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Shirley Nero and Marilyn Jackson drove to Tulsa last week to meet their cousin Lamar Ballard of New York City for the first time. Shirley knew he existed but had never met him. They found each other through an ancestry search. Lamar is the grandson of the Ballard girl’s uncle Elzie Ballard who is the brother to their dad Roy. Lamar lived in north Tulsa at an early age, but the area was not a suitable place to raise children. She moved to Hutchinson, Kansas to raise her children. He followed his dream of moving to New York to become a men’s clothing model of which he currently does. He mostly does mannequin modeling. Elzie Ballard moved from Tulsa to Wetumka where he lived until his death. Lamar’s mother moved back to Tulsa where she currently resides, she is the daughter of Elzie. The sisters were excited to meet with Lamar and have plans to meet again in the future.
Read moreSympathy is extended to the Forshee family on the death of Austin Henry “Joe” Forshee of Tulsa. Joe grew up in Clearview and was a graduate of Clearview High School. His funeral is Thursday in Tulsa under Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home. Continue your prayers for those on our sick list: Billy Walker, L.C. Carson, Sharon Patton, Magdalene Bruton, Dorothy Loggins, Bobby Joe Forshee, Marjorie Plunkett, Kurrilue Johnson, and Earnest Hamilton.
Read moreDo you recall that movie scene from “It’s A Wonderful Life,” when George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) is given a glimpse of what life would be like in his town of Bedford Falls, had he never lived?
Read moreAll of us are connected in unique and special ways. As the great English poet John Donne reminded us: when the bell tolls for anyone, it tolls for everyone. Things that may seem like problems for your next-door neighbor or someone halfway around the world can affect us both now and in the future.
Read moreThe public should question why governments and public health officials around the world have put little to no emphasis on outpatient treatments in their efforts to fight the COVID-19 virus, instead promoting a massive effort on vaccines, according to Dr. Peter Mc- Cullough.
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Dr. Donnie L. Nero, Sr., Rep. J. C. Watts, Jr., and Shirley Nero Historian make presentations during the Martin Luther King celebration held at Legacy On Main Street Event Center in Eufaula, Oklahoma on January 15. The crowd may have been small, but the messages were large and inspiring. The Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Gospel Choir of Eufaula kicked off the program with two selections of Sweet Low Sweet Chariot and I Will Trust In The Lord. Shirley Nero (Oklahoma Historian and former OHS Board of Director) followed with a historical view of Oklahoma History incorporating the idea of Black people marching towards freedom beginning with the Trail of Tears of the Five Civilized Tribes of 1832 to the establishment of the historically all-Black towns in Oklahoma and beyond.
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