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Volume 122 No. 42

MAY 24, 2014 - MAY 30, 2014

Town Hall Meeting: Protecting Our HBCUs

NAACP Presidential Selection Process Again Mired in Controversy By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A search firm hired by the NAACP ranked the Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of FriendshipWest Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, as the top candidate five years ago to become president and CEO of the NAACP. But Haynes wasn’t the favorite of Julian Bond, then chairman of the board of directors, who preferred Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of a small, private foundation in California, for the spot.

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So when the selection process shifted from the search committee to the NAACP’s executive committee, the NAACP’s legendary political maneuvering came into play. At Bond’s urging, the executive committee opted to present only Jealous’ name to the full board for an upor-down vote. To no one’s surprise, Jealous was elected (34-21). Though Benjamin L, Hooks, one of the association’s most popular leaders, pastored two churches – one in Memphis and one in Detroit – while serving as executive

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Cornell William Brooks, newly elected NAACP president director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, Haynes was told he did not reach the final round of the selection process because he wouldn’t agree to give up his church duties in Dallas. Haynes felt that was a ruse and the experience left a bitter taste in his mouth, with him vowing to never go through that process again. He could

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Major Gen. Warren Freeman, Dead at 66

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

Retired Maj. Gen. Warren L. Freeman, a former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, died May 17 at his Maryland home. He was 66. Freeman was born Aug. 20, 1947, in Jackson, Ga., but was raised in the Washington, D.C. area. The general’s military career spanned three decades -- with a majority of it in the service of the D.C. Guard. That career began as an enlisted soldier in 1966. After two years he moved on to a commission as a second lieutenant from Officers Candidate School in July 1969, at which time he was awarded the Erickson Trophy U.S. Army photo by Scott Davis for Distinguished Graduate of his class. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Warren Following commissioning, L. Freeman Continued on A4

The panelists focused on the ongoing 2006 lawsuit. By Jonathan Hunter AFRO Staff Writer A town hall meeting on the plight of the state’s HBCUs and their future was the site of much discussion, May 13, at Coppin State University in Baltimore. State Del. Aisha N. Braveboy, attorney John C. Brittain, State Sen. Joan Carter Conway, Dr. John Organ, attorney A. Dwight Pettit, Dr. Earl S. Richardson and Mr. David Burton, president of the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, served on the panel that was moderated

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by George E. Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers of America. The focus was the ongoing 2006 lawsuit in which the Coalition, representing students, alumni and supporters of Bowie, Coppin and Morgan state universities, along with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), sued the State of Maryland for violating its legal mandate to provide equal protection and equal educational opportunity for all its citizens by maintaining and perpetuating a separate and unequal system of higher education that is segregated by Continued on A6

Forestville Native Serves Aboard USS Columbia By Sunday Sawyer Navy Office of Community Outreach

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - A 2010 Suitland High School graduate and Forestville, Md., native is serving aboard a U.S. Navy attack submarine, the USS Columbia (SSN 771). Petty Officer 3rd Class Rhett M. Smith is a culinary specialist aboard the Hawaii-based boat, a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, and was specifically named in honor of Columbia, S. C., Columbia, Mo., and Columbia, Ill. Measuring 361 feet long, 33 feet wide, weighing 7,000 tons when submerged and Continued on A3

Rhett M. Smith is a culinary specialist aboard the USS Columbia.

Ebenezer Women to Retreat, Rest, Regroup

Spiritual Retreat and Restoration Conference, herself. “The inspiration came from the Lord, of It has been 30 years since God prodded course,” she said. the Rev. Dr. Jo Ann Browning’s spirit to The first retreat saw an attendance that develop something beyond the typical was shy of the 75 women she planned Women’s Day to acknowledge and for. However, news about the retreat administer to the needs of women. began to spread by word-of-mouth as “I could never imagine what God Ebenezer women told their sorority sisters, would do when he dropped this in my co-workers, relatives and others. Three spirit,” said Rev. Browning, who codecades later, hundreds of women flock pastors Ebenezer African Methodist to the event from all 50 U.S. states, the Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere, Rev. Md., along with her husband the Rev. Dr. Browning said. The Rev. JoAnn Browning ministers Grainger Browning Jr. The retreats mainly comprise worship during a worship service. Rev. Browning sought the advice of services and workshops “solely designed Courtesy Photo her spiritual mothers, Doris Porter, former and focused on the spiritual needs of first lady of Hemingway AME Church women,” the minister said. “Everything in District Heights, Md., and the Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, senior is designed to give women what they need”—to be affirmed, built up; to episcopal supervisor, Fourth Episcopal District, AME Church. fellowship with other women and to be spiritually, mentally and physically Then, with prayer and meditation, she proceeded to plan the first Women’s Continued on A3 By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

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AP- Poet and novelist Sam Greenlee has died in Chicago at the age of 83. Greenlee was best known for his 1969 novel “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” later adapted into a political drama movie. Close friend and cast member in the movie, Pemon Rami, says Greenlee died early Monday. Greenlee was one of the Sam Greenlee first African Americans to join the U.S. foreign service. From 1957-1965, he worked for the U.S. Information Agency, serving in Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia and Greece. “The Spook Who Sat by the Door” tells the story of a Black CIA agent who becomes a revolutionary training young Chicago Blacks for a violent rebellion. His other works include “Baghdad Blues,” in which he describes witnessing the 1958 revolution that brought down Iraq’s British-backed monarchy.

N. Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau Surrenders in Mortgage Fraud Case

AP- The mayor of North Miami has surrendered to federal agents after she was charged with others in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme. The FBI confirmed Tuesday that 54-year-old Mayor Lucie Tondreau was in custody. She had been at a Las Vegas convention on city business Mayor Lucie Tondreau when an indictment charging her was unsealed Monday. Prosecutors say Tondreau and three others conspired before she became mayor to defraud lenders using straw buyers to obtain inflated loans to buy 20 properties. The scheme allegedly involved the use of Tondreau’s radio program to recruit buyers. Tondreau’s attorney says she is innocent. The four defendants are charged with conspiracy and wire fraud, which carry a combined maximum 30-year prison sentence. Tondreau was elected North Miami’s first female HaitianAmerican mayor last June.

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with a complement of more than 130 sailors, USS Columbia is one of the most versatile weapons platforms ever placed in the world’s oceans, capable of long range Tomahawk strike operations, anti-submarine and surface shipping operations, surveillance and intelligence gathering, and special forces insertions. Attack submarines are designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. They also carry cruise missiles with conventional high-explosive warheads to attack enemy shore facilities. They also conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, mine laying and support special operations. As a 21 year-old with numerous responsibilities, Smith said he is learning about himself as a leader, sailor and a person. He added that joining the Navy was something he really felt God wanted him to do. “I was in college and struggling to pay for school. I tried getting grants and I wasn’t able to get any financial aid,” said Smith. “I was really stressed about what to do and one morning I woke up feeling like God was telling me to join the Navy.” Smith said after lots of prayer he entered the Navy but had no idea the “blessing” it would be not just in his life but in the lives of others.

“People back home tell me all of the time how proud they are of me and how much I have positively impacted their lives and helped them choose a better path in life because of my choices to be in the military,” said Smith. “I have helped a lot of people that I have met along the way as well and I see that the people I have managed to help is why God wanted me here and It is a really great feeling to have a better life but it is even better to know I have helped others lives.” Columbia, along with all other U.S. Navy submarines, is manned solely by volunteers from within the Navy. Because of the stressful environment aboard submarines, personnel are accepted only after rigorous testing and observation. Submariners are some of the most highly trained and skilled people in the Navy. The training is highly technical and each crew has to be able to operate, maintain, and repair every system or piece of equipment on board. Regardless of their specialty, everyone also has to learn how everything on the ship works and how to respond in emergencies to become “qualified in submarines” and earn the right to wear the coveted gold or silver dolphins on their uniform. Although it is difficult for most people to imagine living on a submarine, challenging submarine living conditions actually

build strong fellowship among the crew. The crews are highly motivated, and quickly adapt to changing conditions. It is a busy life of specialized work, watches, and drills. Smith said he is very proud of the work he is doing as part of the Columbia’s 130-member crew, protecting America on the world’s oceans. Imagine working and living in a 361-foot long, 33-foot wide, three-story building with no windows and surrounded by technology. Then lock the doors, submerge beneath the surface of the ocean and travel silently underwater for months. This requires a tremendous amount of skill, knowledge, personal discipline, and teamwork. “I’m very proud of all USS Columbia sailors and equally impressed with the type and quality of work that goes aboard the submarine each day,” said Cmdr. J. Patrick Friedman, Columbia’s commanding officer. “Our team is filled with highly qualified young adults, reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide at any time. Their work ethic, enthusiasm, and esprit de corps are second to none and they are the backbone of the Navy’s undersea warfighting capability.” As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied upon assets, Smith and other USS Columbia sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes.

sexism; “Blurred Lines,” which discusses how women can maintain their godly standards and “Dancing With the Scars,” which addresses how faith can help women deal with the scars that life can leave. The titles are “not necessarily the content but the context in which things have been triggered in the hearts of women and what they’ve experienced,” Rev. Browning said, adding, “We cannot exclude reality in the church. You must be able to integrate reality with spirituality and through those two things you can address the things people deal with day to day, particularly as African Americans and people who are oppressed.” This year’s retreat includes two extra seminars for women ages 18-35. The extra sessions are meant to serve as an incentive for these younger women, whose attendance had been dwindling, as a conference evaluation revealed. In another change, the conference features a new schedule that provides more opportunities for rest and relaxation— attendees have more personal time to enjoy the attractions of National Harbor, including restaurants, sightseeing and shopping at the newly-opened Tanger Outlets. These days, Rev. Browning no longer has to go it alone— for the past 10 years she has been working with a core team of four women, who pray, meditate, draft and re-draft plans for the programs over the course of an entire year.

