Beatrice Ruth Henderson-Sundquist, we all know as “Bea” went to be with the LORD on February 3rd, 2023. Bea was recognized across the Midwest for her ministry of music and wonderful piano and organ playing as well as instructing hundreds of students in piano, organ, accordion, trumpet, trombone, and guitar. She was preceded in death by daughters Elizabeth (Jack) Grimm and Rebecca (Henry) Fong and two husbands, Rev. Douglas Henderson, and Carl Sundquist. Bea was married to Rev. Douglas Henderson of Brainerd for 60 years and to Carl Sundquist also of Brainerd for 12 years. Bea was born on her family’s farm in O’Brien County Iowa on February 27th, 1922, to J. Lawrence and Grace (Draper) Henderson. Her mother, Grace passed away when Bea was three months old. She was then cared for in Paullina Iowa by her father’s brother, W. George, and his wife Olive D. (Dolly) Henderson who later adopted her on July 10th, 1925. It was Dolly, her adopted mother who taught Bea how to play the pia
Over the past decade-plus, alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, 40, has been one of the key figures reinvigorating jazz from the inside. Born and raised in New York and educated at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the famed Fame school) and the New School, Benjamin has worked with artists as diverse as David Murray and Stevie Wonder. Her last album, Pursuance, was a starry tribute to the legacy of John and Alice Coltrane.
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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Monday that he wanted to investigate the Secret Service s bizarre actions, which he claimed protected Hunter Biden.
Internal Secret Service emails obtained by Judicial Watch show that those within the force were mystified by being involved in the Hunter Biden gun saga in 2018, as they were not protecting him.