The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2006 Page: 3 of 12
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Metropolitan
Thursday. Iune 8.2000 THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE P~3
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SISTERS
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Emily Latimer is
dated Negro Press, The
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Interment was at Crown
and Silver Spring, Md. After ments handled by Jack's
where she also taught. The
of
Mortuary
was active in adult education
HOPSON
PRE-SCHOOL
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children to the hilt."
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Markus Marshall
THE BREAK-UP
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Latimer received a nurs-
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active with the Charms, the Ragsdale
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SIGNING
He is also survived by
his mother, Australia ’Tiny"
May this birthday be one that brings much happiness
as you celebrate your special day....
The kids picked special birthday cards and big-big
birthday balloons. Sunday morning
Best wishes to great guy...my son Markus!
Each candle on your birthday cake
means one more year for you -
Bright symbols of the warmth you bring
to everything you do. Because of all you add to life,
the joy that you create.
Your day is a day that's special
So are you, so celebrate!
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Love you - your Mom.
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Until Next Time...
Remember to tell everyone
You read it in
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Markus Marshall
• ones
made by his grandmother, the late Marie Waters.
This too,
short mi
the Asm
r are on a first
grade level. They cannot
Church North Tulsa. She was
a founder of The Emanons
and the Organization for
; and
Caesar C. Latimer, Jr. of Tulsa;
a sister, Peggy Kennedy of
Oklahoma City; six grand-
I
that those parents whose
income is above the Head
Start guidelines are not lim-
ited by income or participa-
tion. All of these 60
students have to be 4 years
old before September in
order to participate in the
program."
"By the time the stu-
dents in the Smart Kids
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tdf i I
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until the next Tulsa Public
School Board meeting June
19, 2006, when the agree-
ment will be presented for
final approval.
"We are pleased that we
can
educating our children; the and lasts until the end of
for the event, she said
our plan is to hold future
meetings that will continue Gary
held at: Ralph Ellison Li-
brary, 2000 N.E. 23rd Street,
Oklahoma City, Okla., on
Saturday, June 17, from
10:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
On the following day, Club, Ralph Ellison Library,
the second book reading Rudisill North Regional Li-
will take place at: Rudisill
City, and a daughter, Marva Hopson and sisters, Lois
D. Hopson, of Tulsa.
He was a member of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Leo loved sports and was a
basketball and football ref-
eree for many years.
Hopson died on Satur-
day, June 3.
For more information, contact
Commissioner the Mayor’s Office at (918)
596-7411.
If you like what you're
reading or have any sugges-
The Bottom Line: tions for me to improve my
The Break-Up brought section, please feel tree to
some com-hall laughs, hilari-
ous characters, and a look
some relationships
take things for granted, it
wasn't as funny as Failure to
fall off. The beginning of the Launch, but it did what it
film kept me cracking up; but • vould. So 1 would say wait lem with taking requests.
Wedding ‘Anniversary
On Saturday,
June 10, 2006 at 6:00 g
pm in the evening H
Xis and Chervl Sur-
ratt will reaffirm WrJft
Mb
The couple mar-
In
In honor of their
year marriage,
the chil-
dren: Shemell, Otis
Jr. and Angela will
host the anniversary
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dents and has been in force
for 4 years. The Tulsa Pub-
lic School District has a con-
tractual program.
Hospital, and as a nurse for
Tulsa Public Schools. She
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LtheScoop
cilors Maria Barnes, Jack
Henderson and Rick West-
cott, and Tulsa Public School
Board Member Oma
Copeland.
Other officials present
Addison, one of the support- were Vice Mayor Tom Baker;
ers for the event, she said Tulsa Police Chief Dave
nUn ic hnlrt fiihirp Been; OSU-Tuisa President
" r Trennepohl; Rev.
Melvin Easiley, president of
the Tulsa Chapter of the
The Oklahoma Eagle is one of Tulsa’s
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for the community!
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graphed. Readers will have is free! Door prizes will be
the opportunity to discuss given throughout the event,
publishing possibilities
email me at herrin2001®hot-
mail.com.
Also, if there are any up-
coming movies you’d like for
me to review, don’t hesitate to
let me know. I have no prob-
ceremony and reception to be held at The Church of the
Living God-1559 E. Reading Street.
