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Breaux Bridge (/ ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ /; [2] French: Pont-Breaux; [3][4] Cajun French: Pont- (de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo] [2]) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,139 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,281 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 7,513. It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan ...
Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) [1][2][3] was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996). A member of the Democratic Party, he served twice as ...
The Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge (informally called the Freddie-Sue Bridge[1] and known as the Troup–Howell Bridge until July 13, 2007) is a triple steel arch bridge carrying Interstate 490 (I-490) over the Genesee River and New York State Route 383 (NY 383, named Exchange Boulevard) in downtown Rochester, New York.
The funeral for Ta'Kiya Young will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ. A visitation will be held beginning at 1 p.m. that day.
He is the eighth of 15 children born to Newton Jackson Ford (1914–1986) and Vera (Davis) Ford (1915–1994), [3] prominent members of the African-American community. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an undertaker and businessman, [ 3 ] who opened N.J. Ford Funeral Home (later changed to N.J. Ford And Sons Funeral Home) in 1932.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.[a](born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United Statesfrom 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Partyin the U.S. House of Representativesfrom 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th vice presidentunder ...
Allyse Worland is a first-generation funeral director licensed in Indiana and Kentucky. More young women are now enrolling in mortuary schools as the industry faces a labor shortage.
– Thomas A. Dorsey As her sisters grew, married, and had families, Willie Mae continued as a soloist, even after her 1924 marriage to James Smith, a man 19 years her senior who owned a general hauling business. James encouraged her to accept requests to sing in church, and expressed pride in her voice. Willie Mae was a talented soprano who seriously considered a career in classical music ...