8th Annual Cotillion Ball
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Title
8th Annual Cotillion Ball
Subject
Sororities, Education, African American Women, Post-Secondary Education, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Gamma Upsilon Psi Society
Description
This source is the booklet from the seventh annual Cotillion Ball held in April of 1978 at the Ramada Inn Convention Center. It includes biographies and photographs of Alicia Banks, Debra Brown, Margaret Butts, Edwina Clark, Jeanette Gibbs, Regina Green, Angie Johnson, Emily Lenoir, Adrienne Preston, Patricia Smith, Regina Walker.\
List of Debutantes:
| First Name | Last Name | Married name (1981) | Parents | Sponsor | Escort | Church | School | Planned College | Planned Major | Updates (1981) |
| Angela Lynn | Wright | Lewis E. Wright and Margaret R. Wright | James L. Wright (grandfather) | Jose Oliver | Bethel A.M.E. Church | Urbana | Speech Pathology | sophomore in speech pathology at the University of Illinois. employed at Waldenbooks in Lincoln Square | ||
| Debra Louise | Wesley | Mr. and Mrs. Curlie Rogers | Curlie Rogers | William Benjamin Keaton, Jr. | Morning Star Freewill Baptist | Central | Houston University | Computer Programming | ||
| Lisa Faye | Renfro | Mr. and Mrs. William Renfro | William Renfro | William V. Renfro (brother) | Bethel A.M.E. Church | Urbana | University of Illinois | Business Administration | attending Parkland College.where she is majoring in educational psychology | |
| Debaroh Marie | Reid | Winfrey | Mr. and Mrs. E. Bell Reid, Sr. | Bell Reid, Sr. | E. Bell Reid, Jr. | Pilgrim Baptist Church | Urbana | Mid-State College (Peoria) | Accountant | |
| Denise Antoinette | Moses | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Moses; Captain Esther Moses (sister) | Mr. Edward Sykes | Larry Jackson | New Light Baptist Church | Central | Illinois State University | Special Education | ||
| Shirese Elizabeth | Hursey | Paul and Shirley Hursey | Paul Hursey | Paul Hursey, Jr. | St. Luke C.M.E. | Urbana | Parkland/University of Illinois | |||
| Debra Faye | Guillory | Mr. and Mrs. Chester Guillory, Jr. | Chester Guillory, Jr. | Nathan Freeman | Morning Star Freewill Baptist | Urbana | Patricia Stevens (Wisconsin) | Fashion Design and Merchandising | ||
| Carletta J. | Donaldson | Mr. and Mrs. Carlos F. Donaldson, Sr. | Carlos F. Donaldson, Sr. | Charles Hassell, Jr. | Bethel A.M.E. Church | University High School | University of Illinois | Pre-Law | majoring in. speech. communications/prelaw at the University of Illinois where she is a sophomore.. She is employed parttime as an assistant at the Champaign Public Library | |
| Michelle Jeanne | Dixon | Mr. and Mrs. Attrice Dixon | Attrice Dixon | Jeff Wilson | St. Luke C.M.E. | Central High | Loretta Heights College (Denver) | Keypunch operator | ||
| Lisa Kimberly | Causley | Mrs. Hattie Paulk and Mr. Nathaniel Russell Causley; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor (grandparents) | Nathaniel Russell Causley | Todd Taylor | Salem Baptist | Centennial High | Fisk University | Pre-medicine | ||
| Angela Renee | Burnett | Mrs. King James Underwood and Mr. James Burnett | James Burnett | Terry Walker | Urbana | University of Illinois | Clinical Psychology | |||
| Brenda D. | Benton | Mrs. Olivetta Benton and Mr. Joseph Benton, Sr. | Joseph Benton, Jr. (brother) | Mark Williams | St. Luke CME Church | Central High | University of Illinois | Child Psychology | sophomore at the University of Illinois as a biology/premedicine major. employed as a financial aid counselor. plans to attend medical school after graduation. |
Date
14 April 1979
Identifier
http://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/528
http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/ball_1979_278e3b8db4.pdf
Collection
Citation
"8th Annual Cotillion Ball," in Cotillion Yearbook Database, Item #23, https://eblackcu.net/cotillions/items/show/23 (accessed February 28, 2025).
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