19th Annual Cotillion Ball

This source is the booklet from the seventh annual Cotillion Ball held in April of 1990 at the Chancellor Hotel. It includes biographies photographs of Renae Bluitt, Karen Buckley, Jayna Caroline, Deborah Hunt, Gzne Johnson, Knichole LeNoir, Mukeni Mitchell, Tyonna Peat, Lizona Phillips, Crystal Powell, Tammy Seward, and Brandi Simmons.

List of Debutantes and Escorts:

First Name	Last Name	Parents	Sponsor	Receiver	Escort	Church	School	Planned College	Planned Major
Renae Leah	Bluitt	Mrs. Pamela B. Coleman and Mr. Nathan L. Bluitt	Mr. Nathan L. Bluitt	Mrs. Pamela B. Coleman	Michael Harris	Mt. Olive Baptist Church	Centennial High	Indiana State University (Terre Haute)	undecided
Karen Lynn	Buckley	Mr. and Mrs. James Buckley	Mr. James Buckley	Mrs. James Buckley	Mark Harmon	Mt. Olive Baptist Church	Centennial High	Illinois State University	Public Relations
Jayna Chaarlynn	Caroline	Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Caroline	Mr. J.C. Caroline	Mrs J.C. Caroline	Stephen Brown	Canaan Baptist Church	Central HIgh	Spelman College or University of Illinois	Political Science
Deborah Antonette	Hunt	Mr. and Mrs. Billy W. Hunt	Mr Thomas Hunt (uncle)	Mrs. Billy W. Hunt	Clyde E. Mize	Apostolic Faith Church	Centennial High	Western Illinois University	Business or Music
Gzne Matrece	Johnson	Mr. and Mrs. Argie Johnson	Mr. Argie Johnson	Mrs. Argie Johnson	Fika Terrell	Canaan Baptist Church	Central High	University of Illinois, Northwestern, Southern Illinois, or St. Louis University	pre-Medicine
Knichole Antoinette	LeNoir	Ms. Gloria Patricia LeNoir and Mr. LeeRoy McCall	Steve Burden (uncle)	Ms. Gloria Patricia LeNoir	Damien Price	Canaan Baptist Church	Central High	Spelman College	Psychology
Mukeni Tamu	Mitchell	Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Mitchell	Mr. Alonzo Mitchell	Mrs. Alonzo Mitchell	Willie Townsend		Centennial High	a historically black college	Business
Tyonna Shanee	Peat	Mr. and Mrs. Luther McNeal	Mr. Luther McNeal	Mrs. Luther McNeal	Gene Davis	Greater Holy Temple Church	Urbana High	Iowa State University or Columbia College (Chicago)	Television Broadcasting
Lizona	Phillips	Mrs. Beverly Lewis and Mr. Danny Phillips	Ronald Lewis (stepfather)	Mrs. Beverly Lewis	Jon Browning	St Luke C.M.E.	Centennial High	Texas Southern or Florida A & M	Business
Crystal Renee	Powell	Mrs. Thelma Jean Powell and Mr. James Powell	Joseph Powell (brother)	Mrs Thelma Jean Powell	Lawon Exum		Urbana High	University of Illinois or Jackson State University	Apparel Design
Tammy Sharice	Seward	Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Seward	Mr. Wilford Seward	Mrs. Wilford Seward	Myron Tate	Macedonia Baptist Church	Centennial High	University of Illinois, Missouri, or Louisville	Business Administration
Brandi Nicole	Simmons	Rev. and Mrs. MacArthur Pendleton	Rev. MacArthur Pendleton	Mrs. Arthur Pendleton	Von Walker	St. James A.M.E. Church	Centennial High	Northern Illinois University	Business Marketing

First name	Last name	Parents	High School	College	Major	notes
Stephen	Brown		Central	University of Illinois	journalism	participated in the Principal's Scholars Leadership Conference
Jon	Browning	Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Browning	Central			Pilgrim Baptist Church Gospel Chorus member
Gene	Davis	Charlene Franklin and Eugene Davis	Centennial	Jackson State or Parkland College		involved in Upward Bound and plays basketball
Lawon	Exum	Mr and Mrs Jerry Exum	Urbana	Hampton University of Jackson State	business	vice-president of Minorities in Action
Mark	Harmon	Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harmon	Urbana	Florida A&M University	music and business	Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Michael	Harris		Central	Northern Illinois University	sports medicine	member of basketball team
Clyde	Mize	Ms. Luella Cross and Mr. Clyde E. Mize	Central	Northwestern or Duke	law or business	Canaan Baptist Church
Damien	Price	Hattie LeNoir-Price and the late David Levin Price	Centennial	University of Michigan		enjoys fishing, traveling and playing basketball
Myron	Tate	Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Tate	Central		communications electronics	captain of Central Maroons basketball team
Fika	Terrell	Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Terrell	Centennial		veterinary medicine	member of Spanish club and basketball team
Willie	Townsend		Urbana	DePaul University	liberal arts
Von J.	Walker	Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Walker	Centennial	joining Marines		sings in school choir and is member of track team

Date

7 April 1990

Identifier

http://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/547

http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/cotillion-1990_a7aa0159c0.pdf

Collection

Cotillions

Citation

"19th Annual Cotillion Ball," in Cotillion Yearbook Database, Item #34, https://eblackcu.net/cotillions/items/show/34 (accessed July 3, 2024).

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