21st Annual Cotillion Ball

This source is the booklet from the seventh annual Cotillion Ball held in April of 1993 at the Chancellor Hotel. It includes biographies photographs of Alicia Biggers, Eulawnda Biggers, Stephanie Freeman, Felicia Hemphill, Jada Minor, Jtrenia Owens, Essence Freewill, Carlarta Pelmore, Carisma Simmons, Thomintha Simmons, Shandra Summerville, and Bernadit Whitney.

List of Debutantes and Escorts:

First Name	Last Name	Parents	Sponsor	Receiver	Escort	Church	School	Planned College	Planned Major
Bernadict Shelette	Whitney	Earnestine Stainback and Robert Reynolds	Robert Reynolds	Earnestine Stainback	Ronald Hall	Church of the Living God	Urbana	Howard University (Washington, D.C.)	Law/Education
Carisma Aheiba	Simmons	Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Simmons	Elroy Simmons	Mrs. Simmons (mother)	U. Steffon Jones	Canaan Baptist Church	Centennial High	University of Illinois	Accounting
Thomitha Laden	Simmons	Sharyne Wilson and Thomas Simmons	Harry Wilson (grandfather)	Sharyne Wilson	Steven Vincent Cobb	Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church	Centennial High	Parkland	Social Work
Carlarta Deonna	Ratchford	Virginia Demas and Calvin Ratchford	Michael Hill (cousin)	Virginia Demas	James Edward Harris	Canaan Baptist Church	Central	Parkland	Pediatrician
Essence Dedranelle	Pelmore	Cynthia Pelmore	Eddie Pelmore, Sr. (grandfather)	Cynthia Pelmore	Tyrone Michael Chatman, Jr.	Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church	Centennial High	Southern Illinois University/Parkland	Doctor
Jotrenia Darlean	Owens	Esterlean Owens	older brother (no name given)	Esterlean Owens	Bathel Armon Gilbert		Centennial High	Southern Illinois University/Parkland	African American Studies
Jada Trinette	Minor	M. Jean Minor and Earl E. Minor	Earl E. Minor	M. Jean Minor	Damon Yancy Smith	St. Luke Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Centennial High	University of Illinois	Liberal Arts
Felicia Charrise	Hemphill	Jacqueline C. Abdullah and Mack Hemphill	Lloyd Winston (uncle)	Jacqueline C. Abdullah	Dana Allen Litwin		Centennial High	University of Wisconsin at Madison	Political Science
Stephanie Elaine	Freeman	Mr. and Mrs. David M. Freeman	David M. Freeman	Mrs. Freeman (mother)	Jon M. Browning		Central	University of Illinois/Illinois State University	Aerospace Engineering
Alicia Minette	Biggers	Mr. and Mrs. George L. Biggers	George L. Biggers	Mrs. Biggers (mother)	Dion Aaron Clark	Canaan Baptist Church	Central
Eulawnda Natay	Biggers	niece of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Biggers	Joe Biggers (uncle)	Marsha Biggers-Bishop (aunt)	Jimmie L. Winbush		Centennial High	Eastern Illinois University	Social Work
Shandra Alexander	Summerville	Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Summerville	Willie J. Summerville	Mrs. Summerville (mother)	Kendric Maurice Cobb	Canaan Baptist Church	Central	Hinds Community College (Utica, Mississippi)/University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Social Work/Music

First name	Last name	Parents	High School	College	Major	notes
Jon M.	Browning	Mary Browning and Hobert Browning		Parkland		member of Pilgrim Baptist Church, works at Huntington Towers
Tyrone Michael	Chatman, Jr.	Brenda Peat and Tyrone Chatman, Sr.	Centennial High	Devry Institute of Technology		works at Denny's
Dion Aaron	Clark	Phyllis Clark and Lee Clark	Urbana	Parkland		member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Kendric Maurice	Cobb	Delores Cobb	Centennial High			member of Canaan Baptist Church
Steven Vincent	Cobb	Delores Cobb	Centennial High			member of Canaan Baptist Church
Bathel Armon	Gilbert	Karen McDade and Steve Gilbert	Central			member of Canaan Baptist Church
Ronald Richard	Hall, Jr.	Freda Hall and Ronald Hall, Sr.	Urbana			works at Arby's (campus)
James Edward	Harris	Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Holloway and Oliver Harris	Centennial High			member of Canaan Baptist Church
U. Steffon	Jones	Rev. and Mrs. Willie Jones		Parkland	Criminal Justice	member of Canaan Baptist Church
Dana Allen	Litwin	Willow Jenkins	Centennial High			works at Merry-Go-Round
Daman Yancy	Smith	Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Smith		University of Illinois	English
Jimmie L.	Winbush	Ann Winbush	Central			member of Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church, works at Great American Cookie Company
Andre LaVelle	Nance	Linda Peace-Nance and Gregory Nance	Urbana			alternate escort, member of Canaan Baptist Church

Date

3 April 1993

Identifier

http://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/549

http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/cotillion-1993_7758b6052b.pdf

Collection

Cotillions

Citation

"21st Annual Cotillion Ball," in Cotillion Yearbook Database, Item #33, https://eblackcu.net/cotillions/items/show/33 (accessed February 28, 2025).

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