Obituary of William Doyle Driver Mr. William Doyle Driver, lovingly called “PaPa”, transitioned to his heavenly home on November 22, 2015. William was born to the union of Mr. Thomas Driver and Mrs. Cazzie Estelle (Jones) Driver on December 30, 1929 in Etta, Mississippi. He was from a family of 13 children: Edward Lee Driver, Andrew Jackson Driver, Willie D. Driver, David Driver, Nettie Mae Driver-Bruce, J. B. Driver, Clytee Driver-Smith, Edna Driver-Dupree, McNary Driver-Owens, Benjamin James Driver, Corine M. Driver-Jones and Lillie Beatrice Driver. At an early age, he professed his belief in Christ at Flint Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Etta, MS. He attended the Liberty Hill Grammar and High School in Etta, MS. After working for the
Forestry Commission a number of years, he retired to full-time farming, which was something he truly loved and enjoyed doing. He produced crops of corn, peas, watermelons and sweet potatoes, just to name a few. In addition, he had a strong belief in seeing that his children received a quality education and realizing dreams of self-employment. He had such a sweet demeanor and a sense of humor. In downtime, he enjoyed watching baseball. In celebration of his life, he leaves his wife of 60 years, Mary Catherine Driver, his children, Mary (Brutus) Quinn of Jackson, MS; Morris (Erma) of Jackson, MS; Gregory (Martha) Driver of Collierville, TN; Dennis (Annette) Driver of Southaven, MS; Lisa Driver of Bartlett, TN and Rodney Driver of Nashville, TN. He is survived by two sisters, Edna Driver- Dupree (Tennessee) and Lillie Beatrice (John) Barry (Wisconsin). He was blessed with 10 grandchildren, Chad, Alvin, Ashley, Patrick, Eric, Daiben, Aaron, Alexis, Dennis, Jr. and Cortez and 10 great grandchildren.
When Earl finished his duties in the Army war effort he briefly returned home before joining his uncle in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Together, they built a fairly lucrative road contracting company throughout southeast Louisiana. He soon married Frances Caroline Lenhard ("MaMa") of Baton Rouge. They raised two sons, and one daughter: Earl V. Patterson III (my father), Troy Lenhard Patterson, and Caroline Ann "Sister" Patterson.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born at noon on January 15, 1929 in Memphis, Tennessee to the Reverend Martin Luther King and Alberta Williams King. Martin Luther King Jr. spent the first twelve years in the Auburn Avenue home that his parents shared with his maternal grandparents, the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams and Jennie Celeste Williams. When Reverend Williams passed away in 1931, Martin Luther King Sr. became the new pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and established himself as a major figure in both state and national Baptist groups. Martin Luther King Jr. later attended Atlanta’s Morehouse College from 1944 to 1948 during his undergraduate years. During this time, Morehouse College President Benjamin E. Mays had convinced Martin Luther King Jr. to accept his calling and to view Christianity as a “potential force for progressive social change. Martin Luther King Jr. was ordained during his last semester in Morehouse.” It was also around this time that Martin Luther King Jr. had begun his first steps towards political activism. In 1951, King Jr. began his doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University’s School of Theology. In 1953, Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott on June 18 in a ceremony that took place i...
Jane Neal, 76 years of age and a retired teacher, is discovered dead in the forested areas over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. She had been shot, without a doubt the casualty of a hunting accident. Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his group are called to explore the mystery death. Through the span of the examination we get the chance to meet the people who live in this normal calm little town. Olivier and Gabri; who is a gay couple that run a bistro and a bed and breakfast, Myrna Landers; a former psychologist who now runs a bookshop, Ruth Zardo; an poet, Clara Morrow; craftsman and companion of Jane's, Clara's significant other Peter; who is also a craftsman. These are just some of the residents who live in Three Pines
After his high school graduation he enrolled at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. There he "discovered his Blackness" and made a lifelong commitment to his people. He taught in rural Black schools in Tennessee during summer vacations, thus expanding his awareness of his Black culture.
Born in Wright City, Missouri, June 21, 1892, he was educated at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois; Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri; and Yale Divinity School. In 1915 he was ordained in the ministry of the Evangelical Synod of North America and made pastor of the Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit. He held that post until 1928, at which time he joined the faculty of the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he taught for 30 years. At the time of his retirement (1960) he held a chair of ethics and theology; he also served as dean (1950-55) and vice president (1955-60). After retiring he continued at Union as a lecturer.
the village, he teaches the poor and those who can't go to church about what G-d
On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank all of you for your compassion and for being present here today. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mauri-Lynne, and I'm Lionel's daughter. Dad was devoted to every one of you. We all hope that you'll share your memories of him with us, if not today then in the weeks and months to come.
No black school was available locally so he was forced to move. He said "Good-bye" to his adopted parents, Susan and Moses, and headed to Newton County in southwest Missouri. Here is where the path of his education began. He studied in a one-room schoolhouse and worked on a farm to pay for it. He ended up, shortly after, moving with another family to Fort Scott in Kansas. In Kansas, he worked as a baker in a kitchen while he attended the High School. He paid for his schooling with the money he earned from winning bake-off contests. From there he moved all over bouncing from school to school. "College entrance was a struggle again because of racial barriers."2 At the age of thirty he gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
His parents were fed up with him and realized they had to do something to straighten him out. On June 13, 1902, his father took him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. This was a reformatory and an orphanage. His father signed over custody to the Brothers, who were the Missionaries that ran the school.
In 1946, he founded a construction company and by the age of 35, was a millionaire. In about the 1950’s he started devoting over eight hours a day to reading the Bible. In 1959, he and two other men founded the Family Radio Station where he began preaching on the air. This network grew to over 140 stations across the world, reaching A...
I’m glad we have Maurice, my mother’s younger brother here today. Ella, her older sister, unfortunately couldn’t make it, but I know the news of my mothers death hit her hard. And I know that she prayed with all her will, for my mother.
When he grew older, he struggled to get into Bates College in Maine. In 1920, he completed his B.A. and decided to attend the University of Chicago. 5 years later, he graduated school with an M.A. and a Ph.D. in the School of Religion in 1935. All through his school years, he also taught as a teacher at Morehouse College, and at a school in South Carolina. However, Morehouse was what impacted him the most. Reason
Jesse Moncell Bethel was born in New York City, New York on July 8, 1922. He was born to Jesse M. Bethel and Ethel Williams. His father left the home when he was only six months old and his mother died when he was only three and a half years old. Being an orphan now, he was raised by his grandmother in Arkansas. He then moved to Oklahoma where his family sharecropped cotton and cornfields. Bethel attended elementary school while in Oklahoma and later graduated from Booker Washington High School there too. Bethel attended Tillotson College in Austin, Texas. He graduated there with a Bachelors of Science degree in chemistry. He later attended graduate school in 1944 at the University of California Berkley.
● Explains his invitation to Birmingham by a local affiliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Each of you here had your own relationship with my Dad, each of you has your own set of memories and your own word picture that describes this man. I don’t presume to know the man that you knew. But I hope that, in this eulogy that I offer, you will recognise some part of the man that we all knew, the man that is no longer amongst us, the man who will never be gone until all of us here have passed.