The women have even helped Rev. Browning enter the new age of social media—information about the conference is no longer disseminated by word-of-mouth only, but also through Twitter, Facebook and the like. “One person cannot do it all; this is a collective effort,” Rev. Browning said. “I’m grateful for the committed, wonderful, God-fearing women of Ebenezer.”

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restored. “If the spiritual woman is strong, she can just about deal with everything,” Rev. Browning said. She added, “Our (women’s) nature is to be nurturers and we have a tendency to do for everyone else and put ourselves on the back burner and don’t even realize we are burnt out.” The retreat occurs during Ebenezer’s Women’s Season, a time set aside in the church’s annual calendar—from March to the first Sunday in June—and dedicated to the spiritual empowerment of women. The theme of this year’s retreat is “God is a Wonder to My Heart, Mind & Soul.” “It really is a miracle and a wonder” all the things that women, particularly African-American women, have been able to endure and survive, and God has been the one who has held them up, Rev. Browning said. “Sometimes we just need to recognize and acknowledge that.” The three-day retreat, to be held on the church’s campus, will feature a plethora of workshops facilitated by women preachers from all over the country, including Bishop Vashti McKenzie. The seminars cover a range of topics that impact women, and the titles reference television shows, films, songs and other cultural phenomenon such as “12 Years a Slave,” which addresses how Christian women can deal with racism and

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he attended basic courses in both infantry and military police schools. From then on, he served in a number of different roles such as platoon leader, tactical officer and a variety of staff and operations officer positions. He was appointed Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard in December 1995 by President Bill Clinton, where he served until he retired on Dec. 31, 2002. Notably during that tenure, Freeman was in command during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon, which sent D.C. Air National Guard F-16 fighters from the 113th Wing scrambling moments after the Pentagon was hit by a commercial jet liner. D.C Army Guard helicopters also took flight to assist first responders with medical support at the Pentagon. During that time, Freeman was also appointed to the Reserve Forces Policy Board, which serves as the principal

policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense on reserve component matters. After retiring from the Guard, Freeman served from 2003 to 2012 as commandant of the Forestville Military Academy, the first public military school in Maryland. Maj. Gen. Freeman had a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific-Western University, a master’s in management from National-Louis University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from National-Louis University in 1997. Gen. Freeman was also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and completed Harvard University’s Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security. Freeman’s military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, and the Air

Force Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster. Freeman served on the board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America and the Black United Fund. He was a member of the U.S. Army War College Alumni Association, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Tuskegee Airmen, Association and Buffalo Soldiers Association. He lived in Gambrills, Md., with his wife, Barbara Ann Lynch-Freeman. Services are pending. According to the website of the Wiseman Funeral Home in Clinton, Md., the Freeman family has requested that In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to: DeCesaris Cancer Institution of Anne Arundel Medical Center 2001 Medical Parkway SAJAK Pavillion #550 Annapolis, MD 21401

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have accepted losing in a fair contest, Haynes told anyone who would listen to him at the time. But what was hard for him to swallow was how a venerated organization dedicated to seeking justice and fairness for African Americans could hold an election for its top office without any pretense of being fair. When Jealous resigned last September with a year still left on his contract – after repeated clashes with Board Chair Roslyn M. Brock – applying for the vacancy did not cross Haynes’ mind. But apparently, it was on the minds of some NAACP supporters, who hoped the organization could get it right this time – if Haynes would consider going through the search process again. “I was done with them,” Haynes said in an interview May 19. “As I told them, I do justice work without them. It’s not like I needed them to do what I had already been doing.” This time, Haynes didn’t pursue the NAACP – they put the full-court press on him. “Literally, from September to February, they called me every week, asking me to reconsider,” Haynes stated. “I told them, ‘The church thing hasn’t changed – I am not giving up my church.’ They said, ‘That’s no longer a deal breaker. Would you now reconsider?’” “They even called Jeremiah Wright and asked him to ask me to reconsider. The funny thing is, the last time my relationship with him was an issue. They got so desperate that they

called him.” “They [members of the search firm hired by the NAACP] called me repeatedly, saying, ‘What will it take to change your mind?’ I said, ‘Nothing. I’m not interested.’ They were relentless, I’ll give them credit for that. “They said, ‘With Julian Bond out of the picture, everything should be fine.’ And I finally said, ‘Okay.’” To reassure the NAACP that he would devote full time to his new duties, Haynes volunteered to move from Dallas to Baltimore to be near the national headquarters; he would quit conducting revivals and the only thing he wanted in return was to be able to preach at his church in Dallas twice a month. “Last Thursday, I got this phone call. I was supposed to be in Florida Friday [for the final vote at the NAACP board meeting]. So they called me Thursday and asked whether I was willing to make the Association my sole source of employment. I told them what accommodations I had made, what preparations I had made at the church and they said, ‘Basically, you’ve answered our

question. Thank you very much.’ “Later, I got this call from the search team that they were going to do something else. I’m fine with that.” Unlike five years ago, when the executive committee presented the sole name of Ben Jealous to the full board, this time the names of two candidates were advanced: Barbara R. Arnwine, who has been president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law since 1989, and Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark. Although he has worked as a lawyer for the Justice Department, the FCC, and at Arnwine’s –Rev. Haynes organization as well as served as director of the Fair Housing Council of Washington, D.C. before heading the New Jersey nonprofit group, Brooks, a graduate of Jackson State University in Mississippi and Yale University Law School, is not well known in national civil rights circles. According to board members who interviewed both candidates, they have contrasting personalities. Arnwine, a frequent

“They called me repeatedly, saying, ‘What will it take to change your mind?’ I said, ‘Nothing. I’m not interested.’ They were relentless, I’ll give them credit for that.

fixture on television and the conventions of national civil rights organizations, is bold and has a strong personality. Brooks is more understated. Describing him to the Baltimore Sun, former board chairman Julian Bond described him as “the kind of soft-spoken and well-intentioned person I wanted to have in this job.” Arnwine declined to be interviewed for this article. But one of her supporters on the board said, “All of our civil rights organizations have a problem with a woman serving as their chief, day-to-day spokesperson. Second, the clique that runs the board wants someone they can control, not someone like Barbara, who is talented and her own person.” Another board member who had no favorite among the finalists said, “This is Ben Jealous all over again. They wanted someone they can control and manipulate. You would think they would have learned by now.” Rev. Haynes said he has certainly learned – the hard way. “I failed the test of our ancestors,” he said. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. They got me twice.” Still, he is not bitter. “I wish Mr. Brooks the best. I really do,” Haynes said. “If what I went through is a reflection of how they do business, I hope he doesn’t have to climb over that kind of nonsense. Our people are still catching too much hell for us to be giving this much hell to each other.”

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Science! Next week, the White House will be filled with robots, science projects, and more. Students from around the country are headed to the 2014 White House Science Fair hosted by President Obama. With students from a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions, this year’s Fair will include a specific focus on girls and women who are excelling in STEM and inspiring the next generation with their work. Washington Performing Arts 2014 Summer Camps Offer Tuition-free Programs Washington Performing Arts’ tuition-free summer camps open on June 23. All camps are open to the public. Free breakfast and lunch are provided for all camps (supported in part by the DC Free Summer Meals Program). Applicants can register online at http://www.wpas.org/education/kids/spaa For additional information, contact camps@washingtonperformingarts.org Three PGCPS High School Seniors Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarships Three graduating seniors from Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) have been selected for the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.

“This is a prestigious honor and these students are to be congratulated,” said Dr. Kevin. M. Maxwell, Chief Executive Officer. “The financial support that this scholarship provides our students opens doors that may not have otherwise been available to them.” PGCPS recipients include Oloruntobi Dare (Charles H. Flowers High School); Charmaine Scarlett (Forestville High School); and Maimuna Sidibay (High Point High School). Launched in 1999 with a $1 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the program awards talented students each year with a “good-through-graduation” scholarship to use at the college or university of their choice. The program promotes academic excellence and provides an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.

