16 - Delk News Quarterly (May 05)

Lesley Delk

Wayne Delk "I served in active duty in South Vietnam during 1968-69, stationed along the Mekong River as radioman /infantryman in the 9th. Infantry Div. with the "Mobile Riverine Force". I received 2 Purple Hearts and the Army Accomdation medal with V, for valor & bravery under fire. Upon my return to stateside duty, I served as the Sgt. in charge of the Honor Guard for the 6th Army. We covered most of California performing 2 to 3 funerals a day, honoring fallen soldiers from Vietnam."   Click here to read "New Cousin" entry in this issue Click here for more about his musical career [30] Harold Baucom and Wayne Delk. Harold and I relaxing on our Braniff jet about an hour out of Hawaii. Notice the little flowers on our uniforms.

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2002 Reunion San Diego, California Echo 3rd/60th 9th Infantry Div (L to R) Jim Toney, Wayne Delk, Bob Lisko, John Adame, John Ellis, and Tim Goins. source [33]

Elmo Ray Crabtree Obituary Military Service Addendum Joined on Dec. 8th, 1941 (Day after Pearl Harbor). Was assigned to air group 7 onboard USS Wasp (CV-7) in squadron VF-71 from Great Lake’s training base. First assignment was to Glasgow, Scotland where they were attached to the British Fleet loading 47 spitfire fighter planes on board for delivery to the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Royal Air Force pilots on board to fly planes from USS Wasp. Delivered additional 50 planes on second trip. Returned to US via Panama Canal for passage to the Pacific Ocean on to San Diego, California. Left San Diego for Honolulu where an armada of ships including marine 2nd-4th divisions proceeded to the island of Guadalcanal. This was the first engagement with Japanese troops, which was undertaken on August 4th, 1942. US planes were engaged in combat with Japanese planes and troops. On routine patrol in the vicinity of Guadalcanal, the USS Wasp was torpedoed by I-19 Japanese submarine. The ship was hit by three torpedoes in the aviation gasoline tanks. An abandon ship was ordered. The loss was approximately 300 men and the USS Wasp sank in the Coral Sea on Sept 15th, 1942.

USS Wasp CV-7 click here for more history of this ship

USS Independence CVL-22 click here for more history of this ship

Mr. Crabtree was then assigned to the USS Independence CVL-22, where he finished out World War II. This ship engaged in the Battle of Tarawa, November 18-20, 1943. A Japanese counter attack had planes launch five torpedoes and one struck the Independence. Seriously damaged, the ship was repaired. (Butch O’Hare, whom Chicago’s airport was later renamed after, was aboard the Independence at one time.) The ship also engaged in the Battle and subsequent invasion of the Philippines, beginning October 23rd, 1944. Following that, was the invasion of Okinawa in 1945 and a three-carrier attack on the Caroline Islands in November 1944. On August 5 (6), 1945, the crew of the USS Independence felt what would later be confirmed as the atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima, Japan. This preceded the end of the war with Japan on August 14th, 1945. Following this period, Mr. Crabtree was stationed in the US. At the start of the Invasion of Korea, in 1951, Mr. Crabtree was aboard the USS Valley Forge CV-45, and later transferred to the Philippine Sea CV-47. Mr. Crabtree was on active reserve with the Navy for 10 years until 1971. more in this issue... read his obituary read entry in music section [34]

From his Navy service Mr. Crabtree was awarded with the following recognitions: - Good conduct medal- - World War II Victory Medal- - American Campaign Medal- - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal- - European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal- - Navy Occupation Service Medal- - China Service Medal- - National Defense Service Medal- - Korean Service Medal- - United Nations Service Medal- - Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon- - Philippine Liberation Ribbon- - Philippine/Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation-

Charles Marion Delk 23 Sep 1919 - 21 June 2005 (brother of Lucius Delk the oldest known living Delk, and David Chanderl Delk below) U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Entered active military duty June 11, 1943. Awarded Air Medal (3 oak leaves), 3 Oak Leaf clusters, Good conduct medal, European, African, Middle Eastern campaign medals, 5 bronze service stars, Rome ARNON Apennines, South France, Rhineland, Air Combat Balkans. Honorable discharge as staff sergeant Sq, DNO, 1050 Air Force, Kerns, Utah on September 25, 1945. to read his obituary in this issue click here

David Chandler Delk 28 Aug 1921 - living (brother of Lucius Delk the oldest known living Delk, and Charles Marion Delk above) Entered active military duty in the Army December 9, 1942. Overseas service: European, African-Middle Eastern Theater from September 20, 1944 to June 29, 1946. Wounded in left shoulder and right arm. Purple Heart. Awarded PH, Good Conduct Medal, OCIB ACM, European, African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, One star Rhineland, WWII VM. Discharged as Staff Sergeant from 334th Infantry on February 4, 1946.

WYOMING -- Eric Burri was not one of his difficult recruits.
"He walked into my office and said, 'When can I enlist? I want to know when I can join,'" Army Sgt. First Class John Delk recalled.
That was two years ago, and Burri was the first soldier Delk recruited. On Friday, Delk found out that Army Spc. Burri, 21, had been killed in Baghdad. Delk said Burri's death hit him especially hard, because the Wyoming soldier made it a point to stay in touch after he joined.
"Every time he came home he stopped in to let me know how he was doing," Delk said. "He thanked me every time. He was the kind of soldier everyone would want to have on their side."
Delk conceded that news of a local death in Iraq won't make his job any easier, as the Army continues to struggle meeting recruitment goals. The Army announced Friday it met only 75 percent of its national goal of 6,700 for May, the fourth consecutive monthly shortfall. Slightly more than 5,000 recruits entered boot camp in May. In an effort to reverse the slide, the Army has added 1,000 recruiters since September and offered enlistment bonuses of more than $20,000.
Army Capt. Luis Irizarry, who commands 10 West Michigan recruiting stations -- including two in the Grand Rapids area -- doubted news of Burri's death would have a direct impact on local recruiting. Most families factor in the reality of American casualties when a son or daughter decides to join, he indicated.
"We don't hide," Irizarry said. "We tell the parents up front, that your son or daughter, there's a possibility you can deploy."
Irizarry said recruiting recently has been "challenging" but said recruiters in his region have generally met their monthly goal of 40.
Burri was killed in action Tuesday in Baghdad when a bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Department of Defense said. He was assigned to the 623rd Quartermaster Co., 1st Corps Support Command, based at Fort Bragg, N. C.
He was the second soldier from Wyoming to die in the past year. Army Pfc. Nicholas Blodgett, 21, died July 21 when his patrol vehicle hit an explosive device in Abdalluyah. Burri, the son of John and Joanne Burri, signed up for the Army halfway through his senior year at Kelloggsville High School, recruiter Delk said. He entered the service shortly after graduating from high school in 2003. While he was home on leave, Burri discussed the prospect of making a career out of the Army, Delk said. "He wanted to do 20 years in the military." On a quiet street in a working class Wyoming neighborhood, the U.S. flag flew at half staff in front of the Burri home as friends and neighbors stopped by to offer condolences.
"Everybody has been just wonderful," Joanne Burri said. "Eric's friends have been coming out of the woodwork. Neighbors have been very helpful.
"Everybody doesn't realize what it is to lose a son like this, but they are right there with you. They are just really good."
A friend of the family, Woody Watson, thought Burri made the right choice when he signed up. "It was good for Eric," Watson said. "It really helped him grow up. I know a lot of people are ragging on the military and don't want to sign up. But I think the world should be thankful for people like Eric."

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IV. Cemeteries where Roger Delk descendants are buried In addition to names and dates cemetery inscriptions and markers can provide researchers with clues to family relationships (spouse of, parent of , child of, etc. ). Epitaphs can range from sentimental to humorous and may reveal a persons interest or religious fervor. The cemetery itself, if affiliated with a particular church, may provide evidence of their religious affiliations. Decorative elements included on markers often include symbolic devices of particular interest to genealogists. These symbols can provide useful information such as: military service, membership in an organizations or club. Symbols pertaining to the deceased's hobbies, occupation, or even cause of death are also not uncommon.

Unless otherwise stated all the Delks listed below can be found in our searchable database at http://www.doles.org/ [37] If anyone has any images of cemeteries where descendants of Roger Delk are buried, or images of gravestones or markers of descendants please share them with us.

ALLIE D.(elk) AUG. 24 1887 SEPT 20 1982 note: Allie DELK, daughter of James A. DELK JR. and Mary Ellen Upchurch

CROCKETT [39]Crockett (aka East Jamestown) Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee click image to visit source page and enlarge

STOKLEY "Stoke" R. OCT. 25 1883 FEB 26 1964 note: son of Robert Washington Crockett & Minerva Jane Crabtree

ROBERT W.(ashington) MAR. 10, 1853 FEB. 19 1923 son of Robert P. Crockett & Mary R. Francis (note the dates and parents above were corrected August 19, 2005 - thanks to Wilma Gibson)

CROCKETT [40] click image to visit source page and enlarge

MINERVA J.(ane Crabtree) MAR 15 1855 JUNE 131930 note: daughter of Hiram / Hyram "Big Hi" Crabtree and Ed(n)a Delk

BESSIE M.(ary) DELK OCT. 28 1893 MAR. 11 1922 daughter of James A. DELK JR. and Mary Ellen Upchurch

RANKIN [41] click image to visit source page and enlarge

DON M. JUNE 19 1895 SEPT. 24 1969

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-plucked flower- BARBARA FAYE DAU. OF MR. MRS. ODIE DELK JUNE 1. 1943 JULY 31 1945 note: Odie Delk is son of James A. Delks first family

(†) TRAVIS H. DELK PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II AUG. 16, 1919 --------- SEP. 1, 1985 s/o Elijah Everett Delk & Mattie F. Voils

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CURWOOD DELK APR. 5, 1925 JUNE 15, 1931 possibly a s/o Elijah Everett Delk & Mattie F. Voils. Can anyone verify?

BENTON C. DELK US ARMY WORLD WAR II FEB 27 1923 ------- MAR 26 1994 † s/o Elijah Everett Delk & Mattie F. Voils notes: Residence: Fentress co. Tennessee enlisted: Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia Field Artillery Single, without dependents source

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LOUIE F.(rances) DELK JULY 3, 1905 JAN 12, 1971 h/o Verden Mullinix (see entry below) s/o John Henry & Nancy Franklin

VERDEN M. DELK JUNE 6 1916 AUG 22 1975 w/o Louie Frances Delk (see entry above). Does anyone know who her parents were?

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† SHELDON LUTHER DELK JAN. 22 1951 AUG 28 1983 IN OUR HEARTS HE PERISHES NOT Anyone know who his parents were?

Elijah Everett DELK 1894-1928 s/o John McHenry "Red" Delk & Mary Vian Vina Clementine Kogar / Krogar

V. BLACK SHEEP:
Every family has a few "black sheep". Sometimes they are so shunned from the rest of the family that they are no longer even claimed as kin. This can make researching difficult. To qualify for the Black Sheep section an ancestor must have committed any one of the following crimes:
Murder - Kidnapping - Armed Robbery - Treason - Theft particularly of any item of fame - Membership in a famous Gang - Political Assassin (documented) - Member of the FBI's Most Wanted List - Political Expatriate - Extreme Public Embarrassment - Involvement in Witchcraft Trials - Bigamy (outside the Mormon faith, which condoned it at one time) - Persons expelled from normal society - Convicted felons (documented) - Incest (very difficult for some to talk about) - Known Pirate
(note: this list is similar to the criteria for members of (IBSSG) The International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists )

In this issue:

Biker ministry comes full cycle Members of a Grover Beach motorcycle club trade histories of hard living for a chance to spread God's word and help others By Cynthia Neff Years ago Gary Delk could have sold you anything you desired: cocaine, heroin, pot, firearms. The Grover Beach man thought then that there were only two ways out of his dangerous, self-destructive lifestyle -- death or jail. In December 1997, he went to state prison shortly after an arrest for drug possession with intent to sell. About 14 months later, Delk found a third option -- his faith. Now he's the president of the Grover Beach-based motorcycle club Servants for Christ, a group of about eight bikers, some with long rap sheets and stories of substance abuse, who are now clean and sober, ride hard and spread God's word. They humbly reach out to the homeless, to addicts, to outlaw motorcycle clubs, to the men they feel they used to be. "We've been there," Delk said last week, standing next to his church's fireworks stand on Grand Avenue. "We're trying to tell them there's more out there." The Grover Beach group formed about a year ago as a chapter of the worldwide Set Free organization, an Orange County-based ministry aimed at spreading a message: Jesus loves bikers. Paso Robles and Santa Maria also have chapters. The Grover Beach men are an intimidating group, hovering proudly near their polished Harleys, bodies swathed in tattoos and black leather vests. But they pass out small copies of The New Testament (also known as "Biker Bibles"), quote scripture and don't drink anything harder than a Dr. Pepper. They've spoken to teens at San Luis Obispo High School, given Easter baskets to children at San Luis Obispo's Prado Day Center and helped men get into recovery centers. They don't want to force their beliefs on people but will talk to anyone who is drawn to them.

