Family

By Cora Jackson-Fossett Religion Editor/Las The Rev. Dr. Clyde W. Oden and U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee united in holy matrimony during a ceremony on Dec. 31. Oden, who retired in 2019 as pastor of Bethel […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Verleon Hunt Smithson was born at midnight on May 1, 1921 in Nashville, Tennessee, a mere eight years before the stock market crash. Her parents, the late John L. Smithson, Sr. and Lou […]

Virginia, born in Wadesboro, NC. the daughter of Juanita DeBerry (Fisk University) and the late John L. DeBerry II. She also has a sister, Valerie DeBerry and a brother, Dr. John L. DeBerry III., (Victoria) […]

By Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Medial Relations NASHVILLE, TN — Although born more than 40 years apart, Theresa Lyles and her granddaughter Zuri Lyles were part of the same graduating class at Tennessee State University. Theresa, 68, and […]

By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN — It took Barbara G. Key only a little while of foster parenting Elijah and Jeremiah to decide to permanently adopt them. When they first arrived at ages 4 and […]

By Cathy Bender I was elated when my “Bonus Mother”, Rosetta Miller Perry asked me to share some words about my mother Odelia Bender as we celebrate Mothers all over the world.  Although, Mothers come […]

By Janice Malone It seems that the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” continues to ring true even in the 21st century, especially for ‘mompreneur’ Karen Byrd. The California-based business woman is the […]