baby, Arelia, Dorothy, Patricia, Louvenia and Earline. Living siblings are: brothers, Horatio, Timothy, Andrew and Willie J. Lake and sisters: Gladys Locks and Laura Lake.) 5/8/1946-8/24/2011.
*John Roy Lake (LuLu), (son of Gladys Lake Locks and the late, James Herbert. He was the husband of Carol Lake and the father of Michelle, Danielle, Jabari, Diasia, Andre, Tiaisa, Shakira, Tasha, Jackie, and Jasmine; he was the sibling of brothers: Terry, Juney and Michael; and his sisters, Bernice, Bernadette, Cynthia, Carolyn, Diane, Joaquine, Mae and Cindy; his grandchildren are, Caron and Jadyn; a godchild, Mikayla; uncles, Horatio, James and Timothy; and his aunt, Laura.) 5/31/1947-10/22/2011.
*Mr. Demosthenes McDow (Mac), son of the late, Richard and Martha McDow. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Wilson McDow; his son James Worthy; grandsons, Collins Worthy and Oliver Worthy. He was survived by his companion, Alma Sanford; a grandson, Stephen Worthy; and a granddaughter, Sara Worthy. 8/6/1916-11/9/2011.
*Mr. Reginald A. Beatty, son of Mrs. Beatrice Beatty and the late, Robert Beatty. He was the father of Reggie Beatty, Jr., David Beatty and Racquel Brown. He was preceded in death by siblings: Robert Junior, Ricky Beatty, Joette Beatty and Emmanuel Beatty. His living siblings are: Michael Beatty, Lola Beatty, Faye Davis, Rosalind, Della Crockett and Renee Gantt. 1/19/1946-11/21/2011.
*Ms. Judy Elaine Lake (Suky), daughter of the late, James Burr Lake and Kathleen Metts Lake. She was predeceased by her sisters: Beverly Joyce Thurston and Sharon Yvonne Little. She is survived by her nephews, Rolando Smith and his son, Bryan Williams; Steve Little and his children, Lyric, Kayla, Steve, Jr., Jasmine, Malcolm, Marquis and Shayla; John Little and his children, Aaron, London and Sean; and brother Peter Suber. 11/1/1950-12/23/2011.
*Mr. Lawrence Kevin Tadlock, son of Francis (Frank) Tadlock and Doloris Herbert Tadlock. He was the father of sons, Elijah, Shaquille, Shalik, Tyre and Tydell and one daughter, Toya. And he was the father of four grandchildren. His siblings are: Stephanie Tadlock Harrell and Andre and Eric Tadlock. 12/28/1063-3/4/2012.
*Ms. Toni T. Lake, On Saturday, April 7, 2012. Beloved wife of Andrew W. Lake; devoted mother of Sabrina Lake, Zandra Thompson, Andrita Jackson, Edward (Amber), Kenneth (Lavonne), and Marcus (Danielle) Lake; sister of Ruth Brown, Katherine and Andrew (Elaine) Thomas. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; a special niece, Keisha Brown; a special friend, Charmaine Youmans and a host of other relatives and friends.
*Ms. Patricia Lynn Herbert daughter of the late, Roy Herbert and Shirlee H. Miles. She was the mother of: Tamara and Taneisha; five sisters: Roxanne-Herbert-Brown (Willie), Denise Herbert Tate (George), Kimberly, Shirlee (Mousie), Sheila, Royce, Tamika H. Quoa (Humphrey) and Tiffany. 5/15/1955-6/1/2013. She was preceded in death by her brother, Rory Herbert.
*Mrs. Mildred Ann Davis daughter of the late, Bessie and Roscoe Lake, Sr. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Wiley Davis, granddaughter, Ashley Whatley and grandson, Matthew Davis. She was the mother of daughters: Jacqueline Davis, Karen Davis, Crystal Whatley; sons: Terryl (Theresa) Davis, Reginald Davis, Rodney (Lynette) Davis, sister Victoria (Lendyburgh) Talley and brother James (Loretta) Lake. 1/29/1937-6/1/2013.