Tribune photo by Laura Dickinson Gary ‘Rascal’ Delk, with son Joshua, 10, is president of the Servants for Christ. Back from left: Oscar ‘Skeeter’ Cortez; Al ‘Big Al’ Massengale, with son Alvin, 11; Ty Bedford; Michael Hedrick; Lloyd Francis; Fernando Serna and Mike ‘Pismo Mike’ Salais.

VI. MUSICAL DELKS
As a musician myself, I was particularly interested in seeing how many other cousins are musically inclined. Most of these ca 40 individuals have not been contacted or identified as cousins and are listed in bold red, so as usual any additional info is welcome.

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The JAZZ Discography contains details on over 136,000 recording sessions include location, date, musicians, instruments, tunes, matrix numbers and album/CD releases.
include: James Delk Sessions: 1, Recording years(s):1984; drummer

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. Wayne Delk serves as Master of Ceremonies at another large gospel concert in North Texas.

Wow.. lots of musical talent in our genes... and jeans ! Besides my involvement in Gospel music. I have played piano and organ for decades, recorded on several projects, travelled with a gospel group and done my own "thing" for a long time. I still do several speaking engagements each year to gospel music associations and conventions as well as church groups. I have just taped a "Live" CD featuring some comedy and stories pertaining to life on the gospel road. For more about Wayne see : New found cousins section of this issue Military section of this issue [71]

Wayne is widely known for his 'Revival' gospel stylings on the Hammond organ. He has played for and recorded with several gospel artists.

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www.artofthemix.org [72]
Album: Stumpin'
Track: #1: artist: Clay Delk - 6 o'clock; Song Title: Our Ambient Voice
Comments: a sons of suburbia mix... made april 2000 for the the presidential campaign... go gore!

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The Examiner, Eastern Jackson co. Missouri, Wednesday, December 8, 1999
Area band in the spirit
By Christopher Howard
Wearing holiday uniforms - red, green, and white shirts and black pants and skirts - the Spirit of Independence Band took the stage at the Truman High School auditorium Sunday afternoon.
The all-volunteer band serenaded local residents with tunes such as "On A Winters Night," "Star Spangled Banner," and Irving Berlin's "Do You Hear What I Hear."
In addition to providing entertainment to the public, the concert was musical payback for local patrons who support the band with contributions and for the Independence School District, which donates facilities.
The performers included:
Flute - Lisa Cochran, Janelle Delk, Audrey Elder, Lynda Friend, and Lesly Lewandowski...
...Conductor and music director - Larry Sage
The Spirit of Independence Band had its initial rehearsal in September 1997. Musicians come from all over the metro area Ð some as far away as Adrian, Cameron, and Lexington, Mo. and Johnson County, Kan. Ð to participate in the music-making.
Membership is open to high school graduates who like to play excellent band music. Rehearsals are 7 to 9 p.m. Monday evenings at Truman High School.

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The Examiner, Eastern Jackson co. Missouri, November 27, 2004
Music Club meets for Christmas treats
The Independence Music Club will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 to hear a program performed by pianist Nathan Smith, organist Jeff King, tenor Matt Black and instrumentalist Janelle Delk, who plays the flute and piccolo.

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www.shangri.com [73]
BLUES, SOUL, FUNK and R&B 45s - JUST IN: Added: June 15, 2005
Artists:Cliff Jackson & Jellean Delk; Title: Blues Walk/Frank, Label / Number: This Is It Midnight Sun #1 Price: $6

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www.thebulletin.com [74] February 2003 Conroe, Montgomery co. Texas
The Magic Flute by Susan Love Fitts
It wasn't Mozart, but Natalie Syring, who enchanted the audience with her virtuosity at a concert earlier this month at Montgomery College, where she is a valued member of the music faculty.
Syring gave an intriguing program that exhibited her extensive repertoire and her skillful handling of the flute, an instrument for which she is incredibly well suited. A first-rate flutist must have unfaltering breath control, an attribute Syring demonstrated in spades throughout her faculty recital.
Syring started with "Joyeurs de Flute" by Albert Roussel, a French composer whose music is in the impressionistic style of Debussy. "Joyeurs de Flute" presents four miniature sketches of mythical or fictitious flutists: "Pan", "Tityre", "Krishna", and "Mr de la Pejaudie". Fellow faculty member Diane Delk accompanied Syring on the piano.
Guitarist Gerald Blakeman joined Syring for a "Flute and Guitar Potpourri", selected to represent two extremes in compositional style. Domenico Scarlatti, an Italian Baroque composer, was not overly fond of the flute and did not write an abundance of material for the instrument. In fact, he is reported as saying "you know that I cannot bear wind instruments because they all blow falsely." He was referring to the one-key flute of his day. If he had been in the audience for Syring's concert, I'm certain he would have had a different take on it.
Dimitri Kabalevsky and Dimitri Shostakovich are both 20th century Russian composers, whose works contain more modern harmonies and dissonances. Kabalevsky's "Little Song" was especially touching with the mellow and sonorous tones Syring magically elicited from an alto flute. Blakeman, who performs regularly with Syring in the Syring-Blakeman flute and guitar duo, is also a composer and arranger and was an excellent accompanist with his dexterous and delicate playing. They demonstrated a pure and lyrical flowing in their playing, made complete with their immaculate timing.
Bohuslav Martinu's "First Sonata" offered an especially complex rhythm pattern in which the flute and accompanying piano bounce off each other repeatedly. The work exhibited Syring's adroitness with her instrument and Delk's responsiveness as an accompanist. Syring's flute and Delk's piano were totally attuned with one another in this challenging piece.
Syring and Delk were joined on stage by oboist Penny Liebst and clarinetist Stephanie Teed for "Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs" by Camille Saint Saens. Saint Saens represents a more "classic" style than Debussy and Roussel and is characterized with short, periodic, overwhelmingly regular phrases, and a carefully restrained lyricism. Unlike Scarlatti, he had a preference for woodwinds and wrote numerous pieces for them.
The program concluded with the delightful "Celtic Partita" for flute and piano. The lively work had the audience tapping their feet with its four dances in the style of Irish Celtic music: "air," "hornpipe," "jig," and "reel." The mood of the piece was so contagious, if there had been a bar in the concert hall, I would have made my way there for a good Irish beer. But, alas, there was not. Even so, the vivaciousness, set within a formal classical structure, was a delicious way to end the evening.
Syring's concert was only one of the many cultural events presented at Montgomery College's Fine & Performing Arts Theatre. The 350-seat state of the art, acoustically superior venue is home to all types of college and community arts presentations. David Englert, professor of music at the college, says "Productions include yearly performances of 'The Nutcracker' by two companies, as well as performances by touring dance and theatre companies and various music groups."
The Fine & Performing Arts Theatre is also home to local pageants, seminars, community organizations, political interest groups and graduations. "Our own students are well served by the presence of this wonderful facility," says Englert. Anyone who has experienced a performance in this remarkable facility could not argue. It is indeed a treasure for the Montgomery County community. The campus is located at 3200 College Park Drive, easily accessible off I-45, with ample parking available.

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Lanie (Delk) Powell Jpldpaol.com 27.05.2005 Lanie has known the members of the Kentucky Headhunters Band (brothers: Fred and Richard Young) for many years. They grew up together around Lanie's hometown, Glasgow, Ky. She was friends with Mary Jane, their sister and even sung with them on a flat top wagon at a get-together years ago on their farm in Edmonton, Ky. This was of course all just-for-fun and years before they were famous.

THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS Back in 1968, Richard Young and his brother, Fred, along with cousin Anthony Kenney and Greg Martin came together to form their very first band in the now famous "practice house". Over the next 16 years, the boys took their unique blend of roadhouse blues, rock and country music and toured extensively throughout the southeastern United States. In the spring of 1985 again in the south central region of Kentucky, Richard and Fred Young, Greg Martin along with new members, Ricky Lee and Dough Phelps joined forces to create the Kentucky Headhunters. After one showcase performance in Nashville and another in nearby Bowling Green, Kentucky, the band was signed to Mercury Records. The band's first album, Pickin' On Nashville. went on to sell over two million copies as well as winning "Album of the Year" and "Group of the Year" at the CMA, ACM and Grammy award presentations. Their gold selling sophomore album, "Electric Barnyard", produced the single "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" which was performed by the group at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. For the third Headhunter album, Rave On, and an album made with legendary piano player, Johnnie Johnson, That'll Work, the band recruited their cousin Anthony Kenney on bass and old friend Mark Orr to sing lead vocals. Both albums and subsequent tours achieved critical and commercial success. source [75]

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Elmo Ray Crabtree
played the spoons and his son apparently plays the saxophone

click here to read Elmo Crabtree's obituary also in this issue
click here to read about [76]Elmo Crabtree's military career also in this issue

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The Examiner Eastern Jackson co. Missouri Online April 21, 2005
Music students compete in district
by the Examiner staff
Truman High School
Excellent ratings: Beth Delk and Katy Beth Anderson, mixed woodwind trio.

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Skin & Bone a band out of Orlando Florida was included in the last issue, but as I just recently
found some sites where you can listen to some of their music, I am including them again.

The first CD, Y2K, features songs by Birkbeck, Kelliher and other band members to listen to some tracks click here

birkbeck kelliher & delk (two) to listen to some tracks click here

Skin & Bone - Down in Florida to listen to some tracks click here

Bill Delk on piano and organ is also producer of both of the band's CDs at his home studio.

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click here for info on Becki Sue Delk's divorce

Becki Sue (Reinker) Delk Becki Sue & her Big Rockin' Daddies! are the Northwest's premier powerhouse hip shakin' blues band. Powered by the venerable Jim King on sax, blues harp, and vocals, and the incendiary guitar work of Tom "T-Boy Neal" Boyle, this band takes off like a rocket from the word go. Up front with Jim is Becki Sue with her big voice and sassy attitude and a style reminiscent of the great Texas blues belters Angela Strehli and Lou Ann Barton. ...read more

Becki Sue: "We're the only band in Washington to have been nominated "Best Band" by the Washington Blues Society and "Best Blues Band" by the Seattle Weekly. We're doing some high profile Seattle gigs this summer, we're very excited about that."

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Keith Ballard, Shari Pol, Karen Abernathy, and David Delk

David Delk www.centerstagebiloxi.com/season/myway.htm Biloxi, 240 Eisenhower Drive, Biloxi, MS 39531 My Way Jan 29-Feb 8, 2003-2004 Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra Conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson Delk, Bradley will sing at pops concert Apr 25, 2004. His recent shows include "My Way - A Tribute to Frank Sinatra," "Forever Plaid," "Oklahoma" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.". Delk has been performing in musical theater productions since 1980. His recent shows include "My Way - A Tribute to Frank Sinatra," "Forever Plaid," "Oklahoma" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Delk was chosen by The Sun Herald Reader's Poll as best actor for several years. (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS). Delk annually directs the "Sounds of the Holidays" fund-raiser at the Grand Theatre and is scheduled to direct "Grease" for KNS Theatre in October at the Saenger Theatre.

GulfLive.com [77] Mississippi Press - Sunday, June 19, 2005
Symphony to perform Hollywood' Grand Pops concert
By LINDSAY O'QUIN The Mississippi Press
BILOXI -- The Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra will take the audience to the movies for its 43rd season finale.
The second annual Grand Pops concert, "Hooray for Hollywood," is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Grand Casino Theatre in Biloxi.
Guest vocalists David Delk and Rebecca Bradley will sing several songs with the orchestra....

