Monday, March 9, 2020

The Wedding of Pete and Shirley Dudley Richardson

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The Wedding of Pete and Shirley Dudley Richardson Photo Courtesy: Roman Richardson Pete Richardson was the son of Alexander and Meli...

O.D. and Maggie Lee Brumfield Dudley of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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O.D. Dudley Photo Courtesy: Roman Richardson O .D. Dudley was born in 1916 to Mose and Idella Williams Dudley, he died in 1980  at hom...
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Collins "Mick" Hookfin and Mary Mixon Hookfin

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Collins and Mary Mixon Hookfin Collins Hookfin was born around 1876 in Louisiana. He died in 1957 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. He is...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Bertha Green Coleman Remember the Day Her Brother Hammondee Green Was Killed

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Bertha Green Coleman Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell B ertha is one of nine children born to Aldophus and Ella Corean Jackson Gr...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Finding Family Pictures in the Community Where They Live

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Big Zion Basketball Team Photo Courtesy: Danielle H.  Morris F requently we look within the family for pictures of our ancestors and fa...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Tangipahoa Parish Library African American Honorary Service Award

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I'm so proud of my granddaughter Jo'elle for so many reasons. First, she is a very kind and sweet young lady who really enjoys le...

Time Spent with My Great Uncle Palmer Harrell

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Palmer Roscoe Harrell M e and my brothers called him Uncle Buddy like everyone else in the family. Palmer Roscoe Harrell was born on Oc...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Hammondee Green Murdered by a Mob in the Amite City Jail in 1956

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Hammondee Green Photo Courtesy: Robert Jackson Robert Jackson said that many people seek history from   movies, and things of that nat...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Etta Davis Hall of Greensburg, Louisiana

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Etta Davis Photo Courtesy: Quick 3 Ancestry  E tta Davis Hall was born on March 4, 1900 in Greensburg, Louisiana to Cornelius Relius Da...

The Temple Men of Amite, Louisiana

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Photo Courtesy: Edwin Temple T he Temple Men of Amite, Louisiana. From Left to right; Bernard, Robert, Walter, and Hollis Temple. They ...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Mariah Hall the Wife of Hollis Wicker of St. Helena, Louisiana.

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Mariah Hall Wicker, the wife of Hollis Wicker. They had four children; Mable, Ulyess, Reynold and ? Wicker. She was the daughter of Joe H...

Berlin Gorman of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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B erlin Gorman was born on March 30, 1861, in St. Helena, Louisiana. His parents were Henry and Julia Ann Huff Gorman. He had four brothe...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Davis

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Left: Elizabeth "Lizzy" Davis and her daughter Etta Davis Hall Elizabeth " Lizzy" Davis was born November 17, 1875,...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Augustine Crier A Great Leader in Our Community

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Augustine Crier Photo Courtesy: Augustine Crier facebook I had the pleasure of meeting Augustine Crier some years ago. I heard so many...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Women Servants of Tangipahoa Parish

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Mrs. Christine Harrison was my neighbor in Amite, Louisiana. We all called her Ms. Tina in the community. A beautiful woman with a beautiful...

Tangipahoa Parish Civil Rights Icon Bobby Cyprian

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Bobby Cyprian Photo Courtesy: Antoinette Harrell Civil Rights Icon Bobbie Cyprian was a member and secretary of the Sweetwater Voters ...

Uncle Alex and Aunt Melissa's Golden Wedding Anniversary

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Alex Richardson and Melissa Wheat Richardson Photo Courtesy: Glynis Vernon Gordon Uncle Alex and Aunt Melissa celebrated their golden ...

Good Times Spent with Cousin Walter

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Emmitt Richardson, Sr. and Walter Richardson, Sr. Photo Courtesy: Glynis Vernon Gordon M y mother and her maternal cousin Walter Richa...
Friday, December 20, 2019

The Richardson and Gordon Clan of Amite, Louisiana

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Photo Courtesy Glynis Vernon Gordon T his picture is truly a treasure for the Richardson and Gordon family. They're all first cous...

Celebrating Their Golden Anniversaries Together

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Mr & Mrs Wille K. Gordon, Sr. Photo Courtesy: Glynis Venron Gordon "How often is it that a brother and sister celebrate their...