Exploring and Preserving African American History in the Louisiana Florida Parishes

Welcome to Preserving Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana. "Our History, Our Story, Our Legacy!" Dr. Antoinette Harrell is a native of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. She is a genealogist and local historian with a broad emphasis of African Americans in the Louisiana Florida Parishes.

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Maude Temple Fox Obituary

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Maude Temple On June 22, 1931, Maude Temple was born the 3rd of 6 children to Charlie and Lena Temple in Amite, Louisiana. She graduated fro...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Eddie Jackson, Jr and his Wife Deloris Peters Jackson

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E ddie Jackson, Jr. was born on April 24, 1927, to Eddie Jackson, Sr., and Rosabell Richardson Jackson. He was the father of Betty Jackson C...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Joseph Baker and Edna Coleman Marriage License

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Joseph Baker was born in St. Helena Parish  in 1893 to Solomon and Elizabeth Baker. According to the 1920 United States Federal Census, he w...

Joseph Baker, Sr.

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W.C. Frazier and Lizzie Coleman Marriage License

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W. C. Frazier and Lizzie Coleman Marriage License. June 24, 1939.  They were married in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.  Witnesses:  Joseph Ba...

Olevia Jones of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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  O levia Gordon Jones was born on November 7, 1887. She passed away on February 24, 1992 in St. Helena Parish.  She is buried in Turner Cha...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Clifford Wheat of Amite, Louisiana

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S everal years ago, I received a call from Joyce about some pictures and documents she inherited. She and her husband Keith purchased Cliffo...
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Monday, August 10, 2020

Honoring His Legacy "Arthur Harrell

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O ur  beloved Patriarch, Brother Arthur Harrell, known for his soft spoken voice, gentle, kind, and fun-filled spirit, was called to his ete...

In Loving Memory of Mary Ellen Coney

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  Mary Ellen was born on April 29, 1948 in Greensburg, Louisiana to the union of Tommy D. and Francis Johnson. Missionary Mary Ellen Coney t...
Sunday, August 9, 2020

Mike Aaron, Sr., and Maggie Bush Aaron

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Mike Aaron, Sr., and Maggie Bush Aaron. They were the parents of Clotidle, Mildred, William Van, Louis Van,  and Mike Aaron, Jr. Mike was bu...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Celebration of Life Ella Victoria Fortenberry

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E lla Victoria Morris was born the youngest of three siblings to Annie Mae Pope-Morris and Rafort Morris on October 6, 1923 in Columbia, Mi...

A Celebration of Life in Honor of Isabell "Bell" Harrell Cook

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Obituary But they wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they run, and not be weary; a...

Shaking the Hart Family Tree of St. Helena Parish

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Elizabeth Hart Randles Photo Courtesy: Lynette Randles M y maternal 3rd great-grandmother Rosa Hart Vining came from a huge family. ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Our Story, Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Three Harrell Descendants Joined the Ancestors Realm

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It saddens my heart that my mother joined the ancestor realm on March 30, 2020. Her first cousin Arthur Harrell and second cousin Lottie ...

Josephine Armstrong Temple

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Josephine Armstrong Temple Photo Courtesy of Robert Temple, Jr. J osephine Armstrong Temple was married to Robert Temple in Tangipahoa ...
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...
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