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I. PREFACE Greeting, about the publisher [25], tips and information for our new readers Greetings friends, cousins, and fellow researchers, This will be the last free issue of the Delk News Quarterly. As the newsletter has grown, so too has grown the amount of time and money it takes to research, layout, and present the newsletter on-line. At the same time information for the database is added and regularly updated. Due to the amount of time it takes to research on-line it is only practicable when using a flatrate and highspeed internet connection. The cost of hosting this site has also grown as my database has grown and as more and more people discover and visit the site. Another cost factor that I have to cover includes the upkeep of my main tool - my PC. My PC's motherboard had to be replaced just before christmas. I also have postage & handling costs that incur when corresponding with researchers who are not on-line (yes, there are still people who are not connected with the world wide web). All in all, I believe that most readers are willing and able to pay for the newsletter. I will be asking for a minimum donation of 20 dollars a year which will include access to the database and all past issues of the newsletter. If you can not afford this, please do not hesitate to contact me and we can work something out. I would like to keep as many of our readers as possible and would hate to lose anyone just because they are experiencing hard times. I know a few of you for example, had damage to your homes due to hurricane Rita. I would also be willing to work out something for those who are in need due to: incarceration, unemployment, or for pensioners or veterans with limited benefits. Changes:
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Tips and general info f or our new readers: Correspondences: I ask you to please include your full name, first and last, on all correspondences. It saves me time when I sort them into over 130 files (one for each of you). I have received a few eMails with no name at all and had to go through my eMail address book to identify the author. Please spare me that. PRINTING TIP: For some of you who have larger screens and/or have your screen resolution set higher, the star banner background may appear not only on the left hand of your screen, but also on the right, making the overlapping text difficult to read and print. You have two options. 1. (easy) After having saved the newsletter on your hard drive. Go in to the folder named "grafx" and delete the file: "star_bk.gif". With the the background banner deleted you should now be able to print/read with no problems. or 2. (a little more complicated) change your computer's screen resolution to 800x600. Searching the Database at www.doles.org: You may use the search feature for names of places that include "Delk" as well as cemeteries that have Delks buried in them. Instead of typing in a surname type either "geography", or "cemetery", The info is then broken down by state or surname. Please note: Political, religious or moral views and opinions that appear in this and all other issues of the Delk New Quarterly are not necessarily shared by the publisher. II. "NEW FOUND COUSINS", LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FAMILY Here are all the "new cousins" that have been found (or have found me) this quarter. Included are descendants of Ethelred Delk David Delk, Orlando, Florida PEDIGREE: Roger Delk I. m. Alice Davenport, son Roger Delk II. m. Rebecca -unknown-, son Joseph Delk I. m. Hannah Thorpe(e)/Tharp(e), son Jacob Delk Sr. m. Judith -unknown-, son Kindred Delk Sr. m. Mary -unknown-, Robert Delk Sr. m. Nancy Hutto, son Jacob Howell Delk Sr. m. Elizabeth Frances S. Chitty, 2 of there 8 children
The following is an excerpt from "The Dad in the Mirror" and includes some good biographical information. Copyright © 2003 Patrick Morley and David Delk
This section also includes Delks that have not
been identified as Roger Delk descendants.
"I
feel extremely proud and honored to be in this position, but there
is also some sheer terror involved," Delk says. "There isn't
much room for error when you work for the big guys."
