18th Annual Cotillion Ball

This source is the booklet from the seventh annual Cotillion Ball held in April of 1978 at the Chancellor. It includes biographies photographs of Maryam Ar-Raheem, Dana Cockrell, Ursula Howard, Chevella LeShoure, Monique LeShoure, Cheryl Patterson, Cormilia Rodgers, April Walker, and Malaika Williams.

List of Debutantes and Escorts:

First Name	Last Name	Parents	Sponsor	Receiver	Escort	Church	School	Planned College	Planned Major
Maryam Selimah	Ar-Raheem	Maryam Ar-Raheem and Otis Gregory	Trevis "Gus" Lester (uncle)	Maryam Ar-Raheem	Lawon Exum		Urbana High School	undecided	Medicine
Dana Renee	Cockrell	Lola B. Cockrell	Jeffy Hall (brother)	Lola B. Cockrell	Anthony G. Howell	St. Luke C.M.E.	Centennial High	Parkland College	Computer Science and Business
Ursula Yvette	Howard	Deloris Fletcher and Charles L. Howard	Charles L. Howard	Cheri Howard	Keon Parsons	Grove Street Church of God in Christ	Central High		Psychology
Chevella Levette	LeShoure	Mr. and Mrs. Michael LeShoure	Nelson Johnson (uncle)	Mrs. LeShoure	David Winbush	Macedonia Baptist Church	Central High	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Monique Mayonette	LeShoure	Shirley Christmon and Sterling Atkins, Jr.	Sterling Atkins, Jr.	Shirley Christmon	Marquise Britt	New Hope Church	Centennial High	Parkland College	Business Administration
Cheryl Lynn	Pattersob	Annie and Richard Patterson	Richard Patterson	Annie Patterson	Jason Carrodine	Greater Holy Temple Church	Urbana High	Parkland College	Criminal Justice
Cormilia Colette	Rodgers	Mary K. and George A. Rodgers	James Robinson	Mary K. Rodgers	Sam Buchanan		Centennial High	Harvard or Stanford	Biological Sciences
April Lynette	Walker	Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Walker	Mr. Eldridge Walker	Mrs. Eldridge Walker	Turhan Walker	Pilgrim Baptist Church	Urbana High	Columbia College of Chicago	Communications
Malaika Ta'Na	Williams	Mr. and Mrs. Neil Williams	Mr. Neil Williams	Mrs. Williams	Sam Yarber	Alpha and Omega Church	Central High	Eastern Illinois University	Early Childhood Education

First name	Last name	Parents	High School	College	Major	notes
Marquise Antonio	Britt	Mr. and Mrs. William Kindle	Urbana	Tennessee State University	communications	Pilgrim Baptist Church
Sam	Buchanan	Ms. Pearl Buchanan	Central	Howard Univeristy	Engineering	Recipient of Dr. Martin Luther King Scholarship
Jason	Carrodine	Mr. Coleman Carrodine and Mrs. Barnan Carrodine	Centennial			1988 Homecoming King and 4 year varsity basketball player
Lawon	Exum	Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Exum	Urbana	Florida A&M or Hampton University	computer programming	vice-president of Minorities in Action
Anthony G.	Howell	Mr. and Mrs. George Howell	1985 graduate of Centiennial			employed at Sullivan Chevrolet-Volvo
Keon	Parsons	Mr. and Mrs. Lamonte Parsons	Urbana	University of Cincinnati or the University of California at Berkley		Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church
Turhan Antwon	Walker	Mrs. Arthalia Walker Rogers	Urbana	Memphis State University	music production	talents include dancing and singing
David	Winbush	Mrs. Ann Winbush	Central	Tuskegee University	computer science	Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church
Sam	Yarber		Central		business	member of the Principal's Scholars Program
Jon	Browning	Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Browning	Central			Pilgrim Baptist Church, alternate escort

Date

8 April 1989

Identifier

http://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/538

http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/cotillion-1989_21e1e67dcd.pdf

Collection

Cotillions

Citation

"18th Annual Cotillion Ball," in Cotillion Yearbook Database, Item #45, https://eblackcu.net/cotillions/items/show/45 (accessed February 28, 2025).

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