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Alamo Heights alums seek fellow Black pioneers who integrated the San Antonio suburb s schools FacebookTwitterEmail Two people talk in the shadows in a hallway at Alamo Heights High School in 1962. Alamo Heights Independent School District, which previously had been white-only, integrated in 1955 with four children from the John Henry Smith family, who lived in Olmos Park.Courtesy / Alamo Heights ISD My friend Everett Fly, who is a National for the Humanities medalist, and I, both Alamo Heights High School graduates, are trying to identify Black pioneers of the Alamo Heights school system to recognize. These folk integrated Heights during the 1950s and ’60s. We have some names and need help finding them so we can recognize them. If you could help, it would make a great column for Black History Month in the Express-News. Joseph and I are determined to use the February event to bring awareness to history that has been denied. ....
Jan 13, 2021 Mildred “Millie” M. McCullough, 92, of Potter Township, passed away Friday morning, January 8, 2021 due to complications from COVID-19 at Heritage Valley, Beaver. To share online condolences, light a memorial candle, add photos, and other information, please visit the permanent memorial at simpsonfuneralhome.com. Newsletter Interests ....
Locust Grove, GA Randall Gene Fincher, age 71, passed away peacefully early on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. Mr. Fincher was born on September 1, 1949, in LaGrange, Georgia to the late LeRoy P. and Hazel Walker Fincher, Sr. His family moved to Warner Robins where he graduated from Northside High School in 1968. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Navy for four years during the Vietnam conflict. Subsequent to his military service, he worked briefly for the railroad before going to work for MARTA in their mechanical department for 30 years before retiring. Mr. Fincher loved the outdoors. He enjoyed any kind of huntingâbut especially rabbit hunting. He was an avid archer and bow hunter, winning the 2009 Field Archery Senior Division. In his retirement, he worked part-time for Griffin Outdoors and Bear Country Outfitters. In addition to his parents, Mr. Fincher was preceded in death by his siblings, LeRoy P. Fincher, Jr., Betty Gail Be ....