*Mrs. Jannie M. Wilson Griffin daughter of James and Inez Wilson. She leaves to cherish her memory her son; Wilson Scarborough; brothers: Theodore Wilson (Betty); Raymond J. Wilson (Mignon) and sister: Bessie Wynn. She was predeceased by her siblings: James Jr., Willie B., Joseph, Isabelle, and Doris. 3/10/1937-8/8/2013.
*Mrs. Henry Mae Robinson Mitchell daughter and only child of the late, Suzanne Herbert and Henry Robinson, Jr. She was the wife of Mr. Sandy “Pat” Mitchell, married 55 years. 8/6/1926 – 8/13/2013
*Mrs. Sarah Felecia Strawder Herbert daughter of the late, Willie Heyward Strawder and the late, Margaret Alice Shumate Strawder. She was the wife of the late, Willie Edward Herbert and the mother of the late, Edwina Felecia Herbert and beloved sons Darrell L. Herbert, Heyward E. Herbert and daughter, Janice D. Herbert. She was a sister of Marjorie Walker and Helen Y. Anderson; James Strader, David R. Strawder, and brother-in-law, John R. Herbert (Mary Frances) and to the late, John W. Strawder, Artis Strawder and Bobby C. Strawder and sister, the late Ruth A Jones. 7/31/1936-9/20/2013.
*Mr. Ephraim “Mutt” Lake, Jr. son of the late, Ephraim and Rose (Hill) Lake. He was the husband of Katie B. Lake and father of three sons: Carl Lake Sr. (Bernice Lake), Ephraim III (Annabelle Gary) and Jed Zachary (Elouise Williams). He was the brother of Rosemary Lake Culbreath and Doris Lake Walker. 9/14/1930 – 12/8/2013.
*Mr. Raymond Lake, Sr. son of the late, George B and Carrie Ann Lake, Sr. His siblings who proceeded him in death are his brothers: Asbury, Oliver, George, Jr. James B, Charles, Forest (Pig) and Henry Earl Lake. He was the husband of the late, Sallie Mae Yeargin Lake and father of: one son, Raymond Lake Jr. (Rima); three daughters: Jenella (Eddie) Dean, Brenda (Lonnie) Boyce and Nadia Lake. One sister, Margaree Lake Burdine, two sister in laws: Mary Ann Lake and Frances Lake. 4/23/1928-4/12/2014.
*Captain Roy Benjamin Herbert, son of The Late Raymond Herbert, Sr. and The Late Elease James Jackson. He is the father of one son, Jowan and one grandson, Jerimiah. He is the brother of The Late Raymond Herbert, Jr.; four sisters: Lynn, Lisa, LaVerne and Tracey. His grandparents are The Late Lucretia Herbert Haley and The Late Morris Haley and great-grandparents are The Late Bessie Lake Herbert and The Late Fletcher Herbert. 2/19/1960-5/5/2014.
*Mr. Morris Haley, son of The Late Tuck Haley and Janie Culbreth Haley. He was the husband of Luecretia Herbert Haley and was survived by his children: Essie May Carter and Patricia H. Hawkins; he was preceded in death by children: Janie Mae Benjamin, Virginia H. Stuart, Marion H. Fitts, Jeanette H. Foreman, Bessie H. Henry, Morris Haley and Raymond Herbert. 8/1/1912 – 5/10/2014.
*Mr. Raymond E. Cain, Sr., son of The Late Marie Cain. He was preceded in death by his son, Raymond E. Cain, Jr. He is missed by his loving partner, Lola Younger of the Norristown, PA Chapter; two daughters, Angelean Walker and Tanya Wallace; two sons, Kemp Cain and Dwayne Cain. 5/25/1946-6/1/2014.