...Delk, a community theater actor for 25 years, will sing "Go the Distance" from "Hercules," "The Summer Knows" from "Summer of 42," and "A Time for Us" from "Romeo and Juliet."
Delk and Bradley will come together for the duet "A Whole New World" from "Aladdin."
"This is the second year we've had both of them," Robohm said. "They did such a great job last year, we decided to bring them back rather than look for somebody else."
Delk has directed and served on the board of KNS Theatre as well as performed for years with Center Stage in Biloxi. He first worked with the Gulf Coast Symphony in 2001 as a substitute narrator for "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
The following May, Delk was invited to perform sing-alongs at the "Sounds by the Sea" concerts in Pascagoula and Gulfport. He remembers the humbling moments when the audience waved their flags as they sang the words, he said.
When the symphony started the new Grand Pops series, he and Bradley were invited to be guest performers.
"It's such an honor to do this because I don't have any kind of professional background (in music)," Delk said. "It's really nice that I have this day job, then at nighttime I'm so lucky to be able to do theater and then also been invited by the symphony to be guest performer -- that's just unheard of."
While Delk is excited about the concert, he admits it puts a lot of pressure on him to perform his very best.
"This is the symphony. I have to do a good job," he said.
One of the key differences between theater and the symphony is the length of rehearsal time, Delk said. In theater the actors rehearse three nights a week for eight weeks, while the symphony rehearses once on Saturday afternoon before the concert.
"That makes me extremely nervous. ... But, it's also an adventure," Delk said. "I have to think, this is not theater, this is an adventure with the symphony."
Sponsors for the Pops concert are Grand Casino, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, DuPont and Gulfport Stevadoring Association. Corporate tables have all been sold, but booths are available, Robohm said.

editors note: I also found this article by David Delk, it has nothing to do with music but is interesting none the less May. 27, 2005 - A SUN HERALD FORUM Long, long ago in a cinema on U.S. 90 ... by DAVID DELK It seems like just the other day, but it was 28 years ago. Dad came home from work and said, "Son, put your shoes on; we're going to a movie." At 15, I wouldn't have been caught dead at the movies with a parent; that just wasn't cool, but it was a new movie called "Star Wars" and I wanted to see it. Dad drove us to the Surfside Twin Cinema in Biloxi. We stood in a long line and finally got in. The whole time I prayed I wouldn't be recognized by friends. We found some empty seats and sat down. Dad started a conversation with me, but I wouldn't have anything to do with him. I begged him to leave me alone as I checked to see if anybody was watching me. What was I thinking? At the movies with my Dad? Oh, geez! After a long silence the theater finally went dark and those words appeared across the screen. "Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far way... " Then the theme music began as the huge "Star Wars" logo appeared across the huge screen. I was mesmerized for hours as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia and Han Solo told me a story of good versus evil. Wow, what a movie! I saw it 17 times during that summer. I collected memorabilia. Bought the album, listened to it religiously. Wore a different "Star Wars" character T-shirt every day. Yep, I was definitely a "Star Wars" geek. So after five "Star Wars" films and almost three decades later, I was once again anxiously awaiting the release of a new "Star Wars" movie, the final installment titled "Revenge of the Sith." I bought my tickets online, got the CD soundtrack weeks ago, got to the theater early and found the perfect seat. When that now-famous theme music began and the "Star Wars" logo appeared, I was again mesmerized, just like that 15-year-old kid years ago. Wow, what a movie! When I got home, I found myself in the attic digging through an old box I've been storing for years. They were still there: my 1978 "Star Wars" calendar, the official Marvel comic book, even an old poster - a little torn, but intact. As I looked over my treasures, I remembered that adventure I shared with Dad 28 years ago. Perhaps I wasn't really too embarrassed to be seen with him. Actually, I had the greatest dad in the whole theater; I just didn't know it then. So now it's my turn. This 42-year-old will go pick up his 76-year-old Dad and say, "Put your shoes on, we're going to a movie!" Dads, take this suggestion. Come home from work early, put down the remote control and find your teenagers. Take them to see "Star Wars." They might be a little embarrassed - perhaps horrified you'll do something "un-cool," like use your make-believe light saber to fight a make-believe Darth Vader in the parking lot - but I promise that, years from now, they'll look back on an incredible adventure they shared with the greatest hero in the galaxy - you. David Delk of Gulfport, when not managing his local rental business or seeing "Star Wars" for the 17th time, can often be found onstage, where he is a talented performer and director in community theater.

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Clara Delk Inglish [cinglishcomcast.net] reports:
A Delk Family Reunion is held every year in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and is always arranged by my aunt, Carmen (nee Delk) Simmons. Her address is:

Carmen Simmons
707 N. 31st,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39401
telephone 601-264-7094.

We have not brought her into the computer age, so any contact would need to be done by snail mail or can even be done by computer through me [cinglishcomcast.net]. I can always relay messages to her or my cousin, her daughter Emily who lives just up the street from Aunt Carmen. I can't even bring Emily into the modern computer age.

BIRTHDAYS: May, June, July , August, September, October Amanda Delk [amandadelk3472yahoo.com] In May my son Demarco Delk birthday is May 1st and he'll be 9, my brother Jason Delk birthday is May 10th he'll be 24. My cousin Jennifer Medlock (Delk) birthday is June 27th and she'll be 28. Emmalee Kuczynski (10th grandchild of Milly Piros) celebrated her very 1st birthday on May 2nd. Jan Delk May 12 St. Luke’s on the Lake Episcopal Church Austin, TX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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(getting close to the big 4-0 midlife crisis - personal joke between us)

Bill Eldridge turns 62 on August 29th, 2005 [seldridge02632comcast.net]

Alonzo Reagan (son of Mertie Mae Delk and Travis Reagan) will celebrate his 84th birthday Sept 1st. He was born in Pall Mall, Fentress Co. Tenn. Info by Carol Strickland [secretgarden98yahoo.com]

Mildred "Milly" Elladean (nee Ward) Piros [MPiros1120aol.com] will celebrate her 64th on September 3rd 2005.

Lucius Delk the oldest known living Roger Delk descendant, will turn 97, Oct. 16th 2005. His daughter Beverly (nee Delk) & and son-in-law Dean Trytten [tryttenanchorsprintmail.com] also both have birthdays in October. Beverly will be 67 on October 1st and Dean will be 60 on October 23rd.

Dorman D. Wilson, 74, South Highway 837, Nancy, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, Kentucky. He was born May 8th, 1930 in Ingle, Kentucky, son of the late Delmer Wilson and Pearlie Delk Wilson Vaught, West Somerset, Kentucky. He was a farmer and owner of Dorman Wilson & Son Farm Supply. He was a member and trustee of the Cedar Point Baptist Church in Ingle. He was also former clerk at Cedar Point Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother; one son; Dennis (and Becky) Wilson, Nancy, Kentucky: two daughters; Patti Wilson, Nancy, Kentucky and Vicki (and Roy) Brown, Nancy, Kentucky: one sister; Janice (and Ron) Owens, Cincinnati, Ohio: two step brothers; Vernon (and Dorothy) Vaught, Berea, Kentucky and Delones Vaught, Lexington, Kentucky: one step sister; Bea Holder, Lexington, Kentucky: 5 grandchildren; Christy (and Mike) Johnson, Jeremy Brown, Kyle Minton, Daniel Wilson and Kelley Wilson: 3 great grandchildren; Allison, Emily and Aimee Johnson.

Dorman D. Wilson May 8, 1930 - May 4, 2005

Darrell Ray Brooks, 53 MUNCIE - Darrell Ray Brooks, 53, died unexpectedly Saturday, May 7, 2005 at Ball Memorial Hospital. He was born May 12, 1951 in Jamestown, Tennessee the son of Obie and Nora Conatser Brooks. Darrell moved to Muncie as a child and graduated from Muncie Central High School in 1969. Darrell worked at Indiana Steel and Wire for 27 years, then finished his career at the Muncie Public Library. Darrell was a dedicated and loving son, brother, father, and grandfather. His hobbies included fishing and golfing. Surviving besides his parents are his son, Michael Brooks; his daughter, Sherry Davis; two granddaughters, Brittany Brooks and Chloe Davis; his brother, Obie Brooks, Jr.; three sisters, Connie Blair, Teresa Webster, and Linda Griffiths; and several nieces and nephews.

www.thepress-sentinel.com [95] Paul “Herman” Delk, 60, of Jesup and Waynesville died May 12, 2005, after an extended illness. The Wayne County native was an E-7 with the U. S. Air Force. Survivors are four sons, Brent Delk of Pensecola, Fla., Adam Jackson of Waycross, James Delk of Ocala, Fla., and Trevor Simpson of Germany; three daughters, Stephanie King of Waycross, Selena Simpson of Brunswick and Patricia Ann Phillips of Florida; two sisters, Jackie Phillips of Jesup and Elvira Apon of Albany. two brothers, Wid Delk of Jesup and Harold Delk of Screven; and 13 grandchildren. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Sunday) from Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Dewitt Foster and Harold Delk officiating with full military honors. Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home of Jesup is in charge of the arrangements. photo generously provided by his daughter Patricia Ann Phillips

Bacarella Funeral Home, Inc. Warren F. Delk - May 16th, 2005 Warren F. “Fred” Delk 57 years of Monroe passed away Monday, May 16, 2005 at 2:45 AM at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe. He had been in poor health since 1998 and seriously ill for the past few months. Fred was born May 1, 1948 in Detroit, MI. The son of Jack and Mary Ann (Jackson) Delk he moved to Monroe in 1985. On January 15, 1972 he married Nancy Kwek in Detroit. Fred Owned Long Time Painting for 30 years retiring in 1998.

editors note: identified as an 8th Great grandson of Roger Delk Elmo Ray Crabtree, 83, of New Castle died Saturday morning at home after an extended illness. He was a retired Navy veteran who actively served from 1941 to 1961, and then in the Navy Reserve until 1971. He retired from Dana Corp. (formerly Perfect Circle) in 1987. He was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in New Castle, where he served as a Deacon for many years. He was an avid golfer and member of the American Legion Golf Course. He was born on April 13, 1922, in Monticello, Kentucky to parents Elmer and Lola (McCutcheon) Crabtree. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandson Jacob P. Bell, and son David A. Crabtree, brother Rex Crabtree, sisters Barbara Payne, Nita Allene Dale, and Marjorie Louise Turner.

Elmo with his wife Barbara (Tabor) Crabtree

He is survived by his wife of 42 years Barbara (Tabor) Crabtree, sons Michael (wife Patricia) and James (wife Sherry), daughters Susan (Tom) Heilmann and Tracey (James P.) Bell, and sister Betty Shannon, grandchildren Sharon Willoughby, John Heilmann, Lisa Heilmann, Andrew Bell, Vincent Crabtree, Thomas Crabtree, and Rachel Crabtree. He also has six great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday from 4-8 pm at Macer Hall Funeral Service in New Castle. Reverend David Livingston will preside over the services. Military honors will be conducted by the US Navy. Burial will be Wednesday at 11 am at South Mound Cemetery, west lawn, in New Castle. -submit to New Castle Courier-Times, and Muncie Star-Press. click here to read more about his military career click here to read about his musical interests

Elmo with his parents Elmer and Lola (McCutcheon) Crabtree.

