Edward (Eddie) Ingram, Ingram's Antiques

Edward (Eddie) Ingram, Ingram's AntiquesFor the last 20 or so years if you took Washington Boulevard between La Brea and Crenshaw, chances are you would have noticed Eddie in front of his Ingram’s Antique shop on the south side of the street by West Boulevard. He sat among the chairs, trunks, drawers, tables and other…

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Myrna Andersson Allen 1935-2014

Myrna Andersson Allen 1935-2014I  first met Myrna Andersson Allen while I was delivering The Neighborhood News door to door.  She was on her porch with her dogs and she immediately engaged me in a discussion about her community, neighborhood issues and the local Neighborhood Council.  I remember thinking "this is one…

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Myrna Andersson-Allen

Myrna Andersson-AllenI first met Myrna Andersson Allen while I was delivering The Neighborhood News door to door.She was on her porch with her dogs and she immediately engaged me in a discussion about her community, neighborhood issues and the local Neighborhood Council. I remember thinking "this is one smart cookie!" It…

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Fred Monroe Hudson 1936-2013

Fred Monroe Hudson 1936-2013Fred's Utopia Barbershop Mr. Fred Monroe Hudson, age 77, of 4256 Victoria Ave., Los Angeles, CA, passed away Friday, December 27, 2013, in Los Angeles California. Mr. Hudson was born in Floyd County Georgia on April 7, 1936, son of the late Edward and Annie Bell Hudson. Fred completed…

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Margeurite Poindexter LaMotte 1933-2013

Margeurite Poindexter LaMotte 1933-2013From her Obituary: “Marguerite was the baby of a family of seven children born to Leon and Amy Poindexter of New Orleans, LA.  She flourished in a segregated Louisiana school system and graduated from Xavier Preparatory High School and the YMCA Business College in New Orleans.  At age 18 she…

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Pastor Wade M. Wills 1952-2013

Pastor Wade M. Wills 1952-2013I often pass Pastor Wade's house while walking my dog.  I turn the corner on 23rd St, pass the bushes and see his van in the driveway alerting me that when the rapture came, I could have his car. Often  I would see him standing on his front lawn and…

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Cecil Fergerson 1931-2013

Cecil Fergerson 1931-2013This is a reprint of an article we published on Cecil Fergerson in TNN issue #14 October, 2010  Fergerson grew up in South Central, attending Compton Community College.  In 1948 he went to work as a custodian at the old Los Angeles County Museum at Exposition Park, moving to Los Angeles…

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Eula Mae Jordan English 1922-2014

Eula Mae Jordan English 1922-2014{jcomments off}Mid City resident, Eula Mae Jordan English, the wife of pioneering attorney Herman A. English died of cancer on Wednesday, November 13, 2014 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center surrounded by family.  Beginning in the 1950s, Eula English and attorney Herman A. English were a power couple of LA’s elite,…

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George Stamouvlasis (Stamos) of Capitol Burgers

George Stamouvlasis (Stamos) of Capitol BurgersOn July 30th George Stamouvlasis (Stamos) the owner of Capitol Burgers, passed away.  Capitol, located at the corner of Pico Blvd. and South Victoria Ave., has been a neighborhood staple for nearly 50 years serving up some of the best hamburgers and pastrami sandwiches in Los Angeles. Customers sang…

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Joanne (Jo) Christine Schaefer 1947-2013

Joanne (Jo) Christine Schaefer 1947-2013With the recent passing of long time Mid-City resident, Jo Schaefer, we have lost an avid, dedicated community activist and supportive friend of many.  Jo began her activism as the first student director of the Educational Participation In Communities (EPIC)program out of Cal State L.A. where she organized students…

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Established in August of 2008 by writerartist Dianne V. Lawrence, The Neighborhood News covers the events, people, history, politics and historic architecture of communities throughout the Mid-City and West Adams area in Los Angeles Council District 10.

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