*Ms. Barbara Cureton, Newberry, SC 2015
*Ms. Jessie Mendenhall, Newberry, SC 2015
*Mr. Robert Jeter, Jr., son of The Late Robert Jeter, Sr. and The Late Willie Mae Herbert Jeter. He was preceded in death by his sister, Eartha Jeter Lee and his son, Victor Lee. He was survived by his daughters Denise (John) King, his caretaker, Pamela Jeter and Valerie (Darryl Sr.) Cox. 1/30/1932-5/5/2015.
*Ms. Lola Winnifred Beatty, (Winnie) daughter of Beatrice Beatty and the Late, Robert Beatty, Sr. She was a sibling of: Joette Beatty and Faye Ann Beatty-Davis, Robert Beatty, Jr., Ricky, Emmanuel and Reginald. She was the mother of: Natalia Toni Gossett, Kanika Tammy Gossett and Tasha Tanya Norfleet. 11/22/1947-12/21/2016.
*Mr. Reginald Carl Davis, son of Wiley and Mildred Davis. Brother of Terryl and twin brother, Rodney, Jacqueline and Karen Davis and Crystal Whatley. Father of daughter, Markel Ward. 9/11/1962-6/3/2016.
*Mr. Thomas D. Hess, Jr., son of Thomas D. Hess, Sr. and Deborah Jenkins-Hess. Father of Thomas D. Hess, III, Taylor and Trinity Hess. 5/10/1978-6/20/2016.
*Mr. Charles James Crowder, Jr., son of Charles James Crowder, Sr. and Johnnie Mae Jefferson Crowder. Husband of Bobbie Crowder; father of Charisse Crowder Champion, Cheryl Crowder, Carla Brown and Timothy Brown. Brother of Carmita Crowder Poe and Sheila Crowder Mobley. 8/16/1933-9/7/2016.
*Mr. Horatio Lake, son of The Late, Earl and Lossie Make Lake. Brother of Gladys Locks, Laura Lake, Timothy Lake (Elaine) and Willie James Lake (Helen); The Late, Joseph Carl, Alfred, Willie Burr, John Earl, Osborne, Andrew, Benjamin, Earlene Means, Dorothy Utley, Louvenia Longshore, Patricia and Baby Lake. Husband of Thelma Lake; father of daughter’s, Delores Lake-Knight (Michael), Orneatha Lake-Delaney-Ingram (Edward) and Deborah Lake-Hinkle (Gary). 4/8/1932-10/1/2016.
*Mrs. Beatrice L. Beatty, born in Laurens, SC; wife of Robert Beatty, Sr., moved from Spartanburg, SC to Philadelphia, PA. She was the mother of 10 children: 5 boys and 5 girls. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; sons” Robert Beatty, Jr., Reggie Beatty, Emmanuel Beatty and Rick Joey Beatty; daughters: Fay A. Davis, Lola Winnie Beatty and Joett Nelly Beatty. She leaves to cherish her memory, one son, Michael Beatty; two daughters Renee Beatty and Rosalind Della Crockett. 10/18/1923-11/11/2017.
*Ms. Janice Karima Muhammad, born in San Antonio, TX; daughter of Mr. Samuel Hairston and the late, Virginia Stuart; granddaughter of the late, Lucretia Herbert Haley and Morris Haley; great-granddaughter of the late, Bessie Lake Herbert and Fletcher Herbert. She was the mother of four daughters: Jameelah, Fajr, Saliyma and Amirah; one son, Ibrahim and a bonus son, Ihsann. Her Ex-husband, children’s father was, Zul-quarnian Muhammad. She was a sister of Juanita, Joanie (Abena), Jacqueline, Robin and brother, Samuel Hairston, III). 9/21/1956-12/28/2017.
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(Information compiled by Harnetha (Shubby) Wheelan in 2003 and additional information compiled and updated from 2003 to present by Mary Herbert.)
To have information added/corrected please send to Mary Herbert >>> herbertfm2@gmail.com or phone 215-247-2517.
Respectfully Submitted by
Mary Herbert, WLH Newsletter Editor
8/31/2009
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The 2009 Family Reunion Gathering
Greetings, peace and blessings to all of our wonderful family members- It is with great pleasure that we are once again able to be involved in putting together our 2009 WLH Family Newsletter as we celebrate our Forty-First Annual Wilson, Lake & Herbert Family Reunion this Labor Day Weekend.