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race. Last October, a federal district court found that academic programs at the four HBCUs had been unnecessarily and

unlawfully duplicated, causing the schools to suffer varied loss and discriminating against the students who attend them. Del. Braveboy said the schools are due billions of dollars and emphasized that in 2014, Maryland still has segregation in higher education. “As I researched the cases and the historical documents that were presented as evidence in the case, I realized that the State of Maryland has known of its own discriminatory practices dating back from 1937 when the first report was commissioned on the plight of historically Black colleges,” said Del. Braveboy. She added that there needs to be parity and comparability between all the institutions in Maryland. Historically, HBCUs have been the foundation of wealth for Blacks in the country and it remains important in Maryland where 30 percent of the population is African American. Dr. Richardson, former president of Morgan State University, said the business model is flawed because of the lack of investments being placed in HBCUs. He posited that with any business, to get the full value from that business, there needs to be a full investment. “That’s not taking place with these HBCUs.” As a result, Dr. Richardson reasoned that it is harder for any of the HBCUs to be competitive and attract students. “I am very interested in this subject for this very reason. What does it suggest when they don’t have the resources they need to perform? It not only speaks of education, but it speaks of all of us. It sends the wrong message that if it’s Black, it’s inferior and that it’s incompetent and mismanaged,” Dr. Richardson said. Morgan State University was the first public institution in the Baltimore region to offer the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program. Predominantly White institutions were subsequently allowed to open similar programs, resulting in the significant reduction of White students at Morgan. In 1976 HBCUs reported having 18.2 percent White students, compared to 2008 where only 3.3 percent of students enrolled in HBCUs were White. Pettit sat on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and claims he was the only person on that board who voted against the practice of unnecessary duplication of academic programs. “We as a people need to be very aware that America is moving in the negative and is retreating from the Civil Rights

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Movement so many people died and lived for,” he said, encouraging those in the audience to “look at the current education system, the penal system, the dismantling of affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. It is clear we are moving backwards.” Del. Braveboy referred to the 1992 U.S. v. Fordice decision, in which the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the principles of Brown v. Board of Education and established the legal standard that prevails today for the desegregation of former de jure segregated systems of higher education, including the eradication of all remaining vestiges, or current effects, of such segregation and racial discrimination. The unnecessary duplication of academic programs at the HBCUs by geographically proximate Traditionally White Institutions (TWIs) was part and parcel of these segregated and discriminatory systems of higher education and, the Supreme Court ruled, is a practice that must be eliminated. In higher education, Maryland has the historic record of resistance and recalcitrance to the principles and specific mandate of Brown v. Board of Education for what is now 60 years. And with respect to the particular policy and practice of unnecessary duplication of academic programs, it continues. Richardson urged that “We have to stick together like they did during the civil rights era to demand a change. As we come tonight if we want there to be a change, if we want our institutions to be as competitive as our counterparts we have to make sure our voices are heard.” He said HBCUs do want White students and diversity is key for keeping the HBCUs as competitive. Attorney John C. Brittain outlined four ideas to combat the current problem for change. “Number one, we must create some new unique, high-demand programs at the HBCUs to attract diverse racially-ethnically students to those institutions to build them up. Two, transfer non-core programs from the traditionally White institutions to the HBCUs. Three, we must merge programs between TWI’s and HBI’s. Four there must be some institutional merger between the University of Baltimore and Morgan.” Under the law, it was emphasized, these and other related changes are necessary to enhance and improve the state’s HBCUs, expanding educational opportunities for African American students and making these institutions attractive, viable choices for all students regardless of race, color or ethnicity.

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May 24, 2014 - May 30, 2014, The Afro-American

COMMENTARY

Affordable Health Care Is Our Right

On May 5, I joined Dr. Claudia Baquet and other notables to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Journal of Health for the Poor and Underserved. We came together to share our practical and moral assessments of the Affordable Care Act (more widely known as “ObamaCare”). For those of us who were strong advocates for the enactment of ObamaCare – and who now are the frontline defenders of Elijah Cummings healthcare reform – our moral position is clear. Human beings in any truly civilized society deserve affordable health care. We deserve that care when we are in need and regardless of our stations in life. In short, as Americans, affordable health care is our right, not merely a privilege to be enjoyed only by some. Admittedly, the initial implementation of the ACA’s national and state-run healthcare exchanges was not without its challenges. Now, however, those initial technical obstacles are being overcome, and we are beginning to witness the new law’s potential to save lives. More than 8 million Americans signed up for private insurance plans through the federal and state exchanges during the first open enrollment season, many receiving subsidies to lower the cost of their insurance. Millions more are benefitting from expanded eligibility for Medicaid. ObamaCare is changing the trajectory of people’s destinies – just as it was designed to accomplish. Under the prior health insurance system, the evidence confirmed that between 18,000 and 50,000 Americans were dying prematurely each year because they lacked health insurance. They died because they did not receive the care that they needed when it would have prolonged their lives. One study, by the Public Library of Science, revealed a 33year difference between the longest and shortest living groups in our country. The healthiest Americans were setting the upper curve for global life expectancy, while those on the lower rungs of our society had life spans comparable to individuals in developing nations. Morally, that contrast is appalling, demanding urgent reforms. It is a life-or-death reason why healthcare can no longer be viewed as a privilege.

Moreover, even for those of us who have survived serious injury or illness, health-related expenses have all too often been financially crippling. Americans have found themselves unable to work, facing ever-growing medical bills, and suddenly unable to pay for life’s necessities. Forthrightly stated, I consider ObamaCare to be a significant down payment upon the transformative change that everyday Americans need. I continue to believe that, eventually, only a single-payer system based upon Medicare will allow us to insure everyone while we also constrain rising healthcare costs. Still, as a member of Congress and advocate for Americans of modest means, I was driven by a sense of urgency to establish affordable healthcare as a right. That is what the Affordable Care Act accomplished. Because of the ACA, more than $11 billion in federal grants to community health centers will effectively double their ability to serve patients in underserved communities. Because of the ACA, American children no longer need to worry about being pushed off of their parents’ plans and losing coverage. Because of the ACA, a pre-existing condition no longer excludes us from coverage – and lifetime and yearly limits on healthcare coverage will no longer be tolerated. Because of the ACA, many preventive care procedures are now free; and seniors are receiving annual discounts on their prescription costs. To be clear, as someone who has fought against healthcare disparities throughout my professional life, I realize that access to affordable health insurance is not the only force that is shortening our lives. Nevertheless, as a mortality factor, access is critically important. Although we are making progress in our movement to eliminate that deadly factor by transforming affordable healthcare from a privilege into a right guaranteed by federal law, the political struggle continues.

The Difficult Math of Inequality Thousands of fast food workers took to the streets this week, staging strikes in protest over their low pay. In states where the minimum wage has not been raised above the federal level, if a worker could put together a full-time, full-year schedule, she would earn just $15,080 a year. Some people scoff at raising the minimum wage for these workers, on the basis that “they only flip burgers.” By that logic, what William Spriggs should you get paid if you are the chief burger flipper? Not much, right? Well, the CEOs of fast food restaurants average $11,884,000 in pay annually. That’s a lot of hamburgers to flip. Here is where the math of inequality comes into play. We haven’t given minimum wage workers a raise in more than five years, yet inflation has continued. So minimum wage workers’ purchasing power has been falling. In 2009, $15,080 a year would place a single mother with a child above the poverty threshold. Today, she and her child would be living in poverty. Let’s suppose the CEO wants his pay to keep up with inflation. Assuming inflation runs as it has the last 12 months,

he needs a pay raise of 2 percent, or $237,680. That raise equals an entire year’s worth of pay for about 16 of his minimum wage workers. Company sales have to increase by almost a quarter million dollars to cover the CEO’s pay raise. You can see the hard math that inequality creates. When one worker makes 788 times what other workers make, the math of how much it takes to increase everyone’s pay by the same amount gets tricky. Such a huge amount must go to just one worker. But raises for fast food CEOs haven’t simply kept pace with inflation. Analysis by the Economic Policy Institute shows that the average fast food CEO’s pay has almost doubled since 2009. That should appear odd. If CEOs’ pay has doubled, then clearly we would expect the performance of their companies to have doubled. That would be the result of workers doubling their efforts since 2009 in increasing the companies’ bottom lines. If that were the case, we should see workers’ pay also go up. If performance didn’t improve and workers weren’t more productive, how did CEOs get rewarded for poor management? Others look at the workers on strike and wonder what would happen to the price of their hamburger if the workers making $7.25 an hour got a raise. But the real question is, what is it doing to the price of your hamburger that one person got a $6 million raise since 2009. That raise is more than the combined annual earnings of 398 minimum wage workers making $7.25 an hour. Congress could act to rebalance the equation, but Senate Republicans blocked a vote to raise the minimum wage.

Tragically, the Republicans’ relentless campaign against the Affordable Care Act and President Obama has limited the expansion of healthcare coverage in places where it is needed the most. Especially appalling are the 24 states that have failed to expand Medicaid coverage. For political reasons, those Republican-led states have elected to forego the billions in federal funds that could be helping 4.8 million Americans who would qualify for Medicaid under the ACA’s expansion. In Texas alone, more than 1 million additional residents could access Medicaid benefits if coverage were expanded. Consider this. If all states expanded their Medicaid programs, almost 80 percent of the 41 million Americans who currently are uninsured would be able to purchase coverage for $100 or less per person, per month. Lives are in the balance, and the political struggle to repeal ObamaCare is intense. As a nation, we have a choice to make. Either we can return to a broken system that allowed premature death and financial devastation – or we can choose life. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Despite appeals from workers, the president and the secretary of labor, and despite polls showing support from the American people, House Republicans have indicated they also would block a raise for workers. If it doesn’t want to address the wage problem head-on, Congress could at least take action to get Americans back to work. A giant rally was held this week at the AFL-CIO headquarters with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to tell Congress it is time to pass the appropriations needed to put Americans back to work building bridges, fixing roads, updating sewer systems, providing more public transportation options, and expanding port facilities. These are investments America must make to remain globally competitive. When we don’t make these improvements, our deteriorating infrastructure becomes a mounting debt we leave for our children to pay. Full employment is a sure way to help raise the wages of all Americans. Just like pushing up wages from the bottom, it changes the math of inequality. Having job choices, and standing on a higher floor for wages, puts workers closer to eye-to-eye with CEOs when bargaining for wages. Congress has choices. It can raise the minimum wage. It can invest in America. Or it can continue to make it hard to address American inequality by standing for the 1 percent. William Spriggs serves as Chief Economist to the AFL-CIO, and is a professor in, and former Chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University.