The White House Communications Agency, comprised of more than 1,000 military and civilian professionals, takes care of communications needs for the president, vice president and first lady. When the WHCA was founded in 1942 during Franklin Roosevelt's administration, communication needs meant mobile radio, teletype, telephone and cryptographic aids. But today's modern heads of state demand satellite phones, faxes, pagers, internet access, and radio communications--all with the capability to reach anywhere in the world, 24-7. Even more amazing, thanks to the prowess of Delk and her WHCA colleagues, the president has complete continuity in his various communications. Wherever he is, the telephone he uses is exactly the same as the one in his White House office or at the ranch in Crawford, Texas. With a push of the button marked "operator" he is connected to the same group of White House switchboard operators whether he's in Timbuktu or Toledo. Likewise, when he fires up his computer, regardless of location, President Bush sees everything just as it is at his desk in the Oval Office. The WHCA's motto could be, "no circuit is ever busy" for the president. As she travels with President Bush, Delk's role is to prepare the communications equipment needed (which varies from trip to trip depending on location, length of stay, etcetera), set it up upon arrival, maintain or fix it while on location, then break it down when the president is finished. Given the sophisticated technology Delk deals with day in and day out, one might guess that she has an engineering degree from Valpo. But to the contrary, she is a theater and television arts major and a Christ College scholar. The connection? New challenges. Delk thrives on encountering new situations, honing new skills, working with new people. She chose theater and television arts at VU because "it was the one major that didn't pin me down to doing just one thing. I could read, analyze, research. Then there was the art--costumes, makeup, acting. Plus I could build and paint sets, set up and operate lights and sound. It let me do everything." Similarly, a career in the Navy offered Delk the same opportunities to "do everything" and oftentimes in exotic world ports. She enlisted in 1991, having spent five years in retail management hitting her head on the glass ceiling. After researching numerous career fields she settled on the Navy as a way to challenge both her professional and personal skills. "Frankly, I was terrified of the unknown to which I was committing myself, but I believe that everyone needs to do something that scares them every once in a while." She survived basic training at the naval base in Orlando, Fla., her home state, then had to choose a career path. Her inclination was to ask for anything but electronics. But her Navy counselor pointed out that she had both the aptitude and intelligence for electronics and that it certainly would be a challenging field. Having said the magic word--challenging--Delk agreed, submerging herself in 17 weeks of basic electronics theory, then heading to the naval base in Great Lakes, Ill., for 24 more weeks of study on communications and radar equipment. She wrapped up with an additional 20 weeks of specialized study on meteorological equipment in Biloxi, Miss. As an electronics technician, Delk fixes things powered by electricity. During her naval career she has fixed an astounding array of equipment including air traffic control, television, weather, and public address equipment along with radios, antennas and motors. She also can install all of these pieces and move them from one mobile location to another. Working at the WHCA is, she says, "the thrill of a lifetime." Now based in the Washington, D.C., area, she and her husband, Dewayne, share a hectic schedule with their daughter Morgan, 6, and son Ian, 5, both of whom were born when Delk was stationed in England. Perhaps the real highlight of her military career came in 1999. "My father, Donovan J. Penley, served in the Navy in World War II. He was very proud of the fact that I followed in his footsteps. He and I used to talk about the Navy a lot--how different it was from when he served, but how some things never change. "We spoke every week until his death in 1999. At his memorial service, I wore my uniform, and many of his friends told me he was always talking about how proud he was that I was serving my country, just like he did."