Raddison Columbia SC
Our Reunion this year, sponsored by our Newberry, SC Chapter, will be held in Columbia, SC, on September 5-6, 2009. We will be staying at the beautiful Radisson Hotel Columbia, 2100 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC 29210, 1-800-333-3333. We will have an activity filled weekend which includes Saturday morning breakfast at the hotel; afternoon family cookout evening get-togethers; Sunday morning church service; Family Reunion Banquet; Executive Committee Meeting and other gatherings.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary A. Herbert
Deaths of some Influential African Americans over the past year – September ’08 to September ‘09
Levi Stubbs
Levi Stubbs, age 72, the Four Tops lead singer, who possessed one of the most dynamic and emotive voices of all the Motown singers, died October 17, 2008. He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson.
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba, age 76, South African singer, civil rights activist against apartheid and Grammy Award winner for best folk recording: An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. She was married previously to South African Jazz Trumpeter, Hugh Masekela and in the late 60’s early to the Leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Stokely Carmichael. She died of a heart attack in Italy after performing one of her most famous songs- “Pata Pata” on November 10, 2008.
Odetta
Odetta, age 77, Voice of the Civil Rights Movement. She was a folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century died on December 2, 2008. Odetta died of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt, age 81, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality died December 25, 2008. Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died in Connecticut of colon cancer.
J. Max Bond, Jr
J. Max bond, Jr., age 73, was one of the most influential African American architects. He was one of a few black architects of national prominence. He died on February 18, 2009 of cancer. At his death he was a partner in charge of the museum portion of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. Also he was a professor at City College in NY and at Columbia University. With his firm, Bond, Ryder he led architects in the 1970 project –Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non Violent Social Change in Atlanta, GA; the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama.
John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin, 94, on March 26, 2009. Distinguished and revered, historian, scholar and professor and author of the book, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. He was Professor Emeritus of the University of Chicago. Dr. Franklin received degrees from Fisk University and Harvard University.
Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale, age: 44. Wherever Wayman Tisdale went, whatever he was doing, chances were he was smiling. Tisdale was a three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma in the mid-1980s before playing a dozen years in the NBA and later becoming an accomplished jazz musician- a smooth jazz bass guitarist. Wayman lost a two year battle with cancer on May 15, 2009.
(Judy Lake (Sukie) was on the Wayman Tisdale Jazz Cruise in January, 2009. She said, “I had a ball. There were no children on this cruise and the jazz was 24/7. I also celebrated the inauguration of President Obama on the cruise. We had a great celebration.” For more info & photos, click on the category- WLH World Travelers)
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor, age 80, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” died after complications from surgery on June 3, 2009.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, Age 50, the sensationally gifted “King of Pop” who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world’s most influential singer and dancer died Thursday, June 25, 2009. He was described as the world’s greatest ever entertainer and was a double-inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records – including the “Most Successful Entertainer of All Time” with 13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles, and the sale of over 750 million records. He was also a noted philanthropist who donated millions of dollars to many charities he supported. He fostered love and peace through his music. His personal life generated significant controversy, however, with vitiligo of his skin and reported face lightening to even out his complexion, his facial surgeries and his unusual and child-like ways. Michael was accused of sexually molesting a boy at his Netherland Ranch home. He was acquitted at the trial. The day after Jackson died, the boy who brought the charges against him admitted that he lied to get money to escape poverty-that his father put him up to it. Michael Jackson was loved by many. His memorial service was broadcast live around the world and was watched by over one billion people.