Charles "Marion" Delk (brother of Lucius Delk the oldest known living Delk) Published in The Greenville News: 06-23-2005 Greenville (SC)- Charles "Marion" Delk, 85, of 103 Vanderbilt Circle, husband of Willie Mae Foster Delk, died Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center. Born in Liberty County, Ga., he was the son of the late Reverend John Andrews and Annie Theresa Chandler Delk. Mr. Delk was retired from Weeks Manufacturing and was of the Baptist faith. He was also a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Debbie Delk of Soperton, Ga.; three brothers, Lucius, J. A., and David Delk, all of Greenville; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Upstate SC Chapter, 114 E. Earle St., Anderson, SC 29621-5602. Services will be conducted Friday, June 24, 2005, at noon in Remembrance Chapel of Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held prior to the services, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. in Remembrance Chapel. The family will be at the residence. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thomasmcafee.com. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. To see his military photo and info click here

www.altustimes.com [102] Altus, Oklahoma
Mary Delk
Funeral service for Mary Delk, 81, of Kingwood, Texas, formerly of Frederick, will be at noon Saturday, July 23, 2005, at the Burkhardt Chapel in the Frederick Memorial Cemetery, with the Rev. Bonnie Wilkinson, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Manitou officiating.
The family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2005, at the Gray Gish Funeral Home in Frederick.
Delk died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in Kingwood. Burial will be at the Frederick Memorial Cemetery.
She was born Dec. 8, 1923, near Frederick to Jesse Carroll and Verda Gwendolyn Delk. She attended Union School west of Frederick, as well as Frederick Junior College and Cameron Junior College. After her schooling she lived in Oklahoma City for a period before returning to Frederick area where she taught fourth and fifth grades at Laing. In 1949, she began working for Southwestern Bell as a customer service trainer and traveled extensively before retiring in 1986. She moved to Kingwood in February 1998. She was a member of the Southwestern Bell Club, the Southwestern Bell Pioneers, Humble Senior Citizens (of Houston) and the Kingwood Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Dorothy Manning; two brothers, William Carroll and Thomas Gerald Delk.
She is survived by a brother, Jess Delk and his wife Goldie of Manitou; two sisters-in-law, Connie Delk (wife of William Carroll "Bill" Sr.) of Clovis, N.M., and Norma Jones (wife of Thomas Gerald???) of Wichita Falls, Texas; nieces, Diane Sumner and husband Dave of New Caney, Texas, Gina Lambert and husband J.R. of Euless, Texas, Dana Lohman and her husband Greg of St. Louis, and Tammie McKeever of Waco, Texas; nephews, Bill Delk Jr. and his wife Monica of Clovis, Brett Delk, of New Braunfels, Texas, Lee Delk and his wife Patsy of Clovis, Jess Delk, Jr. and wife Cathy of Austin, Texas, great-niece, Krystin Meyer and husband Jeff of Porter, Texas; great-nephews, Travis Hopper, Scott Sumner, Todd Sumner and his wife Kim, all from the Houston area, as well as many other relatives and friends.

Any help in identifying the parents of the individuals in red would be apprecitaed

Pedigree:
(brick wall) William Carroll "W. C". Delk m. Mary Elizabeth Coffee (or Coffey), son
William Henry Delk m. Mary Alexander Ledbetter, son
Jessee Carroll Delk m. Verda Gwendolyn Mashburn, daughter
Mary Nell Delk

missed this June entry last issue sorry:   Patricia Carolyn (nee Delk) Henley <patdhenyahoo.com> For your newsletter "Life Goes On" segment, my husband, Richard Carl Henley, and I will be celebrating our 40th "ruby" wedding anniversary June 13, 2005. Long marriages are part of our family. My mother and father, Walter Houston Delk and Eva Therrell Delk were married 66 years May 28, 1993. Also my oldest sister, Dorothy Delk Parrish was married to Donald M Parrish Sr. 52 years. Courtney and Ryan Findley were married on July 18, 1998   Patricia Ann (Delk) & Thomas Joel Phillips celebrated their first "paper" wedding anniversary on July 27th.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth (nee Snedecker) Reagan celebrate their 61st anniversary in August.

John Stewart Delk & Sarah "Sally" Swann married 11 Aug 2003

Beverly Nancy Delk & Dean Orville Trytton will celebrate their 28th wedding Anniversary on August 23rd 2005

Audrey Marlene (Delk) & Eddie Wendell Cox were married 29 Aug 1958. <audreyciglou.com>

Rachael Wilson & Blake Gallion married Aug. 30, 2003

<seldridge67comcast.net> Sue (nee Delk) & Bill Eldridge will be celebreting thie 40th "ruby" Anniversary on Sept. 4th

OLDEST "Known" LIVING ROGER DELK DESCENDANTS: Lucius Delk, age 97 Contact possible via his daughter's husband Dean Trytten [tryttenanchorsprintmail.com] Lucius is shown here with the rifle of his ancestors that was used in the civil war. WILLIE SCREWS, age 96 is the 2nd oldest known Delk cousin

Amnews.com [114] Friday May 20, 2005 Casey County hands out 132 diplomas By BRENDA S. EDWARDS - Staff Writer LIBERTY - Graduates looked back Thursday night at four years at Casey County High School during their final assembly in the gymnasium. They talked about the changes in their lives and in the world as they prepared for their futures. Graduating with high distinction are ... Amanda Dawn Delk...

Bryan & Laurie Delk delkcharter.net

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Delk are pleased to announce the graduation of their daughter Laurelle Angelica Delk from Lighthouse Baptist Academy Commencement Exercises Sunday May 29, 2005 at six o'clock in the evening to be held at Lighthouse Baptist Church 130 Ashwood Dr. Columbia TN 3401 Personal Graduation Tea Party to be held Monday May 30, 2005 from 6:00pm - 9:00 pm (come by as you please) Richland Inn 2405 Hwy 31 S Columbia TN 38401

Iowa State University 5/6/2005 Ames, IA Jennifer Delk

The annual scholarship awards to Clark County High School students were presented on May 24th. This year 48 area students competed for the 7 awards. Three (3) went to Key Club participants with the remaining going to other area high school leaders. Key Club Winners are: Amanda Stewart, Central High; Julia Rinehart, Shawnee: John Mbagwu, South. Scholarship Winners from other area schools: Rosel Spiker, Greenon; Kristie Mitch, Northwestern; Kayleigh Delk, Southeastern; and Christie Hollopeter, Southeastern. source [115]

Alamance-Burlington School System,1712 Vaughn Road, Burlington, North Carolina Student graduating with a diploma in Determination Graham senior has disease that caused severe blindness By Mike Wilder, The Times-News 6/7/05 Casie Delk's quiet confidence is at once understated and almost impossible to miss. It's an outward mark of the determination that earned her a high school diploma: Delk, 17, is legally blind. She graduates tonight from Graham High School (Burlington, North Carolina). She has neurofibromatosis, a hereditary disease passed on to her through her father, Tim Delk. As a result of the disease, she developed her first tumor at the age of 2. A tumor on her optic nerve resulted in her severe sight loss. As a young girl, she went through chemotherapy. Her mother, Cathy Delk, was required to sign a paper saying she might die from it.

Casie Delk uses a machine on a TV monitor in order to read a Seventeen magazine Friday. A tumor on her optic nerve caused by neurofibromatosis made her lose her sight at a young age. Casie will graduate from Graham High School tonight.

Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Ingersoll Residential Hall Roster Fall Semester 2004 Elizabeth Delk major - Mathematics

TRI COUNTY LEADER, White House, Texas April 28, 2005 Being busy makes Whitehouse’s Gigi Delk a happy person With all of the different activities that Whitehouse resident Gigi Delk devotes her time to, you might think the phrase "free time" would be foreign to her. Between teaching college courses, keeping up with the activities of her husband and six boys, and trying to carve out some time for herself, Delk is constantly busy. But she she wouldn’t have it any other way. "I think a busy person is a happy person," Delk said. While growing up in Lancaster, Cal., right outside of Los Angeles, Delk experienced life in a big school system – 2,500 in her middle school. But a move to a rural community in Arkansas gave her experience at the opposite end of the spectrum, and more opportunity to be active. It’s a lifestyle that has stayed with her ever since. "There were only about 26 in my class," Delk said. "With so few people you had a chance to get into a lot."

Mrs. Gigi Delk

Tracy Delk - photographer Legacy Portrait Studios, 212 Grande Boulevard, Suite A210, Tyler, Texas 75703 Tracy has an extensive background in photography. A long time associate with both Hollywood Portraits and McWhirter Studios, Tracy is a very well rounded photographer. His candid style is perfect for today's weddings.

Delk has always tried to get her sons involved with every-thing they could. This includes sports and Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Delk has either lead or assisted at every one of their Scouting groups, along with being involved with Okee Tuklo District activities and the Cub Scout Day Camp since 1999. She went from volunteering to being the Cub Scout Day Camp administrator. While leading scouts through a tumultuous camp filled with tornado warnings and hail she met the man she would later marry, her equally active husband Tracy, and his two sons. Delk admitted it is "wild," keeping up with all the sports and other activities of her sons Jason, Ryan, Evan, Brannon, and stepsons Jordan and Walker. "We are always on the go," she said. Many families "limit" their children to one or two activities. Not this family. "We taught the boys how to get dressed in about four minutes," Delk said. "There isn’t a night when I am not in the stands cheering one of them on, attending a concert, or running to a PTA or booster club meeting." Delk and her family have many hobbies they share as well as sports and outdoor activities. They are members of the Texicans and 12th Texas, organizations that reenact Civil War battles and Old West gunfights. The whole family can dress in period costume and participate. Costume, or at least dress up extends to holidays, as well. "Students know when it’s Christmas, Halloween, Easter …I will have candy, and probably be dressed for the holiday" Delk jokingly said.

CSP Convenience Store / Petroleum CSP Daily News, June 17, 2005 Georgia’s Best Delk, 80, honored by GACS WAYCROSS, Ga. -- Isabel Delk, the 80-year-old store manager for Flash Foods in Waycross, Ga., has been selected as the 2005 Georgia Store Manager of the Year by the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores (GACS). Delk was honored at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Amelia Island, Fla. She received the award from outgoing GACS Chairman Bill Bryson of Flash Foods (pictured). Known to her customers as Ms. Isabel, she began her c-store career in 1969 with 7-Eleven in Waycross and has spent the last 26 years with Flash Foods. She has received numerous company awards and honors during her career in the industry. But the feedback she appreciates the most is from the many letters that customers took time to write to support her nomination. It can best be summarized by one customer who simply wrote: “Isabel is awesome!”

Carrina Stanton / The Chronicle Packwood Senior Center walking group members, from left, Beverly Brathovde, Peggy Delk, leader Vicki Lawrence, Daphne Bartlemay and Laurie Seiber with her dogs Max and Sasha (not pictured) complete one of two weekly 2 1/2-mile walks through town. Lawrence said the walking group is just one of the many physical activities and nutritional events the center offers. Lawrence said staying healthy as a senior citizen doesn’t take any extra steps, just motivation.

www.chronline.com [121] Serving The Greater Lewis County Area; Washington State, June 15, 2005 As nation is aging, senior citizen activities are growing by Carrina Stanton PACKWOOD — It’s a dreary Tuesday morning in Packwood. A gray sky spits raindrops along U.S. Highway 12, and most people are inside enjoying climate-controlled environments and hot cups of coffee. But for one group from the Packwood Senior Center, it’s a walking morning. Umbrellas in hand and hoods up, they’re all smiles as they round the bend after a nearly two-mile walk and catch sight of the center’s lights, where they’ll be greeted with coffee and breakfast cookies. It is a ritual that is repeated at the center twice a week, rain or shine. Center director Vicki Lawrence said about 10 senior citizens take part in the 2 1/2-mile trek, which is part of the overall offerings at the center aimed at keeping an older generation well. “We offer motivation and dedication to keep moving,” Lawrence said of the center’s classes. “Because if you don’t use it, you lose it.” Physical fitness among senior citizens is a rising interest in America today. Besides research showing activity can stem the tide of aging-related maladies, senior citizen fitness is also coming into its own because of a greater demand. A recent article published by the American Association of Retired Persons stated the average life span of an Americans has stretched by about three months every year since the mid-19th century. Today, people are expected to live to about 77. By the end of the century, the typical life span could be up to 100.

Higher life expectancies make adults 65 years and older a rapidly growing population. By 2030, it is expected there will be 69.4 million elderly in America, making them more than 20 percent of the total population.
Even so, health education efforts have typically focused on much younger people. Now, national health organizations are recognizing the need to include senior citizen health as a major talking point.
Lawrence said the kinds of exercise needed by senior citizens are not much different from the needs of other adults. Some of the activities must be modified for some participants’ abilities, but the main emphasis is just offering a variety of activities to meet most interests.
“I don’t think the kind of exercise changes. I think you just go at a slower pace,” said walking group member Beverly Brathovde of staying active in her senior years. “You don’t have as much strength as you had so it’s so important to stay active.”
The other big component of senior citizen exercise is mental well-being, Lawrence said. Two women in the Packwood walking group were recently widowed, but continued their regular schedule with the morning walkers. Lawrence said she thinks the camaraderie of the group, as well as the good feeling of keeping in shape, was helpful for them in their grieving process.
“I feel that exercise is very good for the emotional well being and I think that’s true with all of us — it just gets you up,” she said.
Fitness helping mental health is a theory long supported by science as well. Most recently, a study published by the National Institute on Aging showed regular exercise slowed the progress of Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brains of mice. Researchers believe the finding indicates an active lifestyle could also help humans with such aging-related issues.
Walking group member Peggy Delk said she’s seen first hand the importance of staying healthy on a person’s entire system.
“My mother didn’t stay active. She just became a couch potato,” Delk said. “She lived to be 85, but she had no quality of life.”
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Carrina Stanton covers municipal government and health for The Chronicle. She may be reached by e-mail at cstantonchronline.com.