No new entries found this quarter 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 ) A word from the editor: I would like to state that I personally believe that humans, as a race, to be basically good. That they do bad things is usually due to other factors that effect their usual sense of right from wrong. Most often alcohol, or some other drug, plays a key factor in the "black sheeps" history. Please be aware that addiction is not a matter of choice, but an illness. Another factor that often plays a key factor in the "black sheeps" behavior is poverty. Poverty is often due to lack of education. With out an education many see no other way to improve their situations other then through illegal methods. Others use drugs to escape their dismal impoverished lives. The American penetentiary sytem needs to remember they are there not just to punish, but are also there to rehabilitate prisoners. I believe that anyone who is to be incareted for more then 3 years should be required to participate in some kind of educational program or be required to participate in some kind of job skill training, so that when they are released they have more options to help them in restarting their lives.. That drugs are often readily available in some prisons is to me a signal that our judiciary system has utterly failed to do it's job. In
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Jesse Thomas MARRISSA LYNN DELK www.co.cochise.az.us [32] COURT CALENDAR - DIVISION V; JUDGE JAMES L. CONLOGUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005 1:30 P.M. - ADULT DRUG COURT PLANNING 3:00 P.M. - MOTION TO SET ASIDE DO200300524 ROBERT JOHN LEACH and MARRISSA LYNN DELK 3:30 P.M. - SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
James William Delk www.timesrecordnews.com [33] November 17, 2005 A Wichita County grand jury no-billed 15 cases when it met Nov. 2. Those no-billed and their former charges include: Dennie Todd Atchley, aggravated sexual assault; Ruperto Ayala, possession of a prohibited weapon; Michael Dale Caldwell, aggravated assault; James William Delk, aggravated assault; Cody Thomas Dickey, possession of a controlled substance; Timothy Paul Dixon, hindering apprehension; Tommy Howard Jr., forgery; Tommy Howard Jr., forgery. Andre Michael Hutchinson, possession of a controlled substance; Doris Nkieruka Ibezim, retaliation; Isaac Jonathan Landours, possession of a controlled substance; Lief Crawford Larson, tampering/fabricating of physical evidence; Leisa Dianne Martin, possession of a controlled substance; Sterline James Neil, theft ($1,500-$20,000); Christopher Eugene Turpin, manufacture of a controlled substance. Cousins David H. Delk (age 19) & Antonio M. Delk (age 24)
According to the criminal complaint, Brewer told police that David Delk, 19, was at the party for a short time. He left after an altercation with another partygoer. Delk returned with "backup from his friends," in three vehicles, to confront that person. In the ensuing confrontation, police said, Delk and his companions showed a handgun and a hunting rifle, and someone said, "Air this place out." According to the complaint, Antonio (Tone) Delk, 24, fired three rounds into the apartment where about 20 people remained and one shot struck Martell-Dingmann in the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe some people in each group involved in the confrontation have gang ties, said St. Cloud Police Capt. Sue Stawarski.
miva.sctimes.com [35] Woman shot dead; police arrest 6 By Frank Lee fclee  stcloudtimes.comTiara JO Martell-Dingmann seems to have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Investigators were unsure Saturday what led to an altercation at a party in apartment 102 at 750 Fifth St. S. But it ended with the 23-year-old St. Cloud womans death from a gunshot to the head and six people in custody. We do not believe she was the intended target, St. Cloud Police Capt. Richard Wilson said. At this time, we don't know of anybody else who has been injured in this altercation. Martell-Dingmann, of 700 Second Ave. NE, was shot about 2 a.m. Saturday from outside the apartment complex at Eighth Avenue South and Fifth Street South near St. Cloud State University. Six arrests St. Cloud police arrested six people they believe are connected to the shooting, according to a statement issued by police about 10 p.m. Saturday. The three adults and three juveniles were taken to Stearns County Jail. David Henry Delk, 19, of 2844 W. St. Germain St.; Darrell Lorenzo Dixon, 21, of 1400 Ninth Ave. S, apartment 102; Jeremiah James Bradfield, 19, of 1400 Ninth Ave. S, apartment 313; two 17-year-old boys and a 15-year-old girl were in custody. Delk was arrested last month in connection with an Oct. 8 shooting in the 800 block of 15th Ave. SE. Sgt. Thomas Gjemse of the Minnesota Gang Strike Force described that incident at the time as a suspected drug deal-gone-bad. It was unclear late Saturday night whether Delk was ever