Bishop Thomas Smith, Jr. will be officiating the cere-
mony.
brary, Metropolitan Urban
League Guild, Fire Moun-
tain Restaurant, Step Up To
Excellence, Inc., Tri-Com
Publicity, www.loose-
leaves.org, Joy & Trinity
Printing, LLC, Sadie’s Cof-
fee House, Chili s, Photogra-
phy by Toni, A Pocket Full
of Hope, Inc., Fresh Jamz
105.3, and Soild Foundation
Monique Bruner, 2005
Marguerite Reviewer of the
Year, will be on hand for
both events. Some of her re-
views may be found at:
www.looseleaves.org
CtHrati JuMteentii
on Greenwood
The Juneteenth Festi-
val on Green wooed will be
held June 17. The annual
event will start at 4:00 p.m.
and will last until mid-
night.
’ j was special w’ith
worship service with Frances and
James at Greater Union Baptist
Church, Rev. Bob Kendrick, pastor.
.StTMinisSSfipbert
Crawford, Rev. David McCray, Rev.
Richard Fuselier, and Rev. Roy San-
________________ difer. Each minister had the perfect
Frances M.C. and message for the occasion. The hard
part was getting everyone together
for the big birthday surprise party
held at the Coffey's at the Mansion House Clubroom.
The preparations were superbly done by his cousin,
Lafayette Waters, III; and LaToya, Tiffany, and Teosha,
who was determined that aunt Marie (they will not call
me aunt Frances) sit down and take it easy. (Lafayette
Waters Jr., the special guests uncle, watched as all the
work was done, enjoying all of it) When the specia' guest
finally arrived, we laughed at whether this really was a
surprise or not. However, we accepted the strained
shocked look on his face, (but Kodak pictures just don’t
lie). My standard birthday balloon launch was held out
on the Mansion House Patio with one hundred black
and white balloons being released as all the guest sang
happy birthday to Markus.
Another highlight of the evening was the beautiful
(Black & White) birthday cake with three small pictures
of Markus along with the one large picture. One picture
was when he finished his first step from the nursery
North Regional Library,
1520 Nz Hartfotd,' TXllsa, ;
Okla., 74106 on Sunday,
June 18, From 2:00 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Admission to the event
last 4
months have
been very
trying on us
and on our
staff, and we
are just glad
to have
worked
things out,"
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publishing possibilities as Come out to meet the au-
several authors own and op- thors, buy a book or two,
erate publishing companies, and take pictures with some
The <Hst -event will be of the top African American
authors that the country has
to offer.
Sponsors for the event
are: Families First Founda-
tion, Sisters Sippin Tea Book
American nurse to work at
the Veterans Hospital in
Muskogee. While working Eddie Lawrence Madison,
there, sb" met and married
Caesar -timer. A Marine
Corps veteran, Latimer began
Survivors are Lois, his
loving and devoted wife, of
fifty years; his children, Mar-
vin and Marva; his grand-
children, Nicole, DeJuana,
Kendra, Marcus and seven
Leo married Lois Mar- great-grandchildren.
garet McHenry in 1955. They
had two children, a son, Mar-
vin D. Hopson, Oklahoma Hopson; his brother, Vemell
r - - - •• • ... V
Hampton, Yvonne Hatcher,
Yvette Smith, all of Tulsa,
Helen Harris, of California,
and a host of other relatives
and longtime friends. His fa-1
ther, Leo Hopson, Sr. and
brother, Donald Carl Hop-
so|, preceded him in death.
;; 1 j ciated Negro Press, The sons, Bishop Malcolm W.
position Chicago Tribune, U.S. De- Coby of Oklahoma City, Ver-
assistant county prosecutor
in Tulsa, and continues to
practice law as a private at-
torney.
Emily Latimer also
worked at Tulsa Variety
If she ends up choosing it,
to hopefully she won't be trying
happen in order to wrap up to tell you something in a
everything that had taken subtle way.
place. I*
and gown on. The cap and gowns for twelve little
was i
Then one picture taken when he was in Anderson Junior
High, one just before entering high school and of course
the large one when he became a man.
Everyone hated to cut this unusual cake. Again we
say - Happv Birthday Markus Marshall. Our prayer is
that you have many many more.
children.
Davefta Madison is sur-
Mo., his undergraduate alma vived by her husband, Eddie
mater. L. Madison, Jr. of Tulsa; two
Madison was also a sons, Eddie L. Madison, III of
member of Delta Sigma Theta Eugene, Ore., and David
Sorority and First Baptist Cooksey Madison of Rich-
Surprise Birthday Parties are always a lot of fun
with the hustle and bustle trying to keep everything
hush-hush...Well, it was extra special this time for my
right hand man who can really get things done was un-
able to help out. Why? Because it was his big 50 surprise
birthday party. The activities really turned out great.