New Generation of Wealthy Hip Hop Artists Whenever someone is the first to reach a historic milestone in the world of finance and wealth, notable homage is usually paid to that achievement. Such is the case with Dr. Dre, hiphop icon and entertainment industry mogul. Dr. Dre has emerged as the first hip-hop billionaire. Apple recently announced it is in the process of buying Beats Electronics, a headphone company owned by Dr. Dre, for $3.2 billion. According to Forbes, this Benjamin F. acquisition by Apple is the Chavis Jr. largest buy in the company’s history. Andre “Dr. Dre” Romelle Young was born in 1965 in the heart of Compton, Calif. Today, at the age of 49, Dr. Dre is one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the African-American community. As a strong innovator, creator, music producer and hip-hop cultural genius, Dr. Dre is well known for being both a hard and smart worker. Yet, Dr. Dre represents an evolving new generation of hip-hop wealth-builders and business leaders. Too often, music producers and others in the entertainment

industry, and in particular within hip-hop, are respected solely for their creativity or performance qualities. However, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, Sean P. Diddy Combs, 50 cents, Queen Latifah, Russell Simmons and others who have been molded inside the crucible of urban hip-hop across America are becoming increasingly viewed as effective business leaders. This generation of hiphop millionaires and billionaires will have the opportunity to help strengthen the economic status of African Americans and others who have been kept away from the center of wealth in the United States. Apple is one of the most financially successful companies in the world. Sources close to Dr. Dre and his business partner Jimmy Iovine say that Dre and Iovine are also set to become executives in Apple as a consequence of the purchase. The convergence of high tech companies such as Apple and hiphop oriented companies like Beats sheds light on the future expansion of Silicon Valley companies into the music and cultural arts arena. Thus, in the future, it is likely that there will be increased mergers and acquisitions involving other hip-hop related companies and Silicon Valley. Studies by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) with the Nielsen Company have shown that African Americans are big spenders and primarily are consumers in the U.S. economy to the annual tune of more than $1 trillion. The pivotal significance of a Dr. Dre or a Jay Z is that there are now many more opportunities for young African Americans to move from the consumer sector to the productive sector of the

economy. Hip-hop is no longer just an American phenomenon. Hiphop is global. The hip-hop business owners, artists, producers and musicians know that the market today is international. Going forward, while an artist might not produce a hit record, there is the possibility that the artist will instead produce a hot product. Key to the development and distribution of any product is an understanding of your target demographics and what the market trends are for the product. We have no shortage of creativity and innovation in our communities, especially among our young women and men. The news about Dr. Dre becoming a billionaire should serve as inspiration for others. Of course, hip-hop is not without its critics. Some see no redeeming value to hip-hop music, lyrics, and imagery. The inspirational aspect of hip-hop culture, however, is important to a generation of young people that society attempts to discard and undervalue. I salute Dr. Dre and all those who have similar aspirations and a strong work ethic to achieve career success. We must value the creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit that is prevalent in the lives of so many of the youth who reside in our communities across the nation. Dr. Dre is the first billionaire within hip-hop culture, but he will not be the last. There are more grinding and preparing themselves to follow Dre’s example. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is president of Education Online Services Corporation and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.

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May 24, 2014 - May 30, 2014, The Afro-American

The Trailblazer honorees: A. Shuanise Washington, president/CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Herman Hewitt, senior vice president of business development, MetroStar Systems and Andrella Kenner, founding president, Ci2 Aviation Inc.

Closing remarks by Cheron Burns, Linda Gipson Hitchens, foundation chair and Antoinette Mann, chapter president

Dr. Johnnie Milos, Dr. Cynthia Brown, Linda Hitchens and Gladys Fitzhugh-Pemberton

he Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter(NoVAC), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and Northern Virginia Delta Education and Community Service(NVDECS) Foundation hosted its Gala honoring Trailblazers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM) and the 2nd Annual Scholarship Award Dinner, May 3, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Va. The highlight of the evening came with the presentation of the 2014 scholarship recipients, “truly, a moment in time” Izella Dornell, honoree A. Shuanise Washington and the recognition of three Trailblazers who have made significant contributions in their respective and Donald Washington STEM fields: Herman Hewitt, SVP of Business Development, MetroStar Systems; Andrella Kenner, founding president, Ci2 Aviation, and A. Shuanise Washington, president/CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Guests were treated to a sumptuous cuisine, an array of auction items and Robin Phillips, far left, chair, NoVAC scholarship committee and Antoinette Mann, far right, chapter president with the 2014 scholarship recipients danced to the smooth jazzy sounds of the Phaze II Jazz Band. Chapter and foundation leadership includes Antoinette Mann and Fawn Coleman along with the gala co-chairs, Regina Jones and Izella Dornell all led by the fundraising committee chaired by Cheron Reed Burns. NoVAC now enters its 55th year of service to the Northern Virginia Community. Recognition of guests by Dr. Cynthia Brown, second vice president and Tameka Tunsil, first vice president

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Melissa Hinkson, Joseph Nickens, Louise Nickens, chapter member; Edgar Brookins and Bernice Dawson, chapter member

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Maurice Crump, Janice Crump, honoree Andrella Kenner, founding president, Ci2 Aviation, and Izella Dornell, co-chair, STEM Gala

Phaze II Jazz band

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Recognition of sponsors by Cheron Reed Burns, chair, fundraising committee

Valerie Johnson, math teacher, Fairfax City Public Schools; Pamela Johnson, math teacher, Norfolk Public Schools and Lilla Hunter-Taylor, founder, Rose STEM

he National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), D.C. Chapter, hosted its Annual Scholarship Benefit and Awards Jazz Brunch at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Va. This signature fundraiser generates funds for the Future Innovators Scholarship and honors local scientists and engineers for their accomplishments and contributions to the community. The event theme was “Black Excellence, Opulence in STEM and Beyond.” Among the honorees were: Jesse Ingram, BAE Systems; Alana Boyajian, Caci International; Karlynn Kerney, STV; Kevin Coby, William Ellis, Keir Hamm, Carl Broussard and Juwan Hawkins. Keynote speaker was Meldon Hollis, associate director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In addition to guests enjoying tasty brunch options, there was a silent auction and for their grooving pleasure, music by Johnny Graham and his band The Groove, who bridge old school soul with new school creativity. Tolani Onigbanjo, D.C. Chapter president and his planning team provided a grand afternoon of fun, fellowship and networking. NSBE is a world organization serving minority engineers, Juwan Hawkins, Young Leader scientists, technologists and mathematicians and the D.C. Honoree chapter expands that mission by providing a place where professionals meet to build lasting friendships, share big ideas and invest in the future of STEM.

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Rhonda Thomas, Samantra Parran, Eleanora Parran, Destiny Dillon, Moszette Dillon, Marcel Vernes, Alma Thomas, Joseph Berry, Kailyn Hutchins and Juwan Hawkins

The Rev. Joyce Willoughby gives the invocation

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Members of the silent auction committee: Shana Broussard, Monique Cole and Pat Harris-Straughn

Carl Broussard, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award; Juwan Hawkins, recipient of the Young Leader’s Award and Kevin Coby, recipient of the Pioneer Award

Dorinda White, director of public affairs, executive office of the Mayor’s Office of Communications

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Tenisha Williams, Richard Ezike, Alana Boyajian, middle, CACI International, recipient of the Bronze Sponsor Award, Tolani Onigbanjo and Shelton Liddell

Stacey Mangham, Charita Mayo, Jennifer Cook and Travis Barrett. Photos by Rob Roberts

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May 24, 2014 - May 30, 2014, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

Crews Control By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Since retiring from the NFL, Terry Crews has traded in his helmet and cleats to pursue an acting career while also becoming the ultimate family man and fitness enthusiast. Over the past several years, omnipresent Terry has been seen almost everywhere, whether as the pecs-popping pitchman for Old Spice, portraying the overworked dad on “Everybody Hates Chris,” a tough guy in The Expendables film series, the loveable goofball in White Chicks, Will McAvoy’s bodyguard on HBO’s “The Newsroom,” or randy congressman Herbert Love in “Arrested Development.” 2014 has been a busy year for Terry, who has already appeared in Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s Club, and in Draft Day opposite Kevin Costner. And later this year, he will be starring with Sly Stallone in Reach Me, and reprising the role of Hale Caesar in the The Expendables 3. Terry is currently a series regular on the Golden Globe Award-winning TV sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” playing Sgt. Terry Jeffords, whose ripped exterior belies a sensitive and beleaguered interior. Crews also just added author to his resume with the release of his first book, Manhood. And it was recently announced that starting this fall he will be serving as host of the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Here, he talks about playing “Nickens” in his new movie, Blended, co-starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Kam Williams: Hi Terry, thanks for the interview. Terry Crews: Oh, you got it, Kam.