charged in that case. Investigation Wilson said that some people at the party left while others arrived. During that time, at least one shot was fired from the outside into the first-floor apartment. Wilson said at a news conference Saturday that 12 to 15 people had been interviewed so far in Saturdays shooting, but it was unknown exactly how many people were at the party. Not everybody has been cooperative. … Some of them were telling us that they were there, some of them were telling us that they weren't there. ... I can tell you that there are people that probably know more than they are telling us, Wilson said. Police have recovered a Pontiac Grand Am related to the case, he said. We just know that the vehicle that we have was potentially involved, and we are executing a warrant on that vehicle to recover any potential evidence, Wilson said. The Ramsey County Medical Examiners Office will conduct an autopsy of Martell-Dingmanns body. Family, friends The victims mother, Marijo Hagen, said her oldest daughter was killed instantly. There were two boys at this party, and nobody liked them, so they kicked them out, and they went up the steps, out the apartment and shot right in the window, Hagen said. She was dead instantly. One shot, right here, Hagen said, pointing to her forehead. Martell-Dingmann had two sisters and a brother. She often baby-sat for her 19-year-old friend, Laura Ruedy, who has a young daughter, Jaidah. Ruedy was at the party where her friend died, but she left before the shooting and believes most at the party were not St. Cloud State students. I was leaving with my boyfriend, and I told Tiara, I love you. Ill see you tomorrow. And she said, Ill call you when I wake up. Tell Jaidah I love her, Ruedy said. Martell-Dingmanns grandmother, Donna Lenger, lives in a duplex next door to her granddaughter and daughter. Tiara was the most beautiful, generous, caring person Ive ever seen. … All you had to do was ask, and Tiara was there for you, Lenger said. Martell-Dingmanns family and friends have established a fund for funeral expenses. Donations can be made in her name at any TCF Bank. Anyone with information about the case is urged to call the St. Cloud Police Department at 259-3744. ---» miva.sctimes.com Shooting suspect has criminal history By David Unze, dunze stcloudtimes.com The man suspected of firing a shot that killed a woman at a party Saturday had been charged in Benton County with robbing a man about three weeks earlier. Antonio Maurice Delk, 24, is accused of threatening a man in northeast St. Cloud who he said owed him money from a cocaine deal. Delk and another man either had guns or led the victim to believe they had guns. Tiara JO Martell-Dingmann, 23, died instantly from a gunshot wound to the head fired about 2 a.m. Saturday from outside 750 Fifth St. S. Delk has been charged in Stearns County with second-degree murder. He remains in Stearns County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Police said Martell-Dingmann was not an intended target of the gunshot, which happened about two hours after Delks cousin, David Delk, was kicked out of the party. Police believe he returned with family members and others to confront the person who had told him to leave. Court records show that Antonio Delk is a suspect or has been charged in several crimes in the St. Cloud area in which weapons were used. He is charged in Benton County with two counts of aggravated robbery for the Nov. 2 incident involving the drug deal. A witness told police that Delk and accomplice Demetrius La Sean Stewart had a Glock and possibly a .38 caliber, snub-nose handgun, according to court records. Both men racked their guns during the robbery, as if chambering a round, a court complaint said. Both lifted their shirts to show the victim the butt ends of their weapons. The victim reported being pushed around by both men, but no punches were thrown and no shots were fired. Delk and Stewart, 23, left with the mans wallet, according to the complaint. Stewart also has been charged with aggravated robbery. Antonio Delk also is a suspect, but has not been charged, in an Oct. 8 shooting on St. Clouds southeast side. That incident was a drug deal gone bad, according to police and court records. A witness to that shooting reported seeing Antonio Delk with a gun, but there is no allegation that he fired it. Louis Thomas Delk, 18, pleaded guilty in Sherburne County District Court to drive-by shooting in that case. He was accused of firing as many as three shots at a vehicle that was fleeing after an argument about a drug debt, court records say. David Henry Delk, 18, who is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder in Martell-Dingmanns death, also was charged with aiding an offender in the Oct. 8 shooting. He is accused of driving Louis Delk away from the scene. ---» Woman shot on South Side By: Becky Glander; Issue date: 12/1/05 Section: News Students living on the South Side of