Rosie Delk   Public Radio Partnership Testimonials "Public Radio helped make this year's annual spring event the most successful one yet!" - Rosie Delk Chain Saw World

www.kinseyinstitute.org [123] May 2005
Currently on display at The Kinsey Institute Gallery is a mixed media exhibition titled Identity – Sexuality – Gender:
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Thomas Robertello.
The exhibit opened on Friday, April 15th, with a reception sponsored by the Friends of the Kinsey Institute. The show
features recent work by an international group of artists, including Amy Cutler, John Delk, Peregrine Honig, Robert
Horvath, Nikki S. Lee, Conor McGrady, Kim Murak, Sergei Pachomow, Ed Paschke, Missionary Mary Proctor, Michel Tsouris,
and Anne Wilson.
“This show is somewhat unusual for us,” explains Catherine Johnson-Roehr, KI Curator, "because the works of art are on loan
from a local collector. Thanks to Thomas Robertello, we have an exciting opportunity to show how artists today are dealing
with issues of identity, sexuality, and gender in their work.”
Thomas Robertello, a member of the faculty of the IU School of Music, is an internationally acclaimed flutist. He enjoys collecting art as “a nesting instinct, a way to document my own evolution of thinking, an investment, an inspiration while I practice my flute, and ultimately a gift to a public institution.”
The exhibit continues through August 5, 2005. For tours of the gallery, email gmiliusindiana.edu, or phone 812-855-7686 for reservations.

(L-R): Pastors John Delk, Hosea Santos and Rex Bullock

The News Section Free Methodist People & Ministries JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2005 Cornerstone Community, St. Petersburg, Florida.

2004 Tennessee Autumn Queen Beauty Pageant presented by Cookeville Business & Professional Women and OB/GYN Associates, Inc. October 23, 2004 Category: Tiny Autumn Angel (36 Months to 47 Months) Olivia Grant Delk, Mckinley Grace, Olivia Grace, and Madison Lee Beaty editor's note: I am guessing that Olivia and Brianna (see below) are sisters.

Category: Little Autumn Angel (4 and 5 Year Olds) Katherine Morgan Fincher, Desiree Nicole Malone, Kyra Ann LaRue, Shelby Danielle Mainord, Emma Micheala Choate, Madison Reagan, Carmen Trojcak, Bethanie Taylor,Hunter LaShea Sparks, Bailey Gale York, Kaylen Elizabeth Rush, Sydnee Mashele Clark, Briana Michelle Delk, Makinsey Faith Perdue, Sabrina Cherry, Kassidy Faye Cunningham, McKenzie Grace Ooten, Hannah Elizabeth Culwell, Mary Adelina Kemp

detail Briana Michelle Delk

Fairfield Bay News - Volume 40, Issue 27, July 7, 2004 David Delk runs for Shirley School Board David Delk of Fairfield Bay announces that he will seek Shirley School Board Position #4 in the September 21 school board election. David and wife, Shawn, have three daughters who attend school at Shirley: Summer (11th grade), Kasey (8th grade), and Haley (5th grade). He is a 1982 Graduate of Shirley High School and is the Superintendent of Indian Hills Golf Course in Fairfield Bay. "I am genuinely interested in our kids, and the Shirley School District. As a parent of three daughters, the last to graduate in 2012, I want to do my part to ensure that our school has the resources (money, curriculum, and qualified personnel) available to meet and exceed the State Board of Education’s requirements and to ensure that every child is allowed to excel in his/her area of interest." "I have extensive experience in budget, personnel, and project management and I feel that this experience would be an asset to the school board. I have kept abreast of the issues in our district this past year and look forward to a positive future for the Shirley District."

Business News - SalemChamber.org (.pdf) July 2004 - Salem, Oregon Chamber of Commerce Regional / National Business of the Year Award Air BP Aviation Services image left : James Green right : Bob Delk

Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce July 2004 201 E Main St. #5, Stanford KY 40484 606-365-4118 Old Depot Farmer's Market WHERE? Historic L& N Railroad Depot, Stanford, KY WHEN? Tuesdays and Fridays Noon - 3:00 pm Selling vegetables, fruits, homemade & canned goods to the public.

Jean, Terry & Wilbern Thompson, Otis Delk editor's notes: I'm not sure if Otis is the one standing or sitting

NATA is the National Air Transportation Association - the Voice of Aviation Business. Safety 1st Participants at NBAA Scheduler's & Dispatchers Conference January 13-16, 2002 image: Nancy Thomson, Molly Delk & Rachel Taylor, Flight2Ground.com

The Bullard Brothers - 10th G Grandsons of Robert Delk FOOTBALL Brian Bullard #40 North Marion High School graduated 2004 Brian holds the record at North Marion High School for the longest punt of 70 yds. The former record had been held for 13 years. Brian also won the Gatorade award for his squats in weightlifting, 550 lbs!! click here to see Brian's pedigree [125] click here to see Brian's musical aspirations     Kneeling: Seth Watts, Greg Lawton, Nolan Howard and Marvin Neira Standing: Chris Sanders, John Hollier, Rex Stroup, and Brian Bullard (#40) FOOTBALL & CHEERLEADER Kyle pressing different weights   Kyle Bullard like his brother Brain (see above) was really good in football and weightlifting too, however, in his sophomore year he began to experience spells of heart racing, chest hurting and blacking out. He was taken to a pediatric specialist at Shands (UF) Hospital and after all kinds of testing, he was diagnosed with congenital heart disease and could no longer play. He started cheering and excelled so much that he received a scholarship to CFCC. Both Brian and Kyle attended North Marion High School and graduated in 2004. click here to see Kyle's pedigree [126] click here to see Kyle's musical aspirations   brothers Kyle & Brain Bullard Images and information kindly provided by their mother Patricia (Delk) Phillips of Tarpon Springs, Florida [venus6565_1hotmail.com]

Richmond Blaze MC archives MDCVSA Challenge Cup 2000 Roster Delk, Christopher, position M-D Summer 2000 Roster Delk, Christopher, position M-D Summer 2000 (Game 1) STANDING: Marc Hemstreet, Jay Huggins, Michael Luck, Seth Green, Kyle Wentz, Christopher Delk, Chris Rose, Kent Vaughan KNEELING: Ray Lineberry, Conor Donnelly, Jay Wade, Robb Crocker, Chris Diskin, Adam Arbogast, Greg Mayo, Jeremy Kniffin NOT PICTURED: Sean Francis

Fall 2000 Roster # name Pos G Cards 8 Delk, Campbell D 4 2Y 21 Delk, Christopher M 2 0 Fall 2000 STANDING: Marc Hemstreet, Jay Huggins, Chris Diskin, Kent Vaughan, Alex Jenski, Campbell Delk, Brian Garry, John Dickerson, Jay Wade KNEELING: Christian Jenski, Ray Lineberry, Robb Crocker, Christopher Delk, Rob Flowers, Jeremy Kniffin, Kyle Wentz

NOT PICTURED: Adam Arbogast, Matt Fitzpatrick, Sean Francis, Michael Luck, Greg Mayo, Chris Rose, Ron Thermil, Claudio Valdes, Ed Walton

CVSA Cup/ Copa Bruce 2000-2001 Roster # name Pos G Cards 26 Delk, Campbell F 6 0 21 Delk, Christopher M 1 0 Fall 2001 (CVSA Cup) STANDING: Jon Wasson, Mark Vagnetti, Christopher Delk, Campbell Delk, Randy Owen, Marc Hemstreet, Christian Jenski, Kent Vaughan, John Dickerson KNEELING: Chris Rose, Long Nguyen, Sean Francis, Brian Garry, Alex Jenski, Chris Diskin, Nate Vogt

Blaze Fall 2001 Roster # name Pos G A Cards 8 Delk, Campbell M 7 6 0 21 Delk, Christopher M 3 2 0 Fall 2001 (Game 3) STANDING: John Dickerson, Marc Hemstreet, Christopher Delk, Mark Vagnetti, Brian Garry, Alex Jenski, Jon Wasson, Christian Jenski KNEELING: Greg Mayo, Long Nguyen, Sean Francis, Kent Vaughan, Chris Diskin, Luis Descaire NOT PICTURED: Campbell Delk, Rob Flowers, Randy Owen, Chris Rose, Nate Vogt

Shelbyville Times Gazette Shelbyville's tennis team finished runner-up in the District 8-AAA tournament Thursday afternoon in Tullahoma. Team members are, first row, from right, Ross Beavers, Zach King, and Andy Delk. Back row, from left, Bo Lamb, Bryan Price, Scott Anderton and Justin Gordon. (T-G Photo by Gary Johnson) Boys Doubles - April 13, 2005 Price-Andy Delk d. Gilliam-Haygood 8-6; No. 2 doubles match forfeited to Shelbyville

PRIMITIVE FIREARMS www.greenwoodfishing.com [127] Category Youth #8d Greg Delk

www.fanfilemagazine.com [129] The Sports Voice of Miami County Ohio Dog Day in Polar Bear Country Milton Union's Tim Dues and David Delk had a bang-up spring football practice at Ohio Northern University...and just part of a significant Miami County contingent of talent making their presence felt in Ada! "Just 114 days until Westminster," reminded an assistant coach as Ohio Northern University concluded its spring football practice last week on a beautiful spring day in Ada. His comment punctuated the tone of the group of nearly 80 players who will compete for playing time come September 3rd, when the Polar Bears open their 2005 campaign at Pennsylvania's Westminster College. As Tim Dues and David Delk left the practice field for the summer off-season, they more than shared the group enthusiasm for the coming campaign ... buoyed by their personal optimism for having had a good spring practice. The duo from Milton Union High School have found their place in the Ohio Northern program, making a strong impression in the allotted 10 practice days of spring football allowed in NCAA Division III football. "Tim and David have had a good first year for us," smiled head coach, Dean Paul, who had a pretty good year himself ... guiding the Polar Bears to an 8-2 record and a 14th ranking nationally in Division III football. "Tim really works hard and did a good job during last year's freshman schedule...and David has really emerged in spring ball as a candidate to play at a receiver position this fall." "It has been fun," admitted Dues, who has been moved from his familiar high school line backing position to defensive tackle at Northern. "Just to come in and prove I could play was great in my freshman year. There's a lot of good athletes here and it's taken me a little time to make the adjustment to football, class work and living away from home. I just have to keep working hard to earn my way onto the field. There's more competition and you have to wait for your opportunity...and be ready when it comes."

Teammate David Delk is showing the hands and speed to be an impact as wide receiver.

www.bernsboxing.com [131] Tony Delk (alias Randy Fargo), Tony started with F & F 20 years ago as a professional boxer. After a pro career of 14 bouts, he retired from the boxing ring and became a professional wrestler traveling the mid south circuit as one of the Fargo Brothers. Tony then got into promoting wrestling and country music events. He progressed back into boxing, but this time as a promoter in Tennessee and Kentucky. He also promotes amateur elimination events known as the "Brawl". Several years ago he linked up with F & F as an associate promoter on many of the Berns cards.

Timeline posed as Priddy murder trial begins By KRISTIN TAYLOR - Staff Writer Story created May 04, 2005 - Commonwealth Attorney Gale Cook created a timeline of the three days before a 21-year-old woman was found on Feb. 14, 2004, in a sleeping bag beneath a bed in the duplex she had shared with her ex-boyfriend. Robin Delk's ex-boyfriend, Donald Gene Priddy II, is accused in her death. His trial for murder and tampering with physical evidence began Tuesday in Calloway Circuit Court and is expected to last at least through Thursday. Cook called nine witnesses - including Delk's older sister, two of her bosses at Pella Corp. and four Calloway County Sheriff's Department deputies - to set up the days leading up to her death, starting with Delk and Priddy going to the bank to settle up on some bills from the 575 Almo Road residence they had until sometime the week before she died of asphyxiation. "We will prove to you he did murder Robin Delk. We will show you how he made a decision that if he couldn't have her, no one could," Cook said in her opening statement to the 14-person jury, which is split evenly with seven males and seven females. Two of the jurors will be alternates and will not participate in deliberations.

photo: John Wright /Ledger & Times Donald Priddy II (right) and his attorney, J. V. Kerley, listen as Commonwealth Attorney Gale Cook makes her opening statements Tuesday afternoon in Calloway Circuit Court. Priddy is on trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Robin Delk.

