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John J. Cox ’03 + Lakisha M. Vining LO C AT I O N : NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH NEW ORLEANS, LA D AT E :
DECEMBER 8, 2018
On a classic Crescent City December afternoon Rev. Dr. John J. Cox ’03 married Kisha at New Hope Baptist Church in New Orleans. The wedding party was completely Morehouse Men: Ulysses Burley ’05, Joshua Cox ’16, George Peters ’03, T. Mark Rainey ’05 and Hon. Randall Woodfin ’03. Other Morehouse Men among the well-wishers included Darren Armstrong ’05, L. Jared Boyd ’03, Joe Carlos ’04, Cameron Hawkins ’04, Matthew McNeil ’05 and Jason Tolliver ’04. John is the Senior Pastor of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in the bustling Shaw area of Washington, D.C.. He earned his Doctor of Ministry from Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, and he earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Vanderbilt Divinity School. Lakisha earned her MS in Human Science from Prairie View A&M University. She is the founder of Diamonds Defined a non-profit providing personal mentorship and mental healthcare for at-risk children and their families. The couple resides in Washington with their daughters.
51 WE ARE MOREHOUSE MAGAZINE / JUNE 2019