Judi Ann Mason, whose precocious success as a playwright brought her to network television as one of the first female African-American sitcom writers and one of the youngest television writers of any race or either sex, died on July 8, 2009 in Los Angeles. She was 54.The cause was a ruptured aorta, the Writers Guild of America, West, said in a news release. Ms. Mason was just 19 and a student at Grambling State College in Louisiana when she wrote “Livin’ Fat,” a comedy about a struggling black family in a Southern city whose members find their lives changed and values challenged when one of them accidentally discovers a cache of stolen money from a bank robbery. The play was produced off Broadway in 1976 by the Negro Ensemble Company, but even before that, it won a comedy award sponsored by the Kennedy Center and the television producer Norman Lear. Mr. Lear then hired her as a writer for the series “Good Times,” a broad comedy spinoff of “Maude” about the family of Maude’s former housekeeper, Florida Evans. It starred Esther Rolle, John Amos and Jimmie Walker. Ms. Mason went on to write for a number of popular television series, including “Sanford,” a vehicle for Redd Foxx that was a sequel to “Sanford and Son”; “A Different World,” the “Cosby Show” spinoff set at a black college; the popular prime-time soap “Beverly Hills 90210”; and “I’ll Fly Away,” a dramatic series set in the 1950s South that focused on a successful white lawyer (Sam Waterston) and the black woman (Regina Taylor) who cares for his children. For the movies, Ms. Mason was a writer of “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” starring Whoopi Goldberg.
E. Lynn Harris
E. Lynn Harris, age 54, died Thursday July 23, 2009 while on a business trip to Los Angeles, California, said Laura Gilmore, his publicist. The author, who introduced millions of readers to the “invisible life” of black gay men, was a literary pioneer whose generosity was as huge as his courage. E. Lynn Harris touched fans with his courage and his kindness. Harris wrote a series of novels that exposed readers to characters rarely depicted in literature: black, affluent gay men who were masculine, complex and, sometimes, tormented. Keith Boykin, an author and friend, said Harris encouraged the black community to talk openly about homosexuality.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary A. Herbert, Editor
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
— Dr. Seuss (Happy Birthday to You!)
Birthdays Are Special and So Are You!
January Birthdays
1/1Matthew Herbert
1/2Tracey Weathers
1/2Khalilulla Frank
1/6 Karen Lake
1/9Michelle Herbert Epps
1/10Ralph Herbert
1/11 Sherlynne Lake
1/13 Sheniece Lattimore
1/13 Retha Louis
1/15 Olivia (Libby) Lake Officer
1/15 Dara E. Herbert
1/15 Melissa Haley
1/15Lynn Herbert
1/17 Babette B. Jones
1/18Kerry Fitts, I
1/19 Joanie Haley McCullon
1/19 Todd Johnson
1/20Shubby Wheelan
1/20 Louise Brown
1/21Michele A. Lake
1/25 Rolando Mann Smith
1/27Damara Rattigan
1/27 Eddie Dean
1/27
February Birthdays
2/2 Jenela Lake Dean
2/5 Sabrina Hawkins-Chambers
2/5 Fatima Hawkins-Chambrs
2/5 Whitney Smith
2/5 Benjamin Delaney
2/6 Jabari Lake
2/7 Darryl Fitts, Sr.
2/8 Stephen Israel Herbert
2/10 Eric Longshore
2/11 Jareena Herbert
2/15 Andrew Randolph Herbert
2/15 Ibrahim Muhammad
2/16 Delores Lake-Knight
2/17 T’Ara Renee Dickens
2/17 Henry (Pookie) Lake
2/19 Roy B. Herbert
2/19 Rima Lake
2/19 Sinaiya Herbert
2/20 Ethelda Brown
2/23 Darryl Fletcher Herbert
2/23 Michael William Herbert, Sr.
2/27 Kyle Tadlock
2/28 Jeremiah Elisha Logan
March Birthdays
3/2 Troy Mobley
3/3 Karen Davis Lattimore
3/3 Butch (Raymond) Lake
3/10 Sophia Herbert (Todd)
3/10 Janie Griffin
3/11 Kizmier J. Fitts
3/12 Carolyn King
3/12 Javon James
3/12 Shonn Herbert Edmunds
3/13 Darryll M. Herbert
3/16 Denise (Nessie) King
3/17 Charles (Chuck) Lake
3/18 Terrance Hairston
3/19 Emmanuel Beatty
3/19 Billy Downs
3/20 Ronald James
3/21 Andre C. Tadlock, Sr.