Priddy says wrestling move used in defense
by KRISTIN TAYLOR - Staff Writer
Story created May 05, 2005

Donald Priddy told investigators he used a wrestling move on his ex-girlfriend Robin Delk almost 15 months ago after a verbal altercation in the duplex they had shared.
In addition to the murder of Delk, Priddy, 23, is charged with tampering with physical evidence. Priddy's comments about what happened on Valentine's Day 2004 came in the second day of the trial when the prosecution played two recorded interviews he had with Victor Cook, assistant commonwealth attorney.
One statement came not long before investigators found Delk's body inside a sleeping bag beneath Priddy's bed in the Almo Road duplex the couple had shared until earlier in the week. The other statement was recorded the next morning from the Calloway County jail.
Priddy detailed Feb. 14, 2004, as several witnesses have during two days of testimony.
Priddy and Delk were in the process of breaking up and had met earlier in the day to settle some bills from the 575 Almo Road residence. The two met at McDonald's for breakfast and waited for BB&T to open so Delk could get money to pay Priddy for some utility bills. Although Priddy initially told investigators he dropped Delk off at her car, which was parked at McDonald's, he later said they went together in his car to the duplex, where he looked for the water and electric bill on his computer desk in the living room.
Priddy told Cook in the interview he asked Delk about the guy she was seeing and the conversation escalated. Priddy, who is black, claims Delk, who was white, used the "n-word."
"She said at least he wasn't a n-----," Priddy said in the interview. "I was shocked because she had never talked like that to me."
On Tuesday, Delk's older sister, Shanda, testified she never talked like that to anyone. "I heard her often get onto other people for using that word."
Josh McWherter, who became friends with Priddy about two years ago, testified Wednesday while at Cherokee Hills, a restaurant and bar near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, someone had directed the same racial slur to Priddy, who said it didn't bother him.
Priddy said Delk came at him, trying to hit him, when he got behind her and tried to calm her down. His left arm was under her chin and his right arm was on her shoulder. Priddy, who was a wrestler at Paducah Tilghman High School, described the position as a partial half-Nelson.
"When she came at me, I blocked her and turned her around," Priddy said. "... She never had an opportunity to hurt me. I tried to calm her down."
From that position, the two fell onto the ground and Delk hit her head on the floor, bleeding on a pillow that was there, Priddy said in the interview. She made coughing and hawking noises before she died.
"Whenever she started making hawking noises, I realized what was happening and I let go of her," he said.

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It was the first day of census, and all through the land,
The pollster was ready .... a black book in hand ...
He mounted his horse for a long, dusty ride,
His book and some quills were tucked close by his side,
A long, winding ride down a road barely there,
Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting, up through the air
The woman was tired, with lines on her face,
She gave him some water as they sat at the table,
and she answered his questions the best she was able.
He asked of her children....Yes, she had quite a few,
The oldest was twenty, the youngest not two,
She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red,
His sister, she whispered, was napping in bed,
She noted each person who lived there with pride,
And she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside,
He noted the sex, the color, the age,
The marks from the quill soon filled up the page,
At the number of children--she nodded her head
and saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead
The places of birth she "never forgot",
Was it Kansas?or Utah? or Oregon....or not?
They came from Scotland, of that she was clear,
but, she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here.
They spoke of employment, of schooling and such,
They could read some, and write some, though really not much,
When the questions were answered his job there was done,
So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun,
WE can almost imagine his voice loud and clear,
"May God bless you all for another ten years",

NOW picture a time warp....its now you and me.
AS we search for the people on our family tree.
We squint at the census and scroll down so slow,
AS we search for that entry from long, long ago.
Could they only imagine on that long-ago day,
That the entries they made would affect us this way?
If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel,
and the searching that makes them so increasingly real?
WE can hear if we listen the words they impart,
Through their blood in our veins and their voice in our heart.

Author Unknown......

I got this from a Barrett genealogical Newsletter
BARRETT NEWS # 62 MAY 25, 2005
Anyone who has a Barrett in their tree can receives this free Newsletter by contacting
Dan E. Barrett, 179 - 3033 Townline Road, Stevensville, Ontario, Canada - E-MAIL: >barrettvaxxine.com<

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well be searching ancestors...

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XI. AFRO-AMERICAN DELKS
In preparation for this feature I had asked readers to share any knowledge they had on this matter.
Several were able to contribute. Here the results:


Mildred T. Kent, Birmingham, AL <jkent3000charter.net> 01.04.2005
I was calling Delks in my phone book one day. A lady answered the phone. I told her I was researching my ancestor and wondered if they had done any research. She told me her husband had and traced his lineage back to a g-g-g grandfather to his master on a plantation in Mississippi.

editor: I wrote Mildred back including all the Delks I had found on an on-line Telephone Book, asking if she remembered which of these she had called.
I reorganized them by geographical then alphabetical order:

BESSEMER
Delk, Herman, 522 27th St S, Bessemer, AL 35020-5140, (205) 424-4376
Delk, Herman Rev, 522 27th St S, Bessemer, AL 35020-5140, (205) 424-4125
Delk, Lavada, 3323 Avenue B, Bessemer, AL 35020-4427,(205) 425-3409
Delk, Mary, 3323 Avenue B, Bessemer, AL 35020-4427, (205) 425-3409
Delk, Phyllis, 603 35th Way N, Bessemer, AL 35020-2743,(205) 426-3926
Delk, Willie Lee, 924 Alabama Ave, Bessemer, AL 35020-5464,(205) 426-2719

BIRMINGHAM
Delk, David, 118 Highland Park Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-6835,(205) 408-9319
Delk, Eugene P, 429 Chase Plantation Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35244-1558,(205) 985-7773
Delk, James, Birmingham, AL 35216-1037,(205) 298-7659
Delk, Jason T, Birmingham, AL 35216-5395,(205) 444-1620
Delk, Johnny Jr, 1109 Seventh Ave W, Birmingham, AL 35204-3408,(205) 788-5924
Delk, Mildred, 553 Lakeside Cir, Birmingham, AL 35215-5700,(205) 853-0025
Delk, Lucious E & Constance S, 3143 Chestnut Oaks Dr, Birmingham, AL 35244-1540,(205) 987-9587

MILLPORT
Delk, Kenneth & Judy, 192 Delk Rd, Millport, AL 35576-3007,(205) 662-5738
Delk, M D, 11821 County Road 9, Millport, AL 35576-3048, (205) 662-3432
Delk, Randy, 11777 County Road 9, Millport, AL 35576-3014,(205) 662-5248

HUNTSVILLE
Delk, George M, 214 Stone Valley Dr, Huntsville, AL 35806-2264,(256) 721-1116
Delk, Mitch, 2609 Skyline Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35810-3613,(256) 852-0755

MONTGOMERY
Delk, Robert, Montgomery, AL 36106-2330, (334) 264-3849
Delk, Robert C, 3012 Le Bron Rd, Montgomery, AL 36106-2330, (334) 263-7987

Others
Delk, Adam & Lindsay, 1727 Piedmont Dr, Auburn, AL 36830-2553 (334) 821-2820
Delk, C T, 125 Hampton Ave, Florence, AL 35630-1907, (256) 764-9406
Delk, Joseph, 603 Baywood Rd, Dothan, AL 36305-6323,(334) 794-9641
Delk, Larry D & Debby, 210 Ennis St, Saraland, AL 36571-2740,(251) 679-7344
Delk, Lekeisha, 233 Fluker St, Sylacauga, AL 35150-2249,(256) 249-3483
Delk, N O, Millport, AL 35576-3010,(205) 662-4222
Delk, Ralph, 100 Orange St, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-5927,(205) 752-8365
Delk, S L, Hartselle, AL 35640-4933,(256) 773-2137
Delk, Virginia & William, 25762 Reaves Rd, Opp, AL 36467-4831,(334) 493-2347
Delk, William S Jr, 1198 County Road 65, Collinsville, AL 35961-3752,(256) 523-3916

She said it was a Bessemer number. She wrote "Believe it or not - there was only one listed at the time I called. Bessemer is a suburb of Birmingham but is an independent city. I'll check the 1930 census and see if any present Delks are in there. If so, I'll call them."
She found in 1930 census, Bessemer, Jefferson Co., AL there is a Will Delk (B) b.1881 Mississippi, parents both b. Mississippi; son Herman b. 1927, Alabama. Which sounds like it could be the same Herman listed under Bessemer (or a son Herman Jr.).
If anyone has the time and would like to volunteer their time to call the above individuals and ask them if they would be interested in their genealogy and would like to share. Please contact me and I would give you a check list of questions to ask.

James Delk <Jvdelk37397aol.com> 31.03.2005 05:32
Fabian, you asked about slaves. According to my now deceased father, my great-grandfather, Samuel Gill Delk had five slaves. Daddy said that he remembered three of them from when he was a small child: Uncle Sump, and Aunt Peninnah, AKA Peninie, and one whose name he could not remember. I've seen a picture of Uncle Sump that was taken with Uncle Billy (Williams Leftwich Delk)'s family in about 1910. The picture also contained my Great Uncle Billy and Aunt Lizzie, and about three of their children, plus my own Uncle Howard Delk sitting astride a horse.

Daddy told that in 1905 before my grandfather and family moved to Sanger, TX (1905-1908) that Mr. John Warf was teaching school in the Kettle Mills community. Mrs. Warf was expecting a baby so Mr. Warf asked my granddaddy [Joshua Vernon Delk] whom he could get to help in the house when the baby was born. My granddaddy sent Mr. Warf out on the ridge with my Uncle Howard [then about 11 years old] to see if Aunt Peninie would be able to help in the house. She was and when the baby was born she worked for some time. The baby was named James Howard Ward in part for my uncle. He later was Postmaster in Hohenwald, TN, Superintendent of School for Lewis County, and from 1963 -- 1971 was Commissioner of Education for Tennessee.

I know that times have changed and certainly attitudes, but I find it noteworthy that all five of my great-granddaddy's slaves remained in the community after they were freed. Daddy said that one of them left for a few days and then returned, saying that the food that they had been offered was not good and that he wanted to come home -- or something to that effect. That one of them was included in a 1910 family photograph made in front of their house also seems to reflect a closeness that is not present in much of today's society.
Nobody ought to excuse slavery, at the same time the racial divides that exist in our society very little better.

James Delk <James.Delkstate.tn.us>31.03.2005 16:43
Regarding slaves: Slaves that had once belonged to Samuel Gill Delk remained in the community. I think that basically that was true for the next generation or two. There remain Delk's in Hickman County, TN who as best I know descend from Samuel Gill Delk's slaves. Also there are people with last name Cathey that I think I was told descended from them, from some of the female slaves.

Terri, huskey2pbtcomm.net - I believe that we are mixed afro-american, I suffer from a lung disease known as Sarcoidosis [140], which 34% out of 100,000, that is found in afro-americans....it was first found in young black women in 1900.

Diane (Dawson) Delk didelkearthlink.net
I located the booklet of genealogical info that my father-in-law gave us before his death in 1997.
The person who spurred the original interest in my husband's family's interest in this was V.(ardie) Randolph Delk, an attorney in El Paso, Texas. He says in his paperwork that we're all descended from a branch of the Delk (Delke) family which were descendents of Roger Delk, and we came to Texas by way of Mississippi (Hattiesburg).
There was at the time another attorney, Mark Delk of Dallas, Texas, researching the Texas Delks.
My father-in-law was born in Western Louisiana. His name was Thomas David Delk, Jr., his father was Thomas David Delk Sr.
I think T. D. Delk, senior was from Mississippi.
My husband, Thomas Michael Delk was born in Atlanta, Texas.
Upon reading more in the newsletters in your website and re-reading some of the book my father-in-law gave us:
The man V. Randolph Delk in El Paso, Texas (whose name I gave you -- the one who wrote the book my father-in-law gave us) is a Black-American Delk. My father-in-law was convinced that he was, indeed, a distant cousin of ours after going to El Paso and meeting and talking with him.
As I told you before, the name "David" (and later Thomas) kept appearing over and over in our book of relatives. My father-in-law and his father were both Thomas David. I am more convinced than ever, after reading your newsletter #9 that we're descendents from this first David Delk who had the black descendents through his slave holdings. BTW, my ancestors on my mother's side were Randolphs, with some political connection and property holdings, and I believe that I too am likely related to V. Randolph Delk through my side of the family tree due to similar circumstances. The Randolph name has traditionally been passed on as a given name in our family, as we have had many female descendents. It's harder to trace than surnames, but since the places were the same and the tradition has been so pervasive, it gives me enough to think there is likely a connection there as well.
Just to clarify, we're not actually part of the black American branch, but we believe that our branch and the black David Delk branch is related and your newsletter gave credence to that.