SCSU may be relieved to know that a murder suspect has been taken off the streets. Antonio Maurice Delk, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Tiara JO Martell-Dingmann. Delk's bail was set for $1 million Tuesday by Judge Spencer Sokolowski. Martell-Dingmann was shot and killed Saturday at about 2:07 a.m. She was an attendee of a farewell gathering and early Christmas party for a man headed to jail, police said. Officers found Martell-Dingmann lying dead on the kitchen floor in the apartment of Lorenzo Brewer at 750 5th Street South. Brewer was scheduled to report to jail Monday night to serve a sentence for terroristic threats. According to the criminal complaint, Brewer told police that David Delk, 19, was at the party for a short time. He left after an altercation with another partygoer. He was heard saying that he would be back. Delk returned with "backup from his friends," in three vehicles, to confront that person. During the confrontation, police said, Delk and his companions displayed a handgun and a hunting rifle, and someone said, "Air this place out." According to the complaint, Antonio Delk fired three rounds with the handgun into the apartment where about 20 people remained, and one shot struck Martell-Dingmann in the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene. According to statements from partygoers, the apartment window facing the street had the blinds down. However, those outside the apartment said it was possible to see shadows from within the apartment. There is no indication that Martell-Dingmann or anyone else in the apartment was the specific target. Police Capt. Sue Starwarski said the handgun, but not the hunting rifle was fired. After the bullet entered the apartment, the atmosphere became chaotic, Starwarski said. The Delk cousins and those with them left before police arrived, along with several other people in the apartment. About 15 were present when police arrived. Four 911 calls were made after the shots were fired. Three of them were from inside the apartment, and the fourth was from a neighbor who was awakened by the gunshots. Antonio Delk was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder. Antonio Delk was already wanted for failing to show up for an earlier court appearance and is facing unrelated charges of aggravated robbery with a handgun over a drug deal. He also was charged last year with escaping from a jail work crew. David Delk is being held on $100,000 bail also for two counts of second-degree murder. Three juveniles were also charged Tuesday for assisting in the crime. Corey Manuel, 17, was charged with aiding and abetting a second-degree murder. David Koenig, 17, was charged in a juvenile petition with aiding an offender, which is a felony. A 15-year-old juvenile, whose name has not been released, was charged with aiding in a second-degree murder. "It's tragic," Starwarski said. "The officers did an outstanding job of arresting the suspects quickly and working long hours." Although none of the parties involved were SCSU students, Starwarski said it must be scary for those who live in the area. Reed Vos and Johnny Mengistu are both first-year students who plan to be more cautious in the future. "I'm going to call and let a friend know ahead of time that I'm coming over," Vos said. "If they don't see me within a half hour, they'll know something's wrong." Mengistu said he plans to always be with friends when walking in the neighborhood. ---» miva.sctimes.com [36] November 28, 2005 Police think they have shooter By Kirsti Marohn, kmarohn@stcloudtimes.com St. Cloud police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the killing of a 23-year-old woman early Saturday on the city's south side. Antonio Maurice Delk, 24, was arrested about 3:45 Sunday morning in an apartment at 3403-22nd St. S. Police listed Delks address as 1111-16th Ave. S. Were fairly satisfied that we've got the shooter, St. Cloud Police Capt. Sue Stawarski said. A second man, 56-year-old Isaiah Slater, was arrested at the same time and was believed to be hiding Delk, Stawarski said. Slater was booked and released from the Stearns County Jail. Tiara Jo Martell-Dingmann died from a gunshot wound to the head. She was shot from outside an apartment complex at 750 Fifth St. S while at a party there. A total of eight people, including three juveniles, have been arrested in the case. They include David Henry Delk, 19, 2844 West St. Germain St.; Darrell Lorenzo Dixon, 21, 1400 Ninth Ave. S; Jeremiah James Bradfield, 19, 1400 Ninth Ave. S; two 17-year-old boys and a 15-year-old girl. More arrests are unlikely, Stawarski said. No charges had been filed in the case as of Sunday night. County Attorney Janelle Kendall said they would be filed today at the earliest. Police spent Sunday reinterviewing witnesses and trying to sort out conflicting stories from witnesses, Stawarski said. They still were investigating whether an altercation led to the shooting, she