KW: Congrats on the Golden Globe for your TV show, “Brooklyn NineNine.” TC: Thank you! It blew me away when we got that Golden Globe. What an honor! I had no idea. It’s an awesome show and one of the best things I’ve ever done.

figured it out as we went along. He came up with a great idea. He said, basically, “Let’s make him the South African Tom Jones.” Once we had that, we were off and running. KW: Had you been to Africa before? TC: No, that was my first time, and I loved every minute of it. I traveled all over South Africa. I was in Cape Town, Soweto, Sun City and Johannesburg. I would’ve visited Durban, too, but we just rottentomatoes.com didn’t have the time. We met the most beautiful people and ate the best food! And we went on safari in Madikwe which is near Botswana. It was amazing. Some people say Sante Fe is spiritual, but you haven’t experienced anything until you’ve been to Africa. You know the world is bigger than you are after you see Africa.

Terry Crews in “Blended.”

KW: And you get to play a complex character in Sergeant Terry Jeffords. TC: That’s the best thing, that [scriptwriters] Mike Schur and Dan Goorhore created real people everybody can recognize. That’s real cool! KW: I loved ‘Blended,’ and I’m not a fan of Adam Sandler’s lowbrow brand of humor. But this one is different and kept me laughing non-stop. TC: That’s great! And it touches your feelings along the way, too. That’s the thing. What’s so good about the Adam-Drew [Barrymore] collaborations is how she tempers him. It’s the real deal. Their 50 First Dates was the first comedy that I ever caught feelings on. I was like, “Whoa! I’m feeling the romance here. I want them to get together. Why do I care so much?” And I got emotional about it. That is what they bring, a magical combination that works every time.

me up and before I’d seen a script, he said, “Man, I wanna do this movie with you that we’re shooting in Africa. Are you down, brother?” I had no idea what was going on, but I was like, “Let’s go! This is awesome!” I’m a card-carrying member of the Happy Madison Productions family. Adam put me in The Longest Yard, Click and The Benchwarmers. Every time he calls, it leads to nothing but great things. That’s why I just said, “Let’s do it!” We didn’t really have this character all straightened out. We sort of

KW: You provide the comic relief throughout this movie. Just when we’re about to forget about Nickens, he pops up again with that Greek chorus. TC: You know what’s wild? Adam called

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Former AFRO Reporter William Worthy, Defiant Global Correspondent, Dies at 92 By AFRO Staff William Worthy, a foreign correspondent who challenged travel bans during the Cold War, died of Alzheimer’s disease on May 4 in Brewster, Mass. He was 92. According to the Associated Press, Worthy’s death was announced by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Worthy, a Boston native, worked as a reporter for a host of news outlets including the Baltimore Afro-American and CBS News. He advocated for civil rights for much of his adult life and covered revolutions in numerous countries across the globe. In 1956, he took an unauthorized trip to China to report on the Korean War. While in China, he interviewed leader Zhou Enlai and Samuel David Hawkins, an American soldier who had been captured by the Chinese. Upon his return to the U.S., Worthy’s passport was seized. But that didn’t stop his trip to Cuba four years later where he went to report on Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution. When he returned from Cuba, Worthy was convicted of entering the country illegally. However, a federal court later declared the law unconstitutional. The story inspired singer Phil Och’s “The Ballad of William Worthy.” Worthy went on to teach journalism at Boston University, where he headed the university’s African American journalism department. Shortly thereafter, he went on to teach at Howard University where he served as the special assistant to the dean of the School of Communications. From the AFRO Archives

Castro says Uncle Sam is ‘stupid’ By William Worthy

HAVANA, Cuba — Using words clearly meant to tell Washington “We ain’t kidding, Buster.” Premier Castro early Wednesday morning warned: “We will resist until that empire of injustices, exploitation and abuses comes crashing down, victim of its own stupidities.” In an address broadcast to all Cuba from huge sugar workers rally 45 miles west of the capital, Castro said the sugar bill now before the U.S. Congress is “a Draconian and stupid law and is shameful aggression against a small country.” ••• PREMIER CASTRO declared, “As the United States takes pound by pound of sugar away from Cuba, we will take sugar mill by sugar mill and cent by cent until the very last U.S. investment in Cuba disappears. “Let the Yankees have no doubt that if they attempt to defeat us by hunger, they won’t even have the nails in their shoes left in Cuba. “And not only that, but pound by pound we will suspend all imports from United States. We will buy from whoever buys from us.” Already in the last year Cuba has considerably diversified numerous trade pacts with other countries in order to reduce heavy dependence on the United States and to strengthen its precious dollar reserves which were practically depleted during regime of pro-American dictator Batista.

In Memoriam

Kittie Paige

Mrs. Kittie Lee Washington Paige peacefully passed from this life to eternal life on May 12, 2014 at the age of 94. Kittie Paige was born in Charlottesville, VA on July 10, 1919, the oldest daughter of John Washington and Bessie Armstead Washington. The following year, the family moved to Pittsburgh, PA. Following graduation from high school, her studies were interrupted by America’s involvement in World War II. Kittie answered the call of the federal government and relocated to Washington, D.C., accepting employment at the Department of Navy, where she served with distinction for 31 years. Kittie was the widow of the late Deacon Lawrence

Thomas Paige with whom she was blessed to share 50 years of marriage and a loving home on 54th Street, SE Washington. Deacon Paige passed on November 12, 1994. By the time of Kittie’s passing, she had witnessed the transition of all of her siblings, four brothers and two sisters. Kittie joined the Metropolitan Baptist Church (MBC) in January 1943. As a faithful senior servant of MBC for over 71 years, she served as an Elder as well as President of the Deaconess Board for many years. Kittie enjoyed attending many ministry and bible study classes and taught Sunday School for 20 years. She is survived by a host of family, both blood and spiritual. She will be especially remembered by her nieces, nephews and goddaughter, who will cherish her forever. Services were held on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Donations may be made to the Metropolitan Day School, 1240 Randolph Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20017 (202-234-3210).

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM542 Willie Williams Rouse Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ethel Carter, whose address is 3701 Eton Way, Upper Marlboro MD 20772 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Willie William Rouse, who died on December 30, 2012 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Objections REGISTER OF WILLS to such appointment Date of first publication: shall be filed with the May 23, 2014 Register of Wills, D.C., Name of newspapers 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd and/or periodical: Floor Washington, D.C. The Daily Washington 20001, on or before Law Reporter November 23, 2014. The Afro-American Claims against the decedent shall be preTYPESET: Tue May 20 14:24:46 EDT 05/23, 05/30/2014 sented to the2014 undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed SUPERIOR COURT OF with the Register of Wills THE DISTRICT OF with a copy to the underCOLUMBIA signed, on or before PROBATE DIVISION November 23, 2014, or W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . be forever barred. Per20001-2131 sons believed to be heirs Foreign No. or legatees of the de2014FEP69 cedent who do not reDate of Death ceive a copy of this notice January 7, 2014 by mail within 25 days of Philip W. Hemily its first publication shall Decedent so inform the Register of NOTICE OF Wills, including name, APPOINTMENT address and relationOF FOREIGN ship. 14:14:03 EDT 2014 PERSONAL Date of Publication: REPRESENTATIVE May 23, 2014 AND Name of newspaper: NOTICE TO Afro-American CREDITORS Washington Laurenne Hemily-Figus Law Reporter whose address is 1111 SE Westchester Cashmere L. Hardy Drive Port Lucie, FL Personal 34952 was appointed Representative personal representative of the estate of Philip W. TRUE TEST COPY Hemily, deceased, on REGISTER OF WILLS February 11, 2014 by the TYPESET: Tue May 20 Court for Sarasota 05/23, 05/30, 06/06/14 County, State of Florida. Service of process may Superior Court of be made upon David the District of Booth Beers, Goodwin District of Columbia Procter LLP, 901 NY AvePROBATE DIVISION nue NW Ste 9E Washington DC 20001 whose W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001-2131 designation as District of Administration No. Columbia agent has 2014ADM499 been filed with the RegisElizabeth Johnson ter of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the Decedent NOTICE OF following District of APPOINTMENT, Colombia real property: NOTICE TO 3122 Dumbarton Avenue CREDITORS NW Washington DC AND NOTICE TO 20007 UNKNOWN HEIRS Claims against the decedent may be pre- Stephen King whose adsented to the under- dress is 11654 Plaza signed and filed with the America Drive #337 ResRegister of Wills for the ton VA 20190 was apDistrict of Columbia, 500 pointed personal repreIndiana Avenue, N.W., sentative of the estate of Washington, D.C. 20001 Elizabeth Johnson who within 6 months from the died on February 13, date of first publication of 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court this notice. Laurenne Hemily-Figus supervision. All unknown Personal heirs and heirs whose Representative(s) whereabouts are unTRUE TEST COPY known shall enter their REGISTER OF WILLS a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s proceeding. Objections Date of first publication: to such appointment May 23, 2014 Name of newspapers shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., and/or periodical: The Daily Washington 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. Law Reporter 20001, on or before The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue May 20 17:31:05 EDT23,2014 November 2014. 05/23, 05/30/14 Claims against the decedent shall be preSUPERIOR COURT OF sented to the underTHE DISTRICT OF signed with a copy to the COLUMBIA Register of Wills or filed PROBATE DIVISION with the Register of Wills W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . with a copy to the under20001-2131 signed, on or before Foreign No. November 23, 2014, or 2014FEP67 be forever barred. PerDate of Death sons believed to be heirs June 8, 2013 or legatees of the deBenjamin W. Edwards cedent who do not reDecedent ceive a copy of this notice NOTICE OF by mail within 25 days of APPOINTMENT its first publication shall OF FOREIGN so inform the Register of PERSONAL Wills, including name, REPRESENTATIVE address and relationAND ship. NOTICE TO Date of Publication: CREDITORS May 23, 2014 Kim Edwards whose ad- Name of newspaper: dress is 11005 Birch Way Afro-American Clinton Maryland 20735 Washington was appointed personal Law Reporter representative of the estate of Benjamin W. Stephen King Edwards, deceased, on Personal February 27, 2014, by Representative the Orphans’ Court for Prince George’s County, TRUE TEST COPY State of Maryland. REGISTER OF WILLS Service of process may be made upon Serena 05/23, 05/30, 06/06/14 Hayes, 1532 Gallatin Place, NE Washington, DC 20017 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. 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TYPESET: Tue May 13 14:24:30 TYPESET: Tue2014 May 13 TYPESET: 14:23:53 Tue2014 May 13 LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM454 Thelma L. Matthews Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Francine N. Muhammad (Johnson), whose address is 4334 Gorman Ter, SE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Thelma L. Matthews, who died on April 9, 2014 witha Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Francine N. Muhammad (Johnson) Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM427 Jerry W. Stovall Decedent Felecia Vida Stovall 1029 Vermont Ave. NW Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Felecia Vida Stovall, whose address is 5114 9th Street NW,Washington DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jerry W. Stovall, who died on January 11, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Felecia Vida Stovall Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