3/21 Salimah Muhammad
3/22 Susie Williams-Herbert
3/26 Rodney Herbert
3/26 Justin Haley
3/29 Sameerah James
3/30 Sherre Davis
3/30 Erica Wilson
April Birthdays
4/7 Devin Haley
4/7 Evangeline Lake
4/7 Latonya Corvetta Hollingsworth
4/8 Horatio Lake
4/10 Mary Dogan Herbert
4/14 Clifford Nathaniel Logan, III
4/15 Michaiah Haley
4/15 Samuel Hairston, IV
4/16 Peter Subert
4/16 Evan Herbert
4/20 Jadira Hairston
4/22 Taron Herbert
4/26 Richard Tadlock
Enjoy Your Special Day!
May Birthdays
5/1 Amy Elizabeth Herbert
5/1 Kyra Denise Lynn Herbert
5/1 Derrick Mobley
5/4 Felicia Anderson
5/6 Angela Brown
5/7 Jackie Hudson Duncan
5/7 Virginia Livingston
5/7 Carl Lake
5/7 Victoria Talley
5/11 Lavette Fitts
5/12 Tatiana Angila Logan
5/12 Caron Norwood
5/13 Eric M. Tadlock, Sr.
5/14 Kym Werts
5/15 Patricia Herbert
5/16 Jackie Davis
5/18 Kerry Fitts, Sr.
5/20 Denise Jones Herbert
5/22 Christopher (Kareem) Wayne Herbert, Jr.
5/26 Phillip (Phil) Lake
5/26 Benjamin Dickens
5/26 Gary Hinkle, II
5/28 Roxanne Herbert
5/28 John Little
5/28 Jamina Herbert
5/29 Ralph Herbert, Jr.
5/29 Craig Collins
June Birthdays
6/2 Darryl Fitts, Jr.
6/4 Rodney Herbert, Jr.
6/5 Fletcher Herbert
6/7 Gloria Leaks Gaymon
6/9 Andre Tadlock, Jr.
6/10 Doris Lake Walker
6/12 Sahqana L. Hawkins-Chambers
6/12 Mary Ann Lake
6/13 Nafis Muhammad
6/14 Veda Perry
6/18 Xavior C. Tadlock-Harrell
6/18 Jacqueline Haley Tinsdal
6/19 Michael Anthony Cooper
6/19 Sherryl Herbert
6/19 Shenequa Davis
6/22 Curtis Epps
6/23 Lando Lake
6/24 Raymond Herbert
6/26 Johnnie Smith
6/27 Jessica H. Wheelan
6/27 Kerry L. Fitts, Jr.
6/29 Devon Officer
6/29 Regina Fitts
6/29 Joshua Isaiah Todd
6/30 Darryl Werts
July Birthdays
7/1 Marcus Weathers
7/1 Sanita Herbert
7/2 Frances Lake
7/3 Terri Walker
7/3 William A. Herbert, III
7/4 James Hawkins-Chambers
7/5 Joyce Mangum
7/6 Cierra Tadlock
7/6 Saquina Herbert
7/7 Shanequa Hawkins-Chambers
7/7 Madeline Jones
7/9 Renee McCord
7/9 Tara Culbreath
7/9 Todd Culbreath
7/10 Edward Culbreath
7/10 Forest C. Lake, Jr.
7/10 Kijuan Smith
7/11 Leroy Herbert
7/11 Christopher Wayne Herbert, Sr.
7/14 Jordan Jair Todd
7/16 Shaquile Herbert
7/17 Neddy Lake
7/17 Marcus Robinson
7/17 Lavera Herbert
7/18 Lisa Herbert O’Branty
7/18 Eric M. Tadlock, III
7/19 Tamika Herbert Quao
7/19 Precious Herbert
7/21 Kyrie M. Tadlock-Jackson
7/21 Janeal Hairston
7/24 Malinda Lake Robinson
7/26 Jackie Herbert
7/30 Jaionne Haley
7/30 Ari Kaleb Werts
7/31 Travis Morris
7/31 Denise Anderson
7/31 Elijah Muhammad
August Birthdays
8/3 Bettye Herbert
8/3 James Hawkins, Jr.