said. Its believed three shots were fired because of shell casings recovered at the scene, Stawarski said. Police also have seized three cars they believe the suspects used to flee, she said. Services for Martell-Dingmann are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Dingmann Family Funeral Chapel in Sauk Rapids. ---» wcco.com [37] Nov. 29, 2005 5:35 pm US/Central Five Charged In St. Cloud Partygoer's Murder (WCCO) St. Cloud, Minn. Two men and three juveniles face charges in connection with the weekend murder of a St. Cloud, Minn. partygoer, the Stearns County Attorney's Office said. Antonio Delk, 24, and David Delk, 19, were charged Monday with second-degree murder in the death of Tiara JO Martell, attorneys said. Martell, 23, was shot in the head early Saturday while she attended a party at a St. Cloud apartment, police said. Investigators believe David Delk had an altercation with a partygoer, and his brother (other articles say they are cousins not brothers) Antonio Delk fired several shots toward one of the apartment windows in an act of retaliation. Police say the shades were drawn on the window during the shooting, and Martell was not an intended target. Police say Antonio Delk was arrested in connection with another shooting last month but was not charged, and they believe both cases are gang-related. "When you have a gang element, as the people in the cities clearly know, you've got the mentality of violence, and that's the issue we're fighting," St. Cloud Police Chief Dennis Ballantine said. "(This) clearly shows the problem with that mentality." The party was a going-away party for someone who was heading to prison, police said. Police did not identify the person or the crime, but said the person was not involved in Saturday's shooting and said the crime was a less serious offense. The Delk brothers were each arraigned Tuesday in Stearns County District Court. Antonio Delk's bail was set at $1 million, court officials said. David Delk's bail was set at $100,000. According to court papers, David Delk had left the party the night of the shooting after an altercation with another male. Police say he went to a relative's house and rounded up four people, including Antonio Delk, to go back and confront the partygoer. Investigators believe Antonio Delk brought a gun along because David Delk suspected some partygoers were carrying knives. The group met up with three other juveniles in another location and made a plan to support David Delk when he confronted the partygoer, court papers said. Seven members of the group, including Antonio Delk and David Delk, went into the apartment and confronted partygoers, according to court papers. Investigators say Antonio Delk revealed a gun during the confrontation. One member of the group went out to get a hunting rifle during the altercation but came back to find the rest of the group had been forced out of the apartment by partygoers, according to court papers. Investigators say that person was Corey Manuel, 17. Manuel was charged Tuesday with aiding second-degree murder, a felony. As the group walked away from the building, investigators say some partygoers followed the group and argued with them. After this altercation, police believe Antonio Delk fired three shots toward an apartment window. Investigators say one shot went through the window, hit Martell and killed her. "The victim was just there with an acquaintance," Ballantine said. "We have no reason to believe she was involved in any of that activity, and clearly she was in the wrong place at the wrong time." David Koenig, 17, is accused of driving David Delk away from the scene. He was charged Tuesday with being an accomplice after the fact, a felony. A 15-year-old was also charged Tuesday with aiding second-degree murder, court officials said. Juvenile court records are public when a suspect is 16 or older and has committed a felony-level crime. On Saturday, police said a 15-year-old female was arrested and held as an accomplice. According to court papers, a 15-year-old suspect was heard to say "Air this place out" before shots were fired. Manuel, who turns 18 next month, is in custody pending his next court appearance. Attorneys filed a motion to certify him as an adult. Koenig was released Tuesday on house arrest, attorneys said. Two suspected adult male accomplices were arrested Saturday in connection with the case. Charges have not been filed against those men. One 56-year-old man was arrested, booked and released Sunday morning for disorderly conduct during the execution of a search warrant that resulted in Antonio Delk's arrest, police said. Police say the man hid Antonio Delk in his apartment while cops were looking for him. The suspect declined to speak to WCCO-TV unless he was paid. Martell's wake is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at Dingmann Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids, Minn. Her funeral