TYPESET: May 13 14:24:11 EDT 05/16, 05/23,Tue 05/30/14 REGISTER OF2014 WILLS Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM449 Mary Emma Turner Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Donald Raymond Parker Jr., whose address is 12802 Odens Bequest Drive, Bowie MD 20720 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary Emma Turner, who died on April 7, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Donald Raymond Parker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM460 Frank T. Lambeth Decedent Aimee D. Griffin, Esq 1353 Sheridan Street NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Duane P. Lambeth and Frank Thomas Lambeth Jr., whose address(es) are 13530 Sherwood Forest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Frank T. Lambeth Sr. AKA Frank Thomas Lambeth, who died on April 19, 2014 witha Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:14:52 EDTP. 2014 Duane Lambeth Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1290 Geneva Tillman Dues Decedent Arthur F. Konopka Esq 4530 Wisconsin Ave NW #200 Washington, DC 20016 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marie M. Wallace, whose address is 539 42nd Street, NE Washington DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Geneva Tillman Dues, who died on July 24, 2012 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 9, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marie M. Wallace Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14

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TYPESET: May 06 05/16, 05/23,Tue 05/30/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM420 Nellie J. Martin Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela McClurkin and Mary Sazon, whose addresses are 11051 Fawn Creek Lane, Orland Park, IL 60467 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Nellie J. Martin , who died on March 1, 1999 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 9, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Angela McClurkin Mary Sazon Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/9, 05/16, 05/23

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presentatives of the estate of Patricia T. Thomas, who died on April 16, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their TYPESET: Tue May 13 14:23:31 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:19:13 p p e a r aEDT n c e 2014 in this LEGAL NOTICES aproceeding. LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Objections to such appointment (or Superior Court of Superior Court of to the probate of dethe District of the District of cedent´s will) shall be District of Columbia District of Columbia filed with the Register of PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 20001-2131 20001-2131 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Administration No. Administration No. 20001, on or before 2014ADM277 2014ADM379 November 9, 2014. Margo L. Weaver Lunetta Cromer Claims against the deAKA Decedent cedent shall be preMargo Laling Weaver NOTICE OF sented to the underDecedent APPOINTMENT, signed with a copy to the NOTICE OF NOTICE TO Register of Wills or filed APPOINTMENT, CREDITORS with the Register of Wills NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO with a copy to the underCREDITORS UNKNOWN HEIRS signed, on or before AND NOTICE TO Nathaniel J. Davis, Jr. November 9, 2014, or be UNKNOWN HEIRS whose address is 4509 S forever barred. Persons S a b r i n a C . T h o m a s Poplar Street, Tempe AZ believed to be heirs or whose address is 1228 85282-7316, was ap- legatees of the decedent 42nd Place NE Washing- pointed personal repre- who do not receive a ton DC 20019 was ap- sentative of the estate of copy of this notice by mail pointed personal repre- Lunetta Cromer, who within 25 days of its first sentative of the estate of died on March 8, 2014 publication shall so inMargo L. Weaver AKA with a Will and will serve form the Register of Margo Laling Weaver, without Court supervi- Wills, including name, who died on December sion. All unknown heirs address and relation14:23:58 31, 2013 EDT with a2014 will and and heirs whose where- ship. will serve without Court abouts are unknown Date of Publication: supervision. All unknown shall enter their appear- May 9, 2014 heirs and heirs whose ance in this proceeding. Name of newspaper: whereabouts are un- O b j e c t i o n s t o s u c h Afro-American known shall enter their appointment (or to the Washington appearance in this probate of decedent´s Law Reporter proceeding. Objections will) shall be filed with the to such appointment (or Register of Wills, D.C., Patricia T. Thomas to the probate of de- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Personal cedent´s will) shall be Floor Washington, D.C. Representative filed with the Register of 20001, on or before Wills, D.C., 515 5th N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . TRUE TEST COPY Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Claims against the de- REGISTER OF WILLS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . cedent shall be pre20001, on or before sented to the under- 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 TYPESET: Tue May 06 November 16, 2014. signed with a copy to the Claims against the de- Register of Wills or filed cedent shall be pre- with the Register of Wills Superior Court of sented to the under- with a copy to the underthe District of signed with a copy to the signed, on or before District of Columbia Register of Wills or filed November 9, 2014, or be PROBATE DIVISION with the Register of Wills forever barred. Persons Washington, D.C. with a copy to the under- believed to be heirs or 20001-2131 signed, on or before legatees of the decedent Administration No. November 16, 2014, or who do not receive a 2014ADM417 be forever barred. Per- copy of this notice by mail sons believed to be heirs within 25 days of its first Robert Amos Bouldon or legatees of the de- publication shall so in- Jr. AKA cedent who do not reform the Register of ceive a copy of this notice Wills, including name, Robert A. Bouldin Jr by mail within 25 days of address and relation- Decedent NOTICE OF its first publication shall ship. APPOINTMENT, so inform the Register of Date of Publication: NOTICE TO Wills, including name, May 9, 2014 CREDITORS address and relation- Name of newspaper: AND NOTICE TO ship. Afro-American UNKNOWN HEIRS Date of Publication: Washington Denise M Armstrong, May 16, 2014 Law Reporter whose address is 2116 Name of newspaper: Ramblewood Drive, DisAfro-American Nathaniel J. Davis Jr. trict Heights MD 20747, Washington Personal was appointed personal Law Reporter Representative representative of the estate of Robert Amos Sabrina C. Thomas TRUE TEST COPY Bouldin Jr AKA Robert A Personal REGISTER OF WILLS Bouldon JR , who died on Representative TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:18:03 March 15,EDT 1982 2014 without a 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 Will All unknown heirs TRUE TEST COPY and heirs whose REGISTER OF WILLS whereabouts are unSuperior Court of known shall enter their TYPESET: May 13 14:23:09 EDT 2014 the District of 05/16, 05/23,Tue 05/30/14 appearance in this District of Columbia proceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION to such appointment (or Washington, D.C. Superior Court of to the probate of de20001-2131 the District of cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. District of Columbia filed with the Register of 2014ADM441 PROBATE DIVISION Wills, D.C., 515 5th Louis Williams ThurWashington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ston 20001-2131 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . AKA Administration No. 20001, on or before Louis W. Thurston 2014ADM421 November 9, 2014. Decedent Charles Everett Ross Claims against the deNOTICE OF Decedent cedent shall be preAPPOINTMENT, Darryl F. White sented to the underNOTICE TO 302 Mississippi Ave. signed with a copy to the CREDITORS Silver Spring MD 20910 Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO Attorney with the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE OF M a r j o r i e T h u r s t o n , with a copy to the underAPPOINTMENT, signed, on or before whose address is 815 NOTICE TO Marietta Place NW, was November 9, 2014, or be CREDITORS appointed personal reforever barred. Persons AND NOTICE TO presentative of the estate believed to be heirs or UNKNOWN HEIRS I r i s R o s s W i l l i a m s , of Louis Williams Thur- legatees of the decedent whose address is 4040 ston AKA Louis W Thur- who do not receive a 14:23:39 EDTStreet, 2014 NE s t o n , w h o d i e d o n copy of this notice by mail East Capital Washington DC 20019 December 27, 2013 withwithin 25 days of its first was, appointed personal out a will and will serve publication shall so inrepresentative of the without Court supervi- form the Register of estate of Charles Everett sion. All unknown heirs Wills, including name, Ross, who died on Au- a n d h e i r s w h o s e address and relationgust 17, 2013 without a whereabouts are un- ship. Will and will serve with- known shall enter their Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 out Court supervision. All a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s unknown heirs and heirs proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: whose whereabouts are to such appointment Afro-American Washington unknown shall enter their shall be filed with the a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Register of Wills, D.C., Law Reporter proceeding. Objections 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Denise M. Armstrong to such appointment Floor Washington, D.C. Personal shall be filed with the 20001, on or before Representative Register of Wills, D.C., N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . Claims against the de515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. cedent shall be pre- TRUE TEST COPY 20001, on or before sented to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS November 16, 2014. signed with a copy to the TYPESET: Tue May 06 Claims against the de- Register of Wills or filed 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 cedent shall be pre- with the Register of Wills Superior Court of sented to the under- with a copy to the underthe District of signed with a copy to the signed, on or before District of Columbia Register of Wills or filed November 9, 2014, or be PROBATE DIVISION with the Register of Wills forever barred. Persons Washington, D.C. with a copy to the under- believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent 20001-2131 signed, on or before who do not receive a Administration No. November 16, 2014, or 2014ADM397 be forever barred. Per- copy of this notice by mail sons believed to be heirs within 25 days of its first Kaaren W. Turner or legatees of the de- publication shall so in- Decedent Darrel S. Parker Esq cedent who do not reform the Register of ceive a copy of this notice Wills, including name, 1822 11th Street, NW by mail within 25 days of address and relation- Washington, DC 20001 Attorney its first publication shall ship. NOTICE OF so inform the Register of Date of Publication: Wills, including name, May 9, 2014 APPOINTMENT, address and relation- Name of newspaper: NOTICE TO Afro-American ship. CREDITORS Washington Date of Publication: AND NOTICE TO Law Reporter UNKNOWN HEIRS May 16, 2014 Shelby Walker Schuler, Marjorie Thurston whose addressis 5019 Name of newspaper: Personal 9th Street, NW WashingAfro-American Representative ton DC 20011 was apWashington Law Reporter pointed personal repreTRUE TEST COPY sentative of the estate of Charles Everett Ross REGISTER OF WILLS Kaaren W. Turner, who Personal TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:17:41 died on March 8, 2014 EDT 2014 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 Representative with a Will and will serve without Court superviTRUE TEST COPY sion. All unknown heirs Superior Court of REGISTER OF WILLS and heirs whose wherethe District of abouts are unknown District of Columbia shall enter their appearPROBATE DIVISION 05/16, 05/23, 05/30/14 ance in this proceeding. Washington, D.C. Objections to such 20001-2131 appointment (or to the Administration No. probate of decedent´s 2014ADM435 will) shall be filed with the Patricia T. Thomas Register of Wills, D.C., Decedent 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd NOTICE OF Floor Washington, D.C. APPOINTMENT, 20001, on or before NOTICE TO November 9, 2014. CREDITORS Claims against the deAND NOTICE TO cedent shall be preUNKNOWN HEIRS sented to the under• Your Denise Allen and Sheila signed with a copy to the Foster whose addresses Register of Wills or filed are 11483 Scoth Hills Pl. History with the Register of Wills Waldorf MD 20602/ 1113 with a copy to the underWhisting Pine Rd, • Your signed, on or before Denton, MD 21629 were November 9, 2014, or be appointed personal reforever barred. Persons presentatives of the Community believed to be heirs or estate of Patricia T. legatees of the decedent Thomas, who died on • Your who do not receive a April 16, 2014 without a copy of this notice by mail Will and will serve withwithin 25 days of its first out Court supervision. All News publication shall so inunknown heirs and heirs form the Register of whose where-abouts are Wills, including name, unknown shall enter their address and relationappearance in this proceeding. Objections ship. to such appointment (or Date of Publication: to the probate of deMay 9, 2014 cedent´s will) shall be Name of newspaper: filed with the Register of Afro-American Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM421 Charles Everett Ross Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Iris Ross Williams, whose address is 4040 East Capital Street, NE 14:17:21 EDTDC2014 Washington 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles Everett Ross, who died on August 17, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 9, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Iris Ross Williams Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