8/5 Jacqueline Tindal
8/5 Lakeisha Herbert
8/7 Keith Todd-Dickens
8/8 Anthony Thurston
8/9 Earnest Herbert, Jr.
8/9 Taleasa Herbert
8/11 Robin H. James
8/11 Warren Todd Fitts
8/13 Orneatha Lake-Ingram
8/16 Charles Crowder
8/17 Barbara Herbert Rogers
8-18 Siarra Haley Verdell
8/23 Vickie Lake
8/24 Raymond Herbert, Jr.
8/25 Marlin Weathers
8/27 Bessie Brown
8/27 Fajr Hairston Muhammad
8/29 Latoya Hollingsworth Logan
8/31 Earnest Herbert, Sr.
September Birthdays
9/1 Tanya Henry
9/2 Rasheed Herbert
9/2 Deborah Herbert
9/2 Khloe Navi Snell
9/9 Sumiyah Abul Rasheed
9/11 Amirah fitts
9/11 Carolyn King (Bootsey’s wife)
9/14 Anthony Werts
9/17 Doloris Herbert Tadlock
9/17 Lisa Poe Dickens
9/17 Roger Henry
9/19 Saleema Herbert
9/20 Gerald Smith
9/20 Stephanie Regina Herbert
9/21 Margaree Lake Burdine
9/23 Andrea Herbert
9/23 Ivanna Marie Smith
9/24 Pamela Herbert Lee
9/24 Stacy Haley Verdell
9/24 Shawn Henry
9/27 Sheila Crowder Mobley
9/27 Tracey Champion
9/27 Jocelyn Haley
9/27 Elijah Tadlock
9/28 Malikah Herbert
October Birthdays
10/2 Christopher R. Calloway
10/2 Tyrick Henry
10/7 Vanessa Harris
10/7 Teia Henry
10/11 Theodore Wilson
10/11 Stephanie Tadlock (Harrell)
10/11 Denzel H. L. Herbert
10/14 Shannon Davis
10/14 Christin Harris
10/15 Freddie Williams
10/17 Tracey Herbert
10/17 Willie (Skinny) Duncan
10/18 Beatrice Beatty
10/18 Jahmir Elisha Herbert-Mason
10/18 Misha Lake
10/20 Corvetta Herbert Hollingsworth
10/20 Natasha Nicole Epps
10/20 Florence Brown Collins
10-21 Todd Verdell
10/27 Mary Aydlett Herbert
10/27 Alexis Hawkins-Chambers
10/28 Heyward E. Herbert
10/30 Michael Knight
10/31 Devyn Mary Williams-Herbert
It’s Your Birthday, Make It A Great One!
November Birthdays
11/2 Samuel Hairston, III
11/4 Carmita Crowder Poe
11/5 Amirah Muhammad
11/5 Tracey Johnson
11/6 Joe (Bootsey) King
11/6 Nayser Rasheed Whaley Herbert
11/6 Jarmeelah Hairston
11/7 Patricia Haley Hawkins
11/9 Clifford Logan
11/11 Amos (Tiny) Herbert
11/12 Rose Lake Culbreath
11/12 Juanita Haley Newton
11/13 Michael William Herbert, Jr.
11/15 Jazell Haley Hudson
11/16 Michael S. Lee
11/18 Annette Borwn
11/19 Edward Ingram
11/20 Betty Wilson
11/22 Tina Haley
11/24 Tori Carletta Dickens
11/24 Thomas W. Snowden
11/27 Brian Sudler
11/27 Joseph Smith
11/28 Michael Knight, Jr.
