Tag: Church

• April 21, 2015

  Part Three: The Flowers Family and The Black Church

  Harry Flowers —-/—-Nancy Sawyer | ———————————————————————————— Chauncey  Fred  John  Rachel  Theodore  Vincent  Gladyce  Hilda Philadelphia In West Philadelphia born and raised…perhaps not the best introduction; however, the young women of the Flowers family did call Philadelphia home following their father’s death. For Rachel and Gladyce, Wesley AME Zion became their spiritual home during the late 1920s.…
• March 25, 2015

  The Black Church and the Flowers Family (Part One)

  This three part series will explore the Flowers’ religion and church affiliation beginning with Rachel’s maternal grandfather, Reverend Joseph J. “J.J.” Sawyer of North Carolina. If you are new to my blog, I encourage you to use this family tree as a helpful guide. It is too huge to recreate digitally, but I will try…
• August 26, 2014

  My Grandfather: Dr. Rufus Graham

  The Flowers’ research will resume soon. If you are searching for more of the Flowers post please view older post or the family’s website, flowersfamilyproject.wordpress.com. Another disclaimer, this blog post is way overdue. I initially finished last night; however, Windows Live Writer malfunctioned leaving me with a two day ago edit. Then I realized that…