Reverend Lyman S. Parks, Pastor of Bethel AME Church From 1954 to 1964
Year:
c.1964
Pianist Luanna Slay Leads Second Baptist Church Choir Rehearsal, February 1988 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald
Year:
1988
Second Baptist Church Choir Rehearses for a Concert, February 1988 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald
Year:
1988
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1988
Caption:
Warming Up: Rehearsing for "Praising God in Song," Sunday's concert at Second Baptist Church, are Adult Choir members (from left) pianist Luanna Slay, Deanna Thomas, organist Rory Dabney, Maurice Townsel, Sandra Harris, Ron Perry and Jean Fonville. The concert will be presented at 4 p.m. in the church, 850 Red Oak, Ann Arbor. Pastor Emmett L. Green invites the public to attend.
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Carol Allen was born in Alton, Illinois in 1945. Her parents Janie and Thomas Ross moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. Her father was a cook and her mother was a nurse’s aid and custodian. Carol recalls raising her son Carl Jr. with her husband while living on the second floor of her family’s home. She got her associate’s degree in practical nursing and worked in that field for most of her career. In January 2023 she and her husband Carl celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and several grandchildren.
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