11/29 Gary Hinkle
11/29 Melvin Lee
11/30 Niye-lah Nijae Morton-Battles
December Birthdays
12/1 Aaron Edward Herbert
12/3 Tiffany Knox Herbert
12/6 Reginald Wilson
12/6 Theresa Davis
12/7 Sean Sudler
12/7 Deborah Lake-Hinkle
12/11 Willie Mae Suber
12/15 Eric M. Tadlock, Jr.
12/15 Michael Wilson
12/17 Patricia (Tricia) Herbert
12/18 MarQuita Lee
12/22 James Hawkins
12/23 Amira Henry
12/24 Thelma Lake
12/24 Toni Henry Smith
12/25 Thomas (Teeter) Robinson
12/26 Khalid Hinkle
12/29 Gary Smith
12/30 Belton Mobley, Jr.
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President Barack Hussein Obama
The Biggest News Story Over The Past Year– from September, 2008 to September, 2009 was the campaign, election and inauguration of our 44th President of the United States of America, President Barack Hussein Obama. As Susie Williams Herbert said last year . . . “the man is Baad . . . ! ! !
Election Day, November 4th and Inauguration Day, January 20th were extremely happy days for the majority of Americans of all races as President Obama was overwhelmingly elected and sworn into office. Millions of people from around the world showed their approval of him. Black people were particularly elated as many of us thought we would never live to see the day that we would have an African American as President of the United States. Our ancestor’s, who fought so hard for our right to vote, would have loved to have seen this day.
President Obama has wasted no time – making many changes, addressing the many problems left behind by our previous administration. He has been continuing to address many issues since he took office which includes the economy, i.e., failed banks, the stock market, unemployment and mortgage foreclosures. His economic stimulus plan was passed and has shown some progress but it will take time to see real improvement. He is working on ending the Iraq war- bringing our troops home; passing healthcare reform-(which will provide quality affordable health care for every American); the War in Afghanistan; Korea’s threatened use of nuclear weapons; and finding a vaccine for Influenza A(H1N1) “swine flu” as soon as possible, as well as dealing with other issues.
Some of the other issues include President Obama having to address petty issues such as his killing a fly while being interviewed (he was criticized by PETA-People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals); the insistence of the “Birther’s” and many Republicans that he is not a US Citizen even though there is a legitimate Birth Certificate that indicates otherwise. His use of the words “acting stupidly” when referring to a Cambridge, MA policeman who arrested the prominent Black historian, Henry Louis Gates, in his own home. This was widely covered and pounced on by the media and those wishing to slow down our President’s progress. This was a distraction to President Obama’s work to put forward his Healthcare Reform Bill. And there were outright lies by some who were opposed to the Bill-they just didn’t want the President to succeed. Some say it has to do with pure racism. (I am so glad he has his wife, First Lady, Michelle Obama, with whom he can share his frustrations.)
During his travels since coming into office, our president has addressed the G20 (Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors); NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and EU Summits (European Union Summits).
In addition he had a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time at the Vatican after the G8 Summit in Italy. He has been encouraging diplomacy during his visits around the world as he traveled sometimes with his wife, First Lady, Michelle Obama and daughter’s Malia and Sasha, to such places as Canada, London, Paris, Czech Republic, Turkey, Iraq, Mexico City, Trinidad & Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Moscow, Italy and for the first time Ghana, as the first African American President ever to visit an African nation.
One of our President’s strongest supporters, Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away on 8/26/09 after a 15 month bout with brain cancer. During nearly 5 decades in the Senate, Senator Kennedy was a major force in passing important legislation as it related to Civil Rights, Health and the Economic advancement of Americans young and old. Many of us benefited from legislation that he initiated. He was also very instrumental in the election of President Obama and was a staunch supporter of helping our President pass his Health Care Reform Bill. In his Eulogy of Senator Ted Kennedy, President Obama described Kennedy as the “greatest legislator of our time.” Senator Kennedy’s leadership, vision and passion will be missed.
President Obama continues to face monumental tasks as Chief Executive Officer of our country but seems to be doing his job very well. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary A. Herbert
Editor
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