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Funeral/Memoriams
BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
LONNIE CHARLES BARNUM, SR.
In loving memory of Lonnie Charles Barnum, Sr., son of the late Lum Bar- num and Rena Mae Bar- num; siblings, Beatrice Daniels and husband, James Daniels, Annie Lou Brantley, Ruth Clark, Ethel Keaton, Willie C. Barnum and Odell Barnum.
LEATHA M. MALONE July 19, 1999
No love could be more steadfast, no heart more kind and true. No mother in the world was more precious, Dear, than you. Miss you, the Family.
THEODORE MAXWELL LAWE, JR., Dallas, Texas
Theodore (Ted) Maxwell Lawe, Jr., age 72, of Dallas, Texas, and formerly Tampa, FL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
His memorial service was held in Dallas, Texas, on Sat- urday, July 11, 2015, at the New Hope Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Jones of- ficiated.
Ted’s close friends and business/civic partners re- flected on Ted’s vast contri- butions to the City of Dallas. Remarks by Dr. Paul L. Sheehy (a cousin from Tampa) included anecdotes of Ted’s childhood as told to him by Ted’s longtime friend and classmate, Dr. Charles A. Myers.
Ted was the elder son of Theodore M. Lawe and Ehren Corinne Lawe Brown.
Ted graduated from Mid- dleton High School (1961). While earning his under- graduate degree in Political Science from Bethune-Cook- man College (1965), he was invited by the federal govern- ment to serve as a summer intern in Washington, DC. During the summer of his junior and senior years, he was employed as a runner on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Ted later earned two Mas- ters Degrees: M.A. in African American History from At- lanta University, and a M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Ted worked with the Ten- nessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Knoxville as an urban planner and econo- mist. He subsequently moved to Detroit, MI, where he was employed as Executive Assis- tant to Mayor Roman Gibbs (1970-1974). Before ending his career in Detroit, Ted en- tered politics and made a run
for the elected office of State Senator.
He was recruited by City Manager George Schrader of Dallas, Texas to join his ad- ministration. Thus making Ted the first African-Ameri- can assistant appointed to the Manager’s staff with a budget of $30 million. Near the end of his city hall tenure, Ted wrote and published “How to Secure and Manage Foundations and Federal Funds in the 1980s.”
Ted remained in the Dallas public sector from 1974-1979, at which time he became an entrepreneur and consult- ant. One of his most recent enterprises provided afford- able, remodeled housing for the indigent.
Ted Lawe was a prolific writer and historian. Until his death, he served as the Historian / Archivist / Cura- tor of the A. C. McMillan African American Museum in Emory, Texas. He was also a past President, past Board Member, and fellow of the East Texas Historical Associ- ation. He wrote books and co-authored articles for the East Texas Historical Jour- nal on subjects such as the “Rosenwald Schools” and “Racial Politics in Dallas in the 20th Century.” One of his papers titled “The Journey from Tampa to Nacog- doches” was presented at the East Texas Historical Associ- ation.
Ted served as the Presi- dent of the Committee of 100, President of the Cotillion Idlewild Club, and Vice-Pres- ident of the Board of the African American Museum (Dallas). He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Theodore M. Lawe, Jr. is survived by: his partner and wife of 31 years, Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe; daughter, Sylvia Lawe Williams; son, Theodore M. Lawe, III (Clarece); grandsons, An- thony Lawe, Alvin Lawe, Avery Lawe, Preston Lawe, and Blair Williams; grand- daughter, Eudora Lawe; sis- ter, Joy Lawe Armstrong; brother, Willie Andrew Brown, Jr.; nieces, Adrienne Lawe, Andrea Popwell, and Sharon Goodwine; nephew, Seth Brown; and a host of loving relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; his step-fa- ther, Willie Andrew Brown, Sr; and his brother, Robert House Lawe.
In lieu of flowers, contri- butions can be made to the African-American Museum, 3536 Grand Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75210.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
ANTOINE DWAYNE WALKER, JR. Sunrise: DOB 7-17-13 Sunset: 2-1-15
In heavenly memory of Antoine Dwayne Walker, Jr., grandma’s “Stanka Butt” on his 2nd birthday.
Nothing could have pre- pared us for your loss. If love could have saved you, you would have lived for- ever.
Loving and missing you forever and always: mother, Rose Salmon; daddy, An- toine Walker, Sr.; brothers, Antoine Wade Walker, Jaden Walker and Antoine Walker, III; grandparents, Henry and Winnifred Lumpkin, Stephanie Walker and Roland Griffin; great grandparents, Prince and Eloyce Stone; and a host of family and friends.
IN LOVING MEMORY
ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRANSITION
HARDRICK E. GAY July 4, 1940 – July 20, 2010
“Five (5) years seems like yesterday in my heart.” Memory is one gift of God that even death cannot de- stroy.
Love always, your wife, Barbara Ephrom Gay.
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