05/09, 05/16,Tue 05/23 TYPESET: May 06 14:16:20 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1284 Veronica Jerome Fullmore Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE 14:16:59 EDT OF 2014 APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Premas D. Liverpool, whose address is 3204 Macallan Parkway, Henrico VA 23231 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ve r o n i c a J e r o m e Fullmore, who died on May 11, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 9, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Premas D. Liverpool Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14

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TYPESET: May 20 05/23, 05/30,Tue 06/06/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM494 Melvina E. Thompson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Antoinette W. Alexander whose address is 12 Hawthorne Court NE Washington DC 20017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Melvina E. Thompson, who died on February 25, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 23, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 23, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 23, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Antionette W. Alexander Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/23, 05/30, 06/06/14

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TYPESET: May 20 14:21:22 EDT 2014 05/23, 05/30,Tue 06/06/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM001050 Helen Veronica Ryan Decedent Alan B. Frankie Esq 751 Rockville Pike Suite 7 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Ryan Stahl, whose address is 201 East Dewart Street, Shamokin, PA 17872 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Helen Veronica Ryan, who died on February 26, 2000 without a Will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are

appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . LEGALonNOTICES 20001, or before November 9, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM452 Dellamar Floyd Decedent Matthew P. Maloney Esq 10400 Connecticut Ave. Ste 602, Kensington MD 20895 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Reginald W. Galloway Jr., whose address is 4217 Wheeler Rd. SE Washington DC 20032 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dellamar Floyd, who died on October 1, 2001 with a will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 16, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 16, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 16, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Reginald W. Galloway Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/16, 0523, 05/30/14

