March 29, 2019 - National Women's History Month is approaching its end. It was a month long celebration of recognizing women who have made a contribution to cultural and society. Several names were written in previous articles but time did not permit to complete the list of women who mean a lot to the community.
The following names are of those known and others presented in the books written by Dr. Charles Tatum, a former resident of Center.
Donnie Lee Boothe Hawkins (there is a book about her); Baby Lou Gardner; Kathy (Sue Ann) Mosby; Joyce Lynn Johnson; Annie Bell Goodwin Hearne; Mody Nobles; Edwina Collins Mitchell; Mildred Richards Johnson; Eula White (100 plus in age); Veronica Berry; Dorothy Williams; Demetris Sampson; Lettie K. Haynes; DeIvory Sampson; Jane Arnold; Sarah Matlock Lancelin; Portia K. Garrett; Myrtis and Kristi McClelland (mother - daughter team); Imogean and Tabatha Williams (mother-daughter team); Sharon Williams; Jessie Fountain; Pinkie Atkinson and many more.....
With so much being done to make this world better many blessings are sent out to the generations living now and in the future to keep the history recorded of the African American women in the Shelby County community.
