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Lemuel Lamar Geathers Sr., a World War II veteran who helped lead the racial integration of Polk County schools and became Winter Haven’s first elected Black city commissioner, died Tuesday at age 95.
Born in Pughsville, a predominantly Black section of Winter Haven, Geathers overcame youthful poverty to become a teacher, businessman and civic leader. He was instrumental in the creation of what is now Polk State College.
Winter Haven Mayor Pro-Tem Nathaniel J. Birdsong Jr. was a student in Geathers’ industrial arts class at Jewett High School in the 1960s and said Geathers remained a role model throughout his life.
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The Reverend Dr. Wil Gafney is a scholar, pastor, preacher, and activist. She’s a professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth Texas, where she teaches master’s and doctoral students in initial and advanced degree programs. She’s the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne, author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel, and she’s the co-editor of the people’s Bible and the People’s Companion to the Bible. And if I understand correctly, she’s currently working on a women’s lectionary that’s in contract with Church House Publishing. She’s an Episcopal priest, canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and licensed in the Diocese of Fort Worth. She also a former army chaplain and congregational pastor in the AME Zion Church. And last but not least, she’s a fantastic follow on Twitter. So if you’re there you can meet her at Wil Gafney.
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