FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE AT THE REPAST FOR AUNT GRACE:
SORROWFULLY SUBMITTED BY MARY D. HERBERT OF THE GREENVILLE, SC CHAPTER OF THE WILSON, LAKE AND HERBERT FAMILY CIRCLE.
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Kayla Marie Lake of Taylors SC attended Claflin University Orangeburg SC this past school year. She is a retuning senior this fall. This summer she worked with the City Of Greenville Summer Camp Program.
Zachary Lake attended Eastside High School this past year. Zachary made the AB Honor Roll and received awards in football and wrestling.
This summer he attended Tuskegee University AgriTrek, SciTrek Program. Scholars in this program completed research in the following areas: Agricultural, Environmental, Natural and Advanced Material Sciences. While there Zachary received the following awards: 1st place in the Engineering section of the 2010 AgriTrek/SciTrek Poster Symposium- This project was a group project where three scholars in the engineering program refurbished a playground in rural Tuskegee. Their work included design and assembly of all equipment that was placed in the playground area. Zachary also received the Booker T. Washington Leadership Award. This award was based on scholar leadership ability during the program. 4 scholars were selected for leadership awards out of the 32 scholars in the program. Zachary was selected for this award for going above and beyond what was expected of a leader. He also served as the Master of Ceremony at the closing program.
Zachary was a participant on the Banquet Program at our 42nd Annual WLH Family Reunion this year.
Gerald and Angela Lake are the proud parents of Kayla and Zachary Lake
Respectfully Submitted by Gerald and Angela Lake of the Greenville, SC Chapter of the Family Reunion Circle.
CHARMAYNE EDMUNDS
– Attended a Charter Middle College where she was on the honor roll for 9th grade. She has changed schools to attend Wade Hampton High School for 10th grade where she has been accepted in their Culinary Arts program. Additionally, she has a singing group called Lady Like where is one of the main vocalist. Take a look at her video at redswagg.com or youtube.com search for (ladylike boyfriend). We are so proud of her accomplishments!!
ALEXIA EDMUNDS
– Attended Sevier Middle School where she was on the honor roll for 8th grade. She has been promoted to 9th grade and attends Wade Hampton High School taking AP Human Geography (12th grade course) and English II (10th grade English). Currently she is running for student council!! She also dances for her sister group Lady Like check out their video at redswagg.com We are so proud of her accomplishments!!
ISAIAH EDMUNDS
-Attended Taylors Elementary School where he was on the honor roll for 5th grade. He has been promoted to the 6th and attends Sevier Middle School. He aspires to be an artist for comic books and video games. See Isaiah’s wolverine picture right
LASHONN EDMUNDS Graduated from the University of Phoenix in November 2010 obtaining her Masters of Arts in Adult Education and Training. Currently, she is pursuing her doctoral degree as a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership.
Additionally, she manages her husband’s, Randy Edmunds’ record label Red Swagg Entertainment where their motto is to “Take you from the Studio, to the Stage”. Check out their website to see their artist.
Respectfully Submitted by Randy and LaShonn Edmunds of the Greenville, SC Chapter of the Wilson, Lake and Herbert Family Reunion Circle.
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“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?” –Fanny Brice
Photos below are of Patricia & Amos Herbert and Leroy & Bettye Herbert, Greenville, SC. The Mantle and Christmas Tree Decoration is at Tricia & Tiny’s house and the Christmas Trees with the hand made photo ornaments are at Bettye & Leroy’s house. Ornaments were crafted by Bettye. Everything was so festive and unique at both their homes!
Respectfully Submitted by Mary Herbert, WLH Family Reunion Circle, Philadelphia Chapter
Respectfully Submitted by Cathy Herbert, Greenville, SC
MARY AND JOHN ROBERT HERBERT
Photos below are of Cedric and Cathy Herbert and their children, Cedric Herbert, Jr. and Kanzadie Herbert. Also, photo below is of Aunt Grace, age 94, shown with two of her nephews, Fletcher and Leroy Herbert. Mrs. Grace Herbert is the mother of John R. Herbert.
Congratulations to the wonderful couple who exemplifies how good a marriage can be! They have and continue to be very caring and loving, not just to each other, but to their parents, children, family and friends.
The affair was fabulous, very elegant! 
Congratulations go out to Babette and Gary on their new business venture, The Lollipop Shop! For more information about their new business, check out their website at: http://thelollipopshop.net/greenville.htm
Respectfully Submitted by
Margaree Lake Burdine, Greenville, SC Chapter
BURR LAKE (Photo- Circa 1880's)
MARY JANE WILSON LAKE (b.1867) (Photo circa. 1880's)
Burr Lake (circa 1865-1929) and Mary Jane Wilson Lake (b. 1867-) of Newberry, SC were the parents of nine children: Bessie, (1/2/1886- 3/6/1983); Osborne; Alfred; Earl; Mary (7/27/1902-1/8/1980); Laura; Murt; George and Louvenia Lake (11/12/1906 – 10/6/1985).
According to Louvenia Lake Harris’ Obituary, she was the youngest of 17 children born to Burr and Mary Lake. Nine of their children survived.
William Herbert, Sr. (6/11/1909 – 8/18/2005) stated that during a period in his life after his father, Fletcher Herbert (1886-1916 ? ), had passed, the family moved to Grandpa Burr Lake’s place in Newberry County. The family included William (who was the oldest son) and his mother Bessie Lake Herbert (1/2/1886 – 3/6/1983) and his sisters: Harneatha Herbert Crump (7/29/1906 – 1/20/1998); Willie Mae Herbert Jeter (11/11/1907 – 11/8/1999); Lucretia Herbert Haley (12/24/1916 – 4/29/1991); Bessie Herbert (9/6/1914 – 3/22/2001) and brothers: twins, Elijah Herbert (4/1/1910 – 5/5/1982) and Elisha Herbert (4/1/1910 – 12/1990) and Amos Herbert (3/16/1916 – 1/2/1991). His mother, Bessie, sometimes worked in the city of Greenville, SC. Their beloved grandmother, Mary, had passed away years prior to that. William described Burr Lake as a very strong good man, extremely gifted in math – he could easily calculate numbers in his head. He said as a young boy when they went to town to sell their harvest from the farm, he was just amazed and proud looking at him “wheeling and dealing with people.” He strongly admired and loved his grandfather who he described as ‘God Fearing’ and a very stern parent who taught him his strong work ethic.
(Some of the information above was taken from the book- The Herbert Family History in Photographs of the Generations from the union of: Mr. Fletcher Herbert and Mrs. Bessie Lake Herbert (2004) by Harnetha (Shubby) Wheelan.
Respectfully Submitted by Shubby Wheelan of New Castle, DE., WLH Family Circle, Philadelphia, PA Chapter
(If anyone has any photos or history they want to share on any topic or additions or corrections to this post, please let us know. Please tell other family about this Website and visit often. www.WLHNewsletter.com. Thanks, Mary Herbert)
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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Patricia Herbert
“I have just been promoted from Assistant Manager to Administrative Coordinator (Manager) in my office with the Department of Motor Vehicles in Greenville S.C. Effective on 09/02/2009.” Patricia Herbert is the wife of Amos (Tiny) Herbert and mother of Shonn H. Edwards and Anthony Herbert.
Respectfully Submitted by
Patricia Herbert of the Greenville, SC Chapter
