Today we celebrate the 93rd birthday of our beloved matriarch, Violet Alford Patterson.  Please join us in wishing her a blessed and joyous day.

Known to many as “Aunt Vi”, she has tirelessly served as a founder and curator of the Alford family reunion since its inception 45 years ago.  She hosted numerous reunions and helped to establish many of the reunion processes and family traditions that we...

Behind every great man is a great woman!  As we celebrate Violate Alford Patterson today, we also acknowledge the accomplishments of her husband the late Lee Virgil Patterson, Sr. who was inducted into the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. on September 27, 2019.

OAAE Honors Lee Virgil Patterson Sr. ‘Heart Of A Teacher

By F Jones -September 13, 2019

The Oklahoma African American E...

Check out our own Miika Coffey in the latest issue of VoyageLA. She is an amazing Los Angeles based tattoo artist based who is making her mark on the industry.

Reprinted from VoyageLA

http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-miika-mz-inkbomb-coffey-inglewood-ca

Today we’d like to introduce you to Mz.Inkbomb.

Mz.Inkbomb, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the jour...

We celebrate the academic accomplishments of, Sydney Michelle Scott, who obtained an M.S. in Nanotechnology with a concentration in Nanomedicine from the University of Central Florida on December 14, 2019.  Sydney is also an alum of Tuskegee University and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  Next on her to do list is medi

cal school.  We will be watching and cheering on our...

A’Donis Damon Kizer is here to steal your heart!  He made a princely entrance on November 29, 2019 at 1:30pm, weighing in at 7lbs 5oz and 19in long.  Congratulations to the parents Brittany Alford & Jerome Kizer and big brother Anthony.

Baby A’Donis is the son of Brittany Alford; Grandson of Reginald Alford and Tonya Alford; G/Grandson of J.W. Alford & Venita Hicks; G/G/Grandson of George & El...

Sunrise: August 9, 1959 – Sunset: November 24, 2019

It is with deep sorrow that we share news of the passing of James Wesley Simpson, J.D.  On Sunday, November 24, 2019, Jim transitioned from earth to everlasting at his home in St. Louis, Missouri. 

A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, November 30, 2019.  The Omega Service will begin at 10:00am and the Memorial Ser...