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APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kerry Glenn Holman, whose address is 1221 4th Street SW Washington DC 20024 was apTYPESET: Tue May 06 14:26:41 EDT 2014 LEGAL NOTICES pointed LEGAL NOTICES personal representative of the estate of Mariella Ukina Ama HolSuperior Court of man, who died on March the District of 17, 2014 with a Will and District of Columbia will serve without Court PROBATE DIVISION supervision. All unknown Washington, D.C. heirs and heirs whose 20001-2131 whereabouts are unAdministration No. known shall enter their 2014ADM404 appearance in this Vera S. Robinson proceeding. Objections Decedent to such appointment (or NOTICE OF to the probate of deAPPOINTMENT, cedent´s will) shall be NOTICE TO filed with the Register of CREDITORS Wills, D.C., 515 5th AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl A. Robinson, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . whose addressis 4418 20001, on or before 6th Place NE, Washing- N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . ton DC 20017 was ap- Claims against the depointed personal repre- cedent shall be presentative of the estate of sented to the underVera S. Robinson, who signed with a copy to the died on November 25, Register of Wills or filed 2013 with a Will and will with the Register of Wills serve without Court su- with a copy to the underpervision. All unknown signed, on or before heirs and heirs whose November 9, 2014, or be whereabouts are un- forever barred. Persons known shall enter their believed to be heirs or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s legatees of the decedent proceeding. Objections who do not receive a to such appointment (or copy of this notice by mail to the probate of de- within 25 days of its first cedent´s will) shall be publication shall so infiled with the Register of form the Register of Wills, including name, Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor address and relationship. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Date of Publication: N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . May 9, 2014 Claims against the de- Name of newspaper: cedent shall be pre- Afro-American sented to the under- Washington signed with a copy to the Law Reporter Register of Wills or filed Kerry Glenn Holman with the Register of Wills Personal with a copy to the underRepresentative signed, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons TRUE TEST COPY 14:21:02 EDT 2014 believed to be heirs or REGISTER OF WILLS legatees of the decedent who do not receive a TYPESET: Tue May 06 copy of this notice by mail 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 within 25 days of its first Superior Court of publication shall so inthe District of form the Register of District of Columbia Wills, including name, PROBATE DIVISION address and relationWashington, D.C. ship. 20001-2131 Date of Publication: Administration No. May 9, 2014 2014ADM437 Name of newspaper: Helen Gorman Cole Afro-American Decedent Washington Charles M. English Law Reporter Davis Wright Tremaine Cheryl A. Robinson LLP, Suite 800 Personal 1919 Pennsylvania Ave Representative NW Washington, DC 20006 TRUE TEST COPY Attorney REGISTER OF WILLS NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:15:57 EDT 2014 NOTICE TO 05/9, 05/16, 05/23/14 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO Superior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS the District of John Pope Cole Jr, District of Columbia whose address is 204 PROBATE DIVISION West 19th street, Sea IsWashington, D.C. land, GA 31561 was ap20001-2131 pointed personal repreAdministration No. sentative of the estate of 2014ADM403 Helen Gorman Cole, who Patricia Roberta died on December 20, Walker 2013 without a Will and Decedent will serve without Court Kimberly Fahrenholz, supervision. All unknown Esq heirs and heirs whose 1304 Rhode Island Ave whereabouts are unNW known shall enter their Washington, DC 20005 appearance in this Attorney proceeding. Objections NOTICE OF to such appointment (or APPOINTMENT, to the probate of deNOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be CREDITORS filed with the Register of AND NOTICE TO Wills, D.C., 515 5th UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Ethel Hawkins, whose W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . address is 102015 Sea 20001, on or before Pine Dr Bowie MD 20721 N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . was appointed personal Claims against the derepresentative of the cedent shall be preestate of Patricia Ro- sented to the underberta Walker who died on signed with a copy to the February 15, 2014 with- Register of Wills or filed out a Will and will serve with the Register of Wills without Court supervi- with a copy to the undersion. All unknown heirs signed, on or before a n d h e i r s w h o s e November 9, 2014, or be whereabouts are un- forever barred. Persons known shall enter their believed to be heirs or appearance in this legatees of the decedent proceeding. Objections who do not receive a to such appointment copy of this notice by mail shall be filed with the within 25 days of its first Register of Wills, D.C., publication shall so in515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd form the Register of Floor Washington, D.C. Wills, including name, 20001, on or before address and relationN o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . ship. Claims against the de- Date of Publication: cedent shall be pre- May 9, 2014 sented to the under- Name of newspaper: signed with a copy to the Afro-American Register of Wills or filed Washington with the Register of Wills Law Reporter with a copy to the undersigned, on or before John Pope Cole Jr November 9, 2014, or be Personal forever barred. Persons Representative believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent TRUE TEST COPY who do not receive a REGISTER OF WILLS copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first TYPESET: Tue May 06 publication shall so in- 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 form the Register of Wills, including name, Superior Court of address and relationthe District of ship. District of Columbia Date of Publication: PROBATE DIVISION May 9, 2014 Washington, D.C. Name of newspaper: 20001-2131 Afro-American Administration No. Washington 2014ADM314 Law Reporter Marie L. Williams Ethel Hawkins AKA Personal Marie Louise Williams Representative Decedent William A. Bland Esq 1140 Connecticut Ave. TRUE TEST COPY NW #1100 REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, DC 20036 TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:15:30 Attorney EDT 2014 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of NOTICE TO the District of CREDITORS District of Columbia AND NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. Claressa E. Williams 20001-2131 LLoyd, whose address is Administration No. 2510 Irving Street, NE 2014ADM400 Washington DC 20618 Mariella Ukina Ama was appointed personal Holman representative of the Decedent estate of Marie L. WilWendell C. Robinson, l i a m s , w h o d i e d o n Esq December 24, 2013 with 7600 Georgia Ave. NW a Will and will serve withSuite 203 out Court supervision. All Washington, DC 20012 unknown heirs and heirs Attorney whose where-abouts are NOTICE OF unknown shall enter their APPOINTMENT, appearance in this NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections CREDITORS to such appointment (or AND NOTICE TO to the probate of deUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent´s will) shall be Kerry Glenn Holman, filed with the Register of whose address is 1221 Wills, D.C., 515 5th 4th Street SW Washing- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ton DC 20024 was ap- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . pointed personal repre- 20001, on or before sentative of the estate of N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . Mariella Ukina Ama Hol- Claims against the deman, who died on March cedent shall be pre17, 2014 with a Will and sented to the underwill serve without Court signed with a copy to the supervision. All unknown Register of Wills or filed

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM457 Adam C. Turner III Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Brenda L. Turner whose address is 2723 Knox Terrace SE Washington DC 20020, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Adam C. Turner III who died on August 25, 2012without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 23, 2014 Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 23, 2014 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 23, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Ryan Stahl, whose address is 201 East Dewart Street, Shamokin, PA 17872 was appointed personal 14:23:21 EDT representative of the TYPESET: Tue2014 May 20 14:21:58 EDT 2014 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES estate of Helen Veronica Ryan, who died on February 26, 2000 without a Superior Court of Will and will serve with the District of Court supervision. All unDistrict of Columbia known heirs and heirs PROBATE DIVISION whose whereabouts are Washington, D.C. unknown shall enter their 20001-2131 appearance in this Administration No. proceeding. Objections 2014ADM489 to such appointment (or Queen E. Brown to the probate of deDecedent cedent´s will) shall be NOTICE OF filed with the Register of APPOINTMENT, Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor CREDITORS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . AND NOTICE TO 20001, on or before UNKNOWN HEIRS Christine E. Brown and November 23, 2014. June E. B. Simms whose Claims against the dea d d r e s s e s a r e 6 7 3 8 cedent shall be preMountain Lake Place MD sented to the under20743 and 9302 Eldon signed with a copy to the Drive, MD 20735 were Register of Wills or filed appointed personal re- with the Register of Wills presentatives of the with a copy to the undere s t a t e o f Q u e e n E . signed, on or before November 23, 2014, or Brown, who died on September 19, 2013 be forever barred. Perwithout a Will and will sons believed to be heirs serve without Court su- or legatees of the depervision. All unknown cedent who do not reheirs and heirs whose ceive a copy of this notice whereabouts are un- by mail within 25 days of known shall enter their its first publication shall so inform the Register of appearance in this proceeding. Objections Wills, including name, to such appointment address and relationshall be filed with the ship. Register of Wills, D.C., Date of Publication: 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd May 23, 2014 Floor Washington, D.C. Name of newspaper: 20001, on or before Afro-American November 23, 2014. Washington Claims against the de- Law Reporter cedent shall be prePatricia Ryan Stahl sented to the underPersonal signed with a copy to the Representative Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the under- TRUE TEST COPY signed, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS November 23, 2014, or TYPESET: Tue May 20 be forever barred. Per- 05/23, 05/30, 06/06/14 sons believed to be heirs or legatees of the deSuperior Court of cedent who do not rethe District of ceive a copy of this notice District of Columbia by mail within 25 days of PROBATE DIVISION its first publication shall Washington, D.C. so inform the Register of 20001-2131 Wills, including name, Administration No. address and relation2014ADM336 ship. Burneatta E. Floyd Date of Publication: Decedent May 23, 2014 Matthew P. Maloney Name of newspaper: Esq Afro-American 10400 Connecticut Ave Washington Ste. 602 Law Reporter Kensington, MD 20895 Attorney Christine E. Brown NOTICE OF June E. B. Simms APPOINTMENT, Personal NOTICE TO Representatives CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO TRUE TEST COPY UNKNOWN HEIRS REGISTER OF WILLS Reginald W. Galloway Jr. 14:22:49 EDT 2014 whose address is 4217 TYPESET: May 20 14:21:40 05/23, 05/30,Tue 06/06/14 W h e e l eEDT r R d2014 . SE Washington DC 20032 was appointed personal Superior Court of representative of the the District of estate of Burneatta E. District of Columbia Floyd, who died on PROBATE DIVISION January 17, 2013 without Washington, D.C. a Will and will serve with20001-2131 out Court supervision. All Administration No. unknown heirs and heirs 2014ADM475 whose where-abouts are Milton Leroy Jones unknown shall enter their Decedent appearance in this Jamison Taylor proceeding. Objections 1218 11th Street NW to such appointment Washington, DC 20001 shall be filed with the Attorney Register of Wills, D.C., NOTICE OF 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd APPOINTMENT, Floor Washington, D.C. NOTICE TO 20001, on or before CREDITORS November 23, 2014. AND NOTICE TO Claims against the deUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent shall be preViolet Jones Robertson, sented to the underwhose address is 5148 signed with a copy to the North Lake Drive NW Register of Wills or filed Roanoke Virginia 24019 with the Register of Wills was appointed personal with a copy to the underrepresentative of the signed, on or before estate of Milton Leroy November 23, 2014, or Jones, who died on be forever barred. PerDecember 2, 2013 with- sons believed to be heirs out a Will and will serve or legatees of the dewith Court supervision. cedent who do not reAll unknown heirs and ceive a copy of this notice heirs whose whereby mail within 25 days of abouts are unknown its first publication shall shall enter their appear- so inform the Register of ance in this proceeding. Wills, including name, Objections to such address and relationappointment shall be ship. filed with the Register of Date of Publication: Wills, D.C., 515 5th May 23, 2014 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Name of newspaper: Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Afro-American 20001, on or before Washington November 23, 2014. Law Reporter Claims against the decedent shall be preBurneatta E. Floyd sented to the underPersonal signed with a copy to the Representative Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills TRUE TEST COPY with a copy to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS signed, on or before November 23, 2014, or 05/23, 05/30, 06/06/14 be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 23, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM478 Earnestine Ervin AKA Earnestine M. Ervin Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Linda E. Graves and Callestine E. Adams whose addresses are 2503 Wash Overlook Dr. Ft Washington MD 20744 and 5610 Prescott Ct., Capitol Heights MD 20743, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Earnestine Ervin AKA Earnestine M. Ervin, who died on January 29, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 11, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 23, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 23, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM259 B Three Feathers Kazemi Decedent Michelle Lanchester 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 900 South Building Washington DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angelique P. Woodson, whose address is 3701 Melrose Ave, Forestville, MD 20747 was appointed personal representative of the estate of B Three Feathers Kazemi, who died on December 17, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 23, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 23, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 23, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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