Saturday, May 24, 2025

Gardening bring me great joy

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  As a child, I lived on the twenty acres of land that my maternal grandmother Emma had purchased in 1896. Long before I was born, the land ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Lydia Butler and heirs sold land to Johnsel Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church later to become Butler's Chapel AME Zion Church

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On the 25th of May, 1894.  Lydia Butler  widow of William Bulter, Cora Banks, wife of Edwards Bank, Nannie Collins, wife of Jacob Collins, a...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

The Womack family preserving syrup making in St. Helena Parish

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John Womack, Sr. Photo Credit: Donald Davis It's that time of year again.  Each year, the Womack family gathers to make their sweet  and...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Big Zion AME Zion Church fifty years members

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Mrs. Emma Picken, was born in 1892 and died in 1976. She is buried in Big Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Idella Cosby was born in 1889. Her time of dea...

Rev. & Mrs. Hollis Callahan

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Rev. Hollis Callahan was the Presiding Elder of Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1971.  Big Zion Church is the oldest Bla...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Life Celebration for Josephine Jackson

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Josephine Jackson Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky I was the last sibling of 18 children born to John and Mattie Banks J...

Celebration of Life of Mrs. Willie Mae Perry "Mae Mae" 2017

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Willie Mae Perry Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky Willie Mae Perry's earthly season began on October 22, 1921, when ...

Sister Yvonne Doughty Warren 2010

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Yvonne Doughty Warren Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky Yvonne Doughty Warren, the 3rd child out of fifteen, was born May...

Homegoing Celebration of Sis. Etta Mae Zanders 2021

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Etta Mae Zanders Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky On Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Sis Etta Mae Zanders was called home ...

The Going Home Celebration of Mr. Fred Phillip McCoy

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Fred Phillip McCoy Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky Brother Fred Phillip McCoy, Jr. was born tote late Fred Phillip McCo...

Celebrating the Homegoing of Xavier "Zabo" Smith Jr. 2012

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Xavier' Zabo" Smith, Jr., was born to the late Xavier, Sr. "Zab" & Daisy Morris Smith on March 26, 1921. He was educa...

In Loving Memory of Beverly Ann-Irving-Walls 2018

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Beverly Ann Irving-Walls Source: Funeral Program Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky Beverly Ann Irving Walls was born May 17, 1946 to Melvin and K...

Homegoing Celebration of Bernard Lawson 2016

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Bernard Lawson Source: Funeral Program Mrs. Helen Lucky Bernard Lawson quietly departed this life in the early morning hours on Sunday, Janu...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Zachariah Halsey a native of Ponchatoula, LA

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Photo Courtesy Cedric Dangerfield Zachariah Halsey and his wife Mary with their two daughters. Celica sitting in her father lap and Theresa ...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Chase visited the National Civil Rights Museum with his grandmother Dr. Antoinette Harrell

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National Civil Rights Museum Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell "A visit to the National Civil Rights Museum was the  perfect  way fo...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Carter's genealogy road trip with his grandmother Dr. Antoinette Harrell

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C arter researching family history at the Amite Genealogy Library in Amite.  Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell My youngest grandson Carte...

A Tribute to Tangipahoa Parish Library Director Barry Bradford

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Tangipahoa Parish Library is fortunate to have Barry Bradford as its  Director.  It is amazing what he has accomplished for the library unde...
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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Bringing generations together

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Monteral Harrell and Carter are 3rd cousins Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell "Growing  up, all generations  of my family were well-...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Preserving Family Images with Monteral Harrell

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