Patricia Carolyn Delk Henley <patdhenyahoo.com> 02.04.2005
Pertaining to your future segment concerning Afro-American Delks, I found the census records of my grandfather and it showed the immediate family with (W) next to each name and also (B) next to the black family who farmed the land for them. I have heard that back in the 1800's, the black family took the last name of the people they worked for.

Robin Delk <meliodcnetscape.net> Executive Coordinator - School of Public Health and Health Services 2300 I Street, NW Suite 221 Washington, DC 20037n I am an African American Delk. My ancestors are both Native American, Caucasian and Black (whatever that means because my skin is brown). Older members of my family still live in Virginia. There is an entire street of Delks in Smithfield, VA that are black. There is also another group of Delks in Smithfield, VA that are white, both claiming no relation to the other. But all their historical tracking seems to eventually lead back to Surry, Va. ...some even by way of Tennessee and Kentucky. I have answered many e-mails relating to Delks. Most of the Delks I've seen pictured (in the DNQ) appear to be Caucasian. I, however, am not. We seem, however, to share very similar genealogy. When some of the people researching the Delk name find this out, they may want to believe that the African American Delks, like me, are of no relation. They may also seem to automatically assume we were either slaves that adopted the names of our owners, or we are from another "set" of Delks. My siblings have done limited research but we have found that different members of our family were of various races and different religions. Some were Caucasians that lead meager lives. some were Caucasians that did well. Others were Negroes that owned slaves and portions of the railroads. Some were Negroes that lived on plantations. Some continued to live on the plantation post emancipation, some may have actually been enslaved. Others were Native American. My great grandmother Catherine "Ginny" (maiden name Johnson) Delk, was a Native American born on a plantation in VA, but was never a slave. She lived to be 99 (she passed away in the 70's) and told me and my cousins many stories. She married an Indian, Decatur Dawson Delk from Surry, VA who is registered in the courthouse as an Indian. My point is this... Caucasians often do not want to be related to African Americans and through my questioning, even some African Americans do not wish to be related to Caucasians. The reality of the situation is... we are probably very much related. I have been to Surry Co., VA numerous times. I drive through it on occasion when visiting my relatives in Windsor, Smithfield and Surry, Virginia. My sister has been to the courthouse to have our Native American Delk heritage verified (late 1990's). I have to speak up for my "brown" relatives. Not all African Americans were slaves or servants. Not all true Native Americans lived on reservations. Some Afro-Americans actually owned slaves. Many of us have blood flowing through our veins that is genetically linked to the Caucasian Delks and the Caribbean Delks and the Native American Delks. Surry, Virginia is still a very small town that I am sure has grown over the years. After the first Delk was recorded on the census... many followed. Legally we are what our fathers were and followed their bloodline. Years ago, just like now, men had sex with women. Some of them they were not married to. Some were of the same race, some were not of the same race, and some passed for a different race and took that secret to their grave. Thus creating many shades of relatives. The same exists in prestigious families like those of Thomas Jefferson and Strom Thurman. I challenge anyone to go to Surry, Virginia and take a look around. Then please tell me in such a tiny place, how we can have "a" Delk ...years later have several Delks ...followed by many Delks that moved away, started new branches of the tree, and then claim no relation because the shades of their skin no longer match. If you mix brown with white you get a darker shade. If you mix enough white back in, it will appear white again. If you mix enough brown in, it will appear brown. Years ago birth certificates were just as fraudulent as the parents that wanted to hide truths and historians that wished to ignore, edit or destroy the facts. I love who I am. My mother is a direct decedent of President John Tyler. My grandmother is a Tyler from Charles City, VA. My mother is very light brown. Her mother (my grandmother) is a Tyler and appears to be a white woman complete with blue eyes ...but she is recorded as "Negro" and married a black man. My great grandfather was a Caucasian and a Tyler he married a black woman that passed as a white woman. Their children married black and white... thus creating different shades of Tylers. I am proud of that mixed heritage. I would also be proud if I were related to one of the "black sheep" of the Delk family. When I fill out forms, I checked African American until it was proven my grandfather Robert Delk and my great grandfather Decatur Delk was an American Indian. Now I claim that heritage. If you ask me... I am Black, plain and simple. I don't have time to break down my ancestry at will. I am proud and won't ignore or embellish who I am. If there happens to be what you may consider a flaw in your family tree... relax.... I guarantee that branch of the tree will not show up at a family reunion (unless it's for relatives of Thomas Jefferson or Strom Thurman). Otherwise no one will know. Please, celebrate your history and all of your forefathers that begat your relatives both immediate and distant. That's how you became who you are today! I applaud all that are submitting information about the Delks, but I scold all that insist they "know" that all of the information they submit is 100% fact. History lives in archives that are man made, thus tainted by untruths. But the undocumented truth lies in the bloodline which is God given. Ms. R.Delk Washington, DC

FRONTIER FREEDMAN'S JOURNAL - Index Vol. No. 1
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Kenz’met Delk is one step closer to realizing her childhood dream of working in the construction industry. She’s completing Goodwill’s NEW Choices for Women 11-week-program, a pre-apprenticeship training program that prepares women to pursue careers in carpentry, highway construction, plumbing, electrical work and other construction-related fields. Delk describes how joining the program panned out, “Construction and working with my hands has been my No. 1 thing all my life. But I didn’t think women worked in construction until I looked in the employment guide and saw NEW Choices. You dream of something as a child, a lot of times everything doesn’t come true…but as far as a life goal, this is one of my life goals.” Delk is in the trenches learning the tools of the trade from an instructor who, years ago, completed the same program and now owns a business in the industry. Witnessing this type of accomplishment serves as motivation to Delk. “To actually see that women do get to be at the top of something or even be the owner of something…and be the head woman in charge,” she says.

photo by steed media service

Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Cross-Media Faculty & Alumni Group 1 (l-r) Peter Alan Harper, Jonathan Klein, Angela Delk, Laurel Erickson, and Oscar Martinez. source [142] --and-- Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Angela Delk, Managing Editor, Noir Magazine, Chicago source [143]

The Doe Network: Case File 204DMNY William "Chris" Delk Missing since July 23, 1982 from New York City, NY Classification: Endangered Missing Investigators: If you have any information concerning Delk's whereabouts, please contact: Suffolk County Police Department 631-852-6195 You may remain anonymous when submitting information. NCIC Number: M-450137318 Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: June 1, 1964 Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'11; 165 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male. Black hair; brown eyes. Delk wears eyeglasses. Marks: His left ear is pierced. He wore a stud ear ring. Clothing: Lee jeans; a gray shirt; and black sneakers. AKA: Chris Circumstances of Disappearance: Delk was last seen on July 23, 1982, as he left the Job Corps office building on Andrews Avenue in the Bronx, New York. He was en route to his home in Huntington, New York at the time, but he never arrived.

Delk, circa 1982

Paulette Jones Delk

CLEO Council on Legal Education Opportunity Professor Paulette Jones Delk instructs on the Law School Curriculum, the Bar and Learning What Matters. The University of Memphis 3715 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38152 Paulette Jones Delk -Associate Professor of Law Teaching interests: Secured Transactions, Debtor-Creditor, Remedies, Business Reorganizations in Bankruptcy. Education: B. A., 1967, Fisk University; M. S. W., 1969, Atlanta University; J. D., 1980, DePaul University.

Experience: Associate, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Illinois, 1981-83; Associate, Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, 1983-85; Attorney, Holiday Corp., Memphis, 1985-86; joined The University of Memphis School of Law faculty in 1987. Admitted: Illinois, Tennessee. Achievements/Publications: Professor Delk has written articles on bankruptcy and commercial law for the Wake Forest Law Review, the Maine Law Review and the Missouri Law Review. She has co-authored a chapter on International Franchising in The Law of Transnational Business Transactions. Professor Delk is a Board Member of the American Board of Certification (www.abcworld.org) a legal specialty organization which certifies attorneys as specialists in business and consumer bankruptcy law.

Paulette Jones Delk

First Calvary Baptist Church 953 Putnam Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 On June 11, 2005 the Pastor's Aide Auxiliary Hosted A 50th Birthday Celebration For Our First Lady Joyce Jones image left: Words of Encouragement by Rev. Carl Delk

www.EParent.com [145] Exceptional Parent Familiar Faces: Earl Delk II, 2 1/2, was born with microcephaly. He is developmentally delayed, but doing well. Currently, Earl receives OT, PT, speech therapy, music therapy and special instruction. He also attends daycare twice a week for socialization. Earl enjoys car rides and crawling through the house. He lives with his parents, Earl and SaBrena, both Registered Nurses. EP needs familiar faces photos. If you have a favorite picture of your exceptional child, that you would like to see in EP, send it in! With your photo, please include on a separate sheet of paper, your child's name and age, with your address and daytime phone number. You can also write a few sentences about your child. Mail photos to: Exceptional Parent Magazine, Reader's Photos, 65 East Route 4, River Edge, NJ 07661. Or E-mail them to EPEDITaol.com. Photos cannot be returned.

[146] Jocelyn Delk

Black Women Film Preservation Project www.blackwomenfilm.org [147] AWARDS 2003 Scholarship Winner Jocelyn Delk, Clark-Atlanta University graduate, was a 2003 BWFP scholarship winner. After receiving her scholarship, she worked as a production assistant on a Marimax movie with Jennifer Lopez. She is now part of the production team for the popular "Judge Mathis Show." Jocelyn credits the Black Women Film Preservation Project scholarship with "giving her the confidence to succeed."

New Life Inspirational Gospel Choir PO Box 490719 Atlanta, Georgia Alumni Marriages Daniel Delk, Jr. and Rakitia Murphy July 10, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia THE DELKS ARE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS IN ECUADOR, WEEK OF MARCH 24-30, 2005 The Wilmington Journal Originally posted 3/25/2005 Daniel and Rakitia Delk, son-in-law and daughter of James and Diane Davis Murphy of Burgaw, NC, have recently moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador in South America.

