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Hortense Yvonne Hairston: A Mini Biography
In Memoriam: A tribute to Hortense Yvonne Hairston, 95, of Portsmouth, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Hill View Health Care in Portsmouth. She will be missed. Originally published in The Family Historian, Volume MMXIII: Number 006, October 31, 2013. Synopsis Hortense Yvonne Williams-Hairston, by all accounts, is the oldest living Cornute that […]
Ten Years: Under the Temecula Sun
Year one was easy as pie. Year two – a dream come true. Year three was tricky, to say the least. Year four – it all started to come together. Year five – we caught our stride. Year six was pure bliss. Year seven – a year of valuable lessons. Year eight – I knew […]
Shana Leigh Simmons Graduates Mt. San Antonio College
WALNUT, CA—Shana Leigh Simmons graduated with an Associates of Arts degree in Psychology and Social Behavior from Mt. San Antonio College, on June 17, 2018. She was selected to the President’s List for high academic achievement and was granted admission to both, University of California, Irvine (UCI) and University of California, Riverside (UCR). In the […]
Mariya L Stubblefield Graduates UCLA
LOS ANGELES, CA—Mariya Lyn Stubblefield graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), on June 16, 2018, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics. She will begin a Post-Baccalaureate program in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Chapman University located in Orange, California in the fall of 2018. Mariya plans to go on […]
Brandi Enjoli Walker & Charles Frank Best Tie the Knot
Alsip, IL—Brandi Enjoli Walker and Charles Frank Best were married Sunday, May 27, 2018 at The Château Bu-Sché – Alsip, Illinois. The Rev. Charles Best Sr. performed the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Ms. Gail Hawkins of Chicago, Illinois. The groom is the son of Charles Best Sr. and Patricia Simmons of […]
A Civil War Thanksgiving
Tate and Clark’s Thanksgiving — 1864 Although Thanksgiving had been around for many years it officially became a federal holiday as declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Thanksgiving 1864 would usher in the third year of the country’s bloody Civil War and would be remembered in history as President Lincoln’s last as well as […]
Cornutes United and Growing—2015
Cornute Family Reunion Descends on Chicago, Illinois CHICAGO, IL— “It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them.” — Mark Twain, 1883 Chicago was only 46 years old when Mark Twain wrote those words, but it had already grown more […]
A New Daughter of the American Revolution
WESTERVILLE, OH—I am elated to announce that on September 29, 2014 my application for membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was accepted and I received my National Number on October 7th. The genealogist of the Worthington Chapter NSDAR notified me of the acceptance and confirmed my chapters official […]
I am a Daughter of the American Revolution
MENIFEE, CA—On October 21, 2013 I was pleased to learn that my application was approved by Genealogists of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and that my status as a member of this organization will become official on December 7, 2013 at the DAR National Board Meeting. Subsequently I will be […]