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HAMMOND--Columnist and historian Antoinette Harrell of Kentwood donates her history collection to the Southeastern Louisiana University Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies. Director Dr. Sam Hyde has family roots in the Amite area.
NURTURING OUR ROOTS: As you gather family collections, consider donating to Tangi Library or SE Louisiana Studies Center
KENTWOOD-- As a genealogist researcher, you can spend countless of hours and years collecting documents, photographs, newspaper articles and other sources that can be important to your family hist...
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GREENSBURG--Dr. Thomas Tucker Jr. attended St. Helena schools and led AME church conference.
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK: Dr. Thomas Tucker attended St. Helena schools and led AME conference
GREENSBURG--Dr. Thomas Tucker Jr. was born to the wedlock of the Thomas Sr., and Flora Coleman Tucker on March 12, 1879, in Chipola, Louisiana. Dr. Tucker married Ida Wright on January 24, 1898 a...
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HISTORY: Looking back through Tangilena history in our newspaper pages
AMITE-The following was compiled from the Amite Tangi-Digest, Tangi-Talk, St. Helena Echo and Kentwood News-Ledger May 23, 2007 - Rebecca Davis, a fourth grader at Oak Forest, threw out the cere...
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Antoinette Harrell: "In the hot summer of 2004, I set out on my maternal ancestral expedition. I wanted to explore Niger to learn about the people, history and culture— all in the two short weeks I was there. "
NURTURING OUR ROOTS Discovering my African maternal ancestry in Niger, West Africa
KENTWOOD--Sitting at home and gazing out of the window, I found myself reflecting on my ancestral trip to Niger, West Africa. I asked myself today: what is so special about this moment that remin...
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ROSELAND--Alice Luberta Irving was born in 1890 and died in1993 in Tangipahoa Parish.
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK Alice Irving Vernon had a large Tangi farm and was a Roseland seamstress
Photo and story by Jacqueline James Pendleton-Dukes ROSELAND--Alice Luberta Irving was born in 1890, she met and married Fred Vernon Sr. around 1917 in Roseland and died in1993 in Tangipahoa Paris...
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AMITE--Ralphadean McKean shows off the teddy bears she made for granddaughter and great granddaughter.
NURTURING OUR ROOTS Could crocheting, knitting, sewing and needlepoint be a dying art?
AMITE—I was invited to join a group of passionate crocheters who spend their Monday morning hours crocheting and knitting at the Amite library. It was then that I realized the art of crocheting, k...
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AMITE--Josephine Richardson was born in 1913 in St. Helena Parish to the parents of Thomas and Emma Vining Richardson.
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK: The loving legacy of grandmother Josephine Richardson Harrell
AMITE-- Josephine Richardson was born in 1913 in St. Helena Parish to the parents of Thomas and Emma Vining Richardson. She was known as Mama Phine to all her grandchildren and Aunt Phine to he...
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HISTORY: Looking back through Tangilena history in our newspaper pages
AMITE-The following was compiled from the Amite Tangi-Digest, Tangi-Talk, St. Helena Echo and Kentwood News-Ledger May 8, 2007 - Jenny Sue Winborn was named the Amite Tangi Digest's Mother of th...
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SOCIAL MEDIA: Southeastern SBDC hosts free planning seminar May 15, Hammond
HAMMOND – The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University will host a free seminar May 15 on social media planning. Titled "Time, Tools and Techniques for Your...
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ARTS: Lake Charles artist Erin Barker is Louisiana Artist of the Year
BATON ROUGE--The Office of Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne named Lake Charles artist Erin Barker the 2013 Artist of the Year last month at the annual Louisiana Culture Awards ceremony in Baton Ro...
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HISTORY: Looking back through Tangilena history in our newspaper pages
AMITE-The following was compiled from the Amite Tangi-Digest, Tangi-Talk, St. Helena Echo and Kentwood News-Ledger May 3, 2006 - Army Reserve Pvt. Laura Canale graduated from Automated Logistics...
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AMITE--Mark is holding a family quilt that was found in the home of his mother. The back of the quilt is made out of four flower sacks manufactured by Hiawatha Milling Co. of Jackson, Miss. U.S.A. by Fulton Bags, New Orleans. Photo by Antoinette Harrell.
NURTURNING OUR ROOTS Exploring the rich history in Tangipahoa and St. Helena
AMITE—The insights that I have gained about Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes are unique and educational. This is where history comes alive, exploring new townships and places. Collecting new pho...
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