editors note: The Michelle Delk in the next three articles are all the same person. Michelle Delk   Maranatha Christian Center 1811-A South Seventh Street San Jose, California 95112 Mary Maude Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund presents "Grazing in the Light" Jazz Night April 26, 2002 Mercury News Posted on Fri, Aug. 06, 2004 She's been there FORMER CRACK ADDICT GETS INMATES BELIEVING THEY, TOO, CAN MAKE IT OUTSIDE By David E. Early When teacher Michelle Delk enters her classroom, 64 serious men are waiting. ``Who are we?'' she asks, setting off a vocal explosion: ``Men of Honor!'' they roar so loudly, the chamber throbs. The students are inmates at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas. The teacher is a self-described ``dope fiend'' with a unique qualification: She is the only certified instructor at Elmwood who is a former county jail inmate -- seven times. Delk's remarkable journey from crack addict to respected teacher began with a bold but prophetic promise. As she walked out of Elmwood for the last time in 1997, she told two jail guards she'd return someday, with the ability to come and go at will. ``They fell out laughing,'' Delk said. ``They said, `You'll probably be back next week.' '' While their timing was way off, she is very much back -- eight years clean and sober -- a living tale of redemption for dubious guards and struggling inmates alike. ``It's a privilege for me to be back as an instructor,'' said Delk, 45, a big woman with a booming personality to match. ``Addicts are not bad people trying to get good, they are sick people trying to get well.'' Delk's classroom is a locked hexagon where three hours a day she and her students delve into their destructive addictions to drugs and alcohol. She is a consummate role model. ``I've been 23 years on parole and hardly known any life except prison,'' said Adolph Moncabias, 49, such a heavy dope user that Delk calls him a living miracle. ``But now I've connected with someone who can show me how to live the rest of my life free.'' Gary Hanes, a guard who worked at Elmwood when Delk was an inmate, says she has street credibility. ``She's an inspiration,'' said Hanes of the newest instructor in the county's education program that offers inmates a better shot at rehabilitation. Nick Hinebaugh, principal of Milpitas Adult Education, which operates the classes, said Delk teaches in two separate men's dorms, five days a week. Hinebaugh describes her as, ``caring, straightforward and brutally honest.'' Often rookie teachers in the jails find the going tough, ``but from day one ,'' said Hinebaugh, `` Michelle just took over this whole environment.'' Embracing sobriety For eight years -- one day at a time -- Delk has romped in her sobriety as enthusiastically as she pursued countless volumes of pills, cocaine, crack, crank and alcohol for 23 years. Starting at age 12 with marijuana, by age 21 Delk was a divorcee, a bad mother, a thief, a petty dealer and a full-scale addict. ``I was getting high all the time and giving the dope man all my stuff,'' said Delk, a Christian, whose gift of gab is both salty and sanctified. ``I was also cheating, lying, stealing and conniving. Cocaine was always my anesthesia.'' That was back in Chicago, where she grew up poor and fast with an alcoholic mother on one side of town and a violent stepmother on the other. Her young life was laced in drugs, alcohol and precocious sexuality. And when she discovered the blitzkrieg head-rush high of crack, ``I spent 20 more years trying to find that first high, which of course can never happen.'' In 1981, Delk moved to San Jose and escalating drinking and drug use piled up years of physical deterioration, failed employment, terrible parenting, criminal activity and brutal relationships. At 31 -- when daughter Erica was 4 and son Mianju was 11 -- Delk went to county jail for the first time on charges of child endangerment. After five more stints for everything from drug-dealing to possession of stolen property, she landed in 1996 in Elmwood for a drug-addled burglary. ``I felt I was dying and I was also out of my mind,'' said Delk, who faced a possible three years in prison. Her daughter was in foster care and her son was at an Arizona boys' ranch, she said. She was desperately at bottom. ``I said, `God, take me out of this madness,' '' Delk recalled. ``I wanted to know what it was like to have that sparkle I figured came with being clean and sober. My whole life was: `I'm on crack, you got any?' '' At Elmwood, Delk started taking substance abuse courses, and every other class they had -- from art and gardening, to computers and literacy. ``They were my saving grace,'' said Delk, who also led prayer groups and attended addiction program meetings for what turned out to be eight months. ``In Elmwood, just learning to think again, to form opinions, to speak in complete sentences, was how my recovery got started.'' Released March 18, 1997, Delk knew herself well enough to ask that she be placed first into strict San Jose halfway house programs. And the last five years, she secured ever-improving jobs while pursuing her alcohol and drugs teaching certification. Meanwhile she worked with church groups, wrote lots of therapeutic poetry and raised Erica, now 18. She's also made peace with her parents. ``My mother was my inspiration,'' said Delk, of her mom, now sober 20 years. ``The first poem I ever wrote I dedicated to my dad. Now I'm giving back to the place where my real life began.'' Truth and art Delk's teaching style blends performance art with heartbreaking truth. ``Where you been all night?'' she whines, falling into the role of disillusioned wife so the inmates can play off her. ``Get outta my face,'' one grouses. ``You likes to get high too?'' accused another. The mini-dramas lead to frank discussions all around. Delk follows a 12-part syllabus that covers subjects such as the process of addiction to psychopharmacology. But by wading into the midst of her students, playing vindictive girlfriends, weeping children and angry cops and employers, the inmates pry open troves of thorny issues from loss of trust to financial ruin. ``My poor grandmother died six times when I was trying not to lose another job,'' Delk said, causing laughter. ``Michelle, how many grandmothers you got? And how many times she gonna die?'' When inmates hear Delk openly discuss her own ``underlying causes of addiction,'' they recognize their own demons. While she has come a long way, she tells them her life isn't perfect, that her son is an addict in a Mississippi jail. ``We relate to her as an addict and a former inmate,'' said Eric McDaniel, 36. ``But now she's a teacher. If just one of us goes out and makes the life Michelle has, then her work here will be a blessing.'' Even the class name, Men of Honor, was Delk's inspiration. A 10-foot ``Honor'' banner hangs off a catwalk and symbolizes a powerful connection. On a white background, the men's red and blue paper handprints are each scrawled with a name and a date of sobriety. Only one palm is pink. It sits at the center and reads: Michelle Delk: July 18, 1996. ``I was honored that they wanted me on there,'' Delk said. ``This work is hard, but it's also why I love getting up in the morning.'' http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/2004/08/06/news/9334370.htm?1c ContraCostaTimes.com Posted on Sun, Jun. 26, 2005 Jail teacher hopes past won't hinder future By John Woolfolk KNIGHT RIDDER She's been called a miracle. A self-described former dope fiend now nine years clean and sober, Michelle Delk has taught Santa Clara County jail inmates to overcome addictions with a personal record that gives her an uncanny ability to connect with and inspire them. But that record has just brought Delk's fledgling career to an abrupt halt. Citing three of her felony convictions, state officials this month denied Delk's application for the teaching credential she needs to keep instructing inmates in addiction recovery, throwing her out of the job she had held for the past year. "The law says people convicted of certain crimes cannot be issued teaching credentials," said Janet Vining, a senior attorney with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. "It's not a matter of what we would like to do or not like to do. It's a matter of the statute stating that with those convictions, she is not allowed to have a credential." Delk, 46, has been teaching her Men of Honor and Bridge classes to groups of 64 men in the county's Elmwood Correctional Facility, where she served seven stints herself, on a temporary credential since June 4, 2004. During that time, the state commission was reviewing her application for an Adult Education Teaching Credential. The commission in Sacramento informed Delk in a June 9 letter that because her record included felony convictions for burglary, grand theft and willful child cruelty, she was automatically barred from a teaching credential. She lost her job when the letter arrived June 14. For the single grandmother who had finally turned her life around, had just bought a car and scheduled medical appointments, the loss of employment and health insurance was devastating. Delk has spent much of the past year supplying the commission with copies of court records, expecting it would eventually clear her to teach. "This whole year has been bliss because I love my job and I'm walking in my calling," Delk said. "My hope's been taken away." Delk's boss, Milpitas Adult Education Correction Program Principal Nick Hinebaugh, county jail officials and other supporters have been working furiously to get her record expunged and her application reconsidered. "It is paradoxical that many of Michelle's assets in working with inmates are being viewed as liabilities," Hinebaugh wrote in a letter Thursday on her behalf, noting that the convictions at issue were at least 9 years old. Delk went to court last month to have her misdemeanor convictions expunged by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Robert Foley. She was back in court Thursday to ask that her felony convictions be removed as well. Santa Clara County Judge Randolf Rice granted her request. Expunging a record sets aside a conviction, releasing the convict "from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which he or she has been convicted." The goal is to let convicts who clean up their act seek work without being unduly tainted by their past. But expunging does not completely erase a criminal record. The convictions still must be disclosed on applications for public office or any state or local agency license or for work with the state lottery. It also doesn't remove prohibitions against owning firearms. "It says you did what you were supposed to do and cleaned it up," Vining said. "It's not like it's off your record forever. It's just submerged for certain purposes." And Vining said expunging records alone won't be enough for the commission to reconsider Delk's credential. For the child cruelty and grand theft convictions, Delk also will need a certificate of rehabilitation from the California Department of Justice. Delk's lawyer, Shelyna Brown, said they will request that now that her record has been expunged. But Vining said that because the first-degree burglary conviction is deemed a "serious felony," Delk will not only need a certificate of rehabilitation but also a pardon from the governor. Delk's supporters say the state should change its credentialing system so that people with felony backgrounds aren't automatically barred from teaching in jails, where they have proven particularly effective. "It turns out that the best people to teach inmates are former inmates who are in recovery," said Bob Feldman, programs manager at the county Department of Correction, which runs the jails. He said men in Delk's class were in tears when told she couldn't return. "Michelle is able to reach them," said Carla Van Meter, a jail rehabilitation officer. "A teaching credential in a custody setting should be held to a different standard." Hinebaugh said in the last five years, five other people who applied for credentials to teach in the county jails also were denied because of old felony convictions. Vining said that the commission is bound by laws established through the state Legislature. During the past fiscal year, felony convictions forced the commission to automatically revoke 81 credentials and deny 46 applications. The commission used its discretionary authority to revoke 146 credentials and deny 58 applications. There are 300,000 credentialed teachers in California. Delk says she accepts the consequences of her past, but hopes the state will give her a second chance. Growing up poor in Chicago, Delk began her 23-year addiction odyssey at age 12, starting with marijuana before getting hooked on cocaine, pills and liquor. "Everything I got in trouble for was drug-related," Delk said. "This is my past, and I can't blame it on anybody. How long do I have to pay for my past?"

In what has become an annual tradition at Southfield High School, several football players signed agreements to play collegiate level football. Seniors Ross Weaver, Brandon Summers and Jerome Delk all signed Letters of Intent to play college football on National Signing Day, Feb. 2. Former Varsity football Coach David Reese returned for the event and had nothing but praise for the three players whom he coached during their high school football careers. “They’ve accomplished a lot, and they were essential pieces of our football team this year,” said Reese. Reese led the Blue Jays to an undefeated 9-0 season record before leaving in November to serve as athletic director at Oak Park High School. As expected, Weaver signed with Michigan State University where he had already been given a full scholarship. “When he first came here, he had an MSU Spartan jacket on, and now he’s fulfilled his dream of going there by earning the scholarship,” Reese said in front of an invited audience of parents, students and staff in the school's library. Weaver, donning a green Spartan baseball cap, thanked his parents for their support throughout high school and also thanked his friends, teachers, and coaches, saying, “ I’m gonna miss you guys, you’re like a big family to me.”

John Hancock: Football players (from left) Jerome Delk, Brandon Summers and Ross Weaver sign their Letters of Intent to play college ball. Photo by Monique Patmon

On 07-01-04 Antonio Maurice Delk, DOB 05-26-81, was working on the Benton County Sentence to Service crew at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids, MN. At about 2:00 p.m. Delk walked away from the rest of the crew failed to return to the work site or the jail. An arrest warrant has been issued for Delk for Escape from Custody. Delk is described as a black male, 6' 2" tall, weighing 155 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Delk has a tattoo on the right side of his neck. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and red and white shoes. Delk has used the following aliases: Dunnel Dixon and Maurice Dixon. Anyone with information concerning Delk's whereabouts is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff's Office at 320-968-7201 or their local law enforcement agency.

By Kelly Scott kscottstcloudtimes.com
A high-speed chase in south St. Cloud led authorities to arrest two men.
Officers arrested Antonio Maurice Delk, 23, and Eric Randolph Mott, 28, in connection with the chase and other charges, Sgt. Marty Sayre said.
About 11 p.m. Wednesday, a St. Cloud police officer tried to stop a car that he saw speeding northbound in the 1200 block of Killian Boulevard, Sayre said.
The driver failed to yield and fled from the officer.
The car was traveling at speeds faster than 80 mph while going east on 11th Street Southeast, he said.
The driver crashed at 11th Street and 15th Avenue Southeast, driving over the curb and into a pond near the city garages at 1200-15th Ave. SE, Sayre said.
As the car sat on the ice, the driver and a passenger ran from it.
Officers chased them and apprehended both, Sayre said.
Delk is expected to be charged with fleeing a police officer, obstructing the legal process, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, failing to stop for a stop sign, speeding and having no valid driver's license.
Benton County had a warrant out for his arrest, Sayre said.
Benton County Chief Deputy Doug Brinkman said Delk was wanted for failing to appear in court on a charge related to walking away from a jail work crew. Delk was being held in the Benton County Jail.
Mott was cited for obstructing the legal process and transported to the Sherburne County Jail, Sayre said.
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Debra is a nurse and has just completed her Masters at the University of New Mexico. Initiating Hospice Care in Critical Care Grant This one-time, $4,700 grant supports research that focuses on end-of-life or palliative care outcomes in critical care. The recipients of this award include: Debra Delk, RN, BS, BSN Longmont, Colo. Impact of Introducing a Palliative Care Standard on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs of Critical Care Nurses Providing End-of-Life Care source [149]   [150] Debra is the wife of Garth Delk a 7th great grandson of Roger Delk