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Tillman was born on April 10, 1926, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to a large African American family. His parents, Will and Laura Tillman, were active members of the local Baptist church, and he and his eight siblings were made to study the Bible intensely. [1] Tillman attended local public schools, which were then segregated by race.
The Marvelettes were an American girl group formed in Inkster, Michigan in 1960, consisting of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, Juanita Cowart (now Cowart Motley), and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young prior to the group signing their first record deal.
The Pat Tillman Foundation is an organization that provides a support system to U.S. military families and veterans. [5] Furthermore, their mission is to aid Tillman Scholars with academic scholarships and crucial life skills, such as leadership development, all while having an end goal of positively impacting the people and places that surround them. [3]
Patrick Daniel Tillman Jr. (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army Special Operations in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
Marie Holderman and her husband built the Haywire House in 1918 at 61 Mulberry Street in Cocoa. [2] The 3,700 ft² two-story home was constructed of old-growth pine from Merritt Island that has lasted over one hundred years through multiple hurricanes including Charley in 2004 and Nicole in 2022 .
Tillman married Billy Gordon, lead singer of the Contours, on August 12, 1963. [9] They have a son, Darrian. [1] Before her death, she was a student at the Wayne County Community College and was a secretary at Plymouth State Hospital. [1] Tillman died on January 6, 1980 at her home in Inkster, Michigan from complications of lupus or sickle cell ...
Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley [a] (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old youth murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after being accused of offending a white grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant.
Jayne Marie Mansfield (born November 8, 1950) is an American actress and model. She is the first child and eldest daughter of 1950s Hollywood sex symbol and Playboy Playmate Jayne Mansfield and Mansfield's ex-husband Paul. Mansfield is also the elder half-sister of actress Mariska Hargitay.