The weekend started with pre-activities with San-
dra, her Daughter DeAndriea, and the grand kids
Damion, Kerreon, Marquis, Brionna, and J’Shaun, along
with Mom and Step-father, going all out in making
preparations with a big Bar-B-Que.
have enough
space for the
fifth grade
program so
that we had
to delete it.
There were
many un-
Livingood happy par-
ents. It is the
ing career began at Wheatley Church North Tulsa. She was mond, Va, and a daughter,
She was the first African Elementary School in Musko- a founder of The Emanons Karyn D. Madison of Ft.
and the Organization for Collins, Colo.; and three
She married journalist Black Progress in Washing- grandchildren.
;__________ ton. She was active with the Interment was at Crown
Jr.., and moved to Chicago, Alpha Wives of Washington Hill Cemetery with arrange-
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where she also taught. The < . „
couple later moved to Wash- returning to Tulsa, she was Memory Chapel of Tulsa and
practicing law in 1955. He ington, where she taught and
later became the first black l---------.2—
July; last
year we had
187 stu-
dents. In
summer
school, we
concentrate
on reading
Percefull and math,
and that's it.
Roberts said. By the time the fourth parents' responsibility to
We have summer grader completes that level, continue guaranteeing the
get about the business of school, which starts June 12 he/she is doing fifth grade -UJJ
work. Last term we didn't
child's success," continued
Roberts.
Cooksey. Their family
moved from Independence,
Kan. to Bristow and later
Muskogee, where both grad-
uated from Manual Training later became the district’s
High School. nursing director, a |
Their grandfather, David she held for more than 15
C. Cooksey, Sr., preceded his years until her retirement in
son as pastor of Greater 1993. L „
Union. Their great-grandfa- member of Delta Sigma Theta tion Group. He later served
ther, the Rev. Rufus Cooksey, and First Baptist Church
North Tulsa.
Madison graduated from University’, Jefferson City,
ing degree from Grady Bishop College in Marshall,
School of Nursing in Atlanta, Tex. She later received a mas-
and later a master's degree ter's of art's in teaching de-
from Oklahoma State Univer- gree from Trinity College in
sity, becoming a certified pe- Washington, D.C. Her teach-
diatric nurse practitioner. i
and seeking federal grants. Club, Friends of the Rudisill
She also wrote for local news- Library, and Scrabble Club,
papers, including the Wash- She coordinated a Fashion-
ington Informer and the Entertainment Show for the
Afro-American. Friends of Rudisill Library on
In addition to The Eagle, Palm Sunday.
Health Center and St. John her husband, a U.S. Army Emily Latimer is sur-
veteran, worked for The vived by her husband, Caesar
Chicago Defender, the Asso- C. Latimer, Sr. of Tulsa; three
"tun"d MUST it** a addr^d. ^upedeued^
n, Edfi. ~ltda fir p*~ AN pM up A*k
to address the issues and
concerns of the community."
Elected officials present Southern Christian Leader-
were State Senators Judy ship Conference; and Dwain
Eason-McIntyre and Brian Midget of the Office of the
Crain; and State Representa- Mayor,
fives Lucky Lamons and
Jeannie McDaniel, Tulsa
County C--------
Wilbert Collins, City Coun-
then toward the end, it took for it to enter dollar movie
on a more of a serious tone theater territory or maybe a
that 1 could’ve done without, little longer for DVD. And,
Finally, the ending just didn't fellas, if you wait for DVD,
cut it. It was as plain, dry, make sure you and your lady
and empty as the ending to both decide to get the movie.
were a few things about this The Butterfly Effect,
flick that are bound to cause I just expected more
even more arguments.
The "supposed-to-be-
funny" dialogue that was
used didn't work here. Dur-
ing those scenes, I was left
wondering whether there
was really a joke to be found
there. If so, 1 didn't see.
Also, at a certain point in into how
the movie, the momentum of
hilarity gradually started to
partments of Commerce and lyn J. Coby of Denver,
Health and Human Services,
She was a longtime and the Washington Star Sta-
as head of the Department of children and six great-grand-
Communications at Lincoln children.
Smart Kids program is a
pre-school program which
feeds into the Deborah
Brown Community School,"
said brown.
"The pre-school student program get into kinder-
body is composed of 60 stu- garten, they
advance as a rule though
because the law prevents it.
The The Smart Kids program is
Smart Kids" program is dif- accelerated and challenges
terent *han_ fjfad St^rt in children to the hilt."
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