Tag: orange-mound
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LueElla Hardin Marshall
LueElla Hardin Marshall “VISUAL ARTIST, BUSINESS WOMAN, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER and GREAT GREAT GRAND MOTHER, and OLDEST SISTER Mrs. LueElla Hardin Marshall, a native of Byhalia, Mississippi. My family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. In The Historic Orange Mound Community December 24, 1966. Founder/President of the Orange Mound Neighborhood and Veterans Association, INC. Founded, September…
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Dr. Charles E. McGruder
Dr. Charles E. McGruder Dr. Charles E. McGruder began his education at Alabama A&M, serving in World War II in the Army Aircorps. He resumed his studies at Xavier University, and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Meharry Medical College, graduating in 1952. Spending his career in Nashville specializing in Obstetrics & Gynecology, he…
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Aundra McCoy
Aundra McCoy Aundra McCoy grew up in a family of seamstresses and quilters, and her mixed media quilts reflect this lineage. Raised in the historic African American community of Orange Mound, Tennessee, McCoy carries on this legacy of textile arts. McCoy’s mother taught each of her children how to sew by hand and by machine.…