is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday. (© MMV, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) ---» miva.sctimes.com [38] Man is accused in shooting death of 23-year-old St. Cloud woman By David Unze dunze stcloudtimes.comThe man suspected of firing the shot that killed a St. Cloud woman Saturday was ordered Tuesday held in lieu of $1 million bail. Antonio Maurice Delk, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Tiara JO Martell-Dingmann. Judge Spencer Sokolowski set bail at $1 million, the amount requested by Assistant Stearns County Attorney Mike Lieberg. No plea was entered, and Delk will have his next hearing within two weeks. Delks cousin and three juveniles also made their first court appearances on charges related to the shooting, which happened about 2 a.m. Saturday at 750 Fifth St. S. Police have said Martell-Dingmann was shot after David Henry Delk, 19, was kicked out of a party and returned later with family members and friends to confront the person who had kicked him out. Court records said David Delk told the others that he believed people in the house possessed knives, and to counter that Antonio Delk brought a handgun. Witnesses told police they saw Antonio Delk fire at least three shots at the building where the party was happening. Police have said Martell-Dingmann was an innocent victim. Martell-Dingmann died almost immediately after being hit once above the eye by a single bullet from a handgun. Other charges David Delk also is charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Sokolowski ordered David Delk held in lieu of $100,000 bond. There are no plans at this time to convene a grand jury and seek first-degree murder charges against either of the Delks, Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall said. At this point, the investigation is continuing, she said when asked about a possible grand jury. With the information we have at this point, no. Corey Trace Manuel, 17, was charged Tuesday with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. A juvenile court petition filed in Stearns County District Court accuses him of accompanying the Delk group back to the party and bringing a rifle into the apartment building hallway. People inside the party saw Manuel holding the rifle, according to court records, but there is no allegation that he pointed it anyone or that the rifle was fired that night. David Thomas Koenig, 17, was charged in a juvenile petition with aiding an offender, a felony. He is accused of driving David Delk back to the party and from the scene after the shots had been fired. Koenig stayed in the car as others returned to the party to confront the person who had kicked David Delk out, according to court records. Stearns County has filed a motion to certify Manuel to stand trial as an adult. If successful, it would mean that Manuel would face an adult prison sentence if convicted. Prosecutors cited his criminal history and level of involvement in the crime as reasons to try him as an adult. Stearns County District Court Judge Elizabeth Hayden agreed with a prosecutors request that Manuel be held in juvenile detention until his next hearing. Hayden also agreed with a prosecutors request that Koenig be released to his parents. A 15-year-old also was charged Tuesday with aiding second-degree murder, Kendall said. State data practices laws prevent her from saying anything else about the 15-year-old, she said. Under state law, the identities of people 16 and older who are charged with felonies are public. Panic Transcripts of four 911 calls released Tuesday show that panic and chaos consumed the crowded apartment after the shots were fired. Three of the calls came from inside the apartment, and two of those callers identified David Delk as being with the group of people who had returned to the party. One of the callers also identified Corey Manuel as being with Delk. I don't know what's going on, somebody just rolled past and shot through my living room window, one caller said. Is she, is the woman that's been shot breathing? a dispatcher asked. No. She is not moving. She is shot right over the eye, the caller said. The fourth call was from a person who had been sleeping in a nearby residence and was awakened by the gunshots. The charges Antonio Maurice Delk, 24, of St. Cloud, two counts of second-degree murder. Bail is $1 million. David Henry Delk, 19, of St. Cloud, two counts of second-degree murder. Bail is $100,000. Corey Trace Manuel, 17, aiding and abetting second-degree murder. David Thomas Koenig, 17, of St. Cloud, charged in a juvenile petition with aiding an offender, a felony. A 15-year-old, aiding second-degree murder. 911 excerpts Below are excerpts of transcripts of the 911 calls made to police after Tiara JO Martell-Dingmann was shot to death early Saturday morning. Exact times and the names of the callers were not provided by police. First call: Dispatcher: Hello? D: Tell me where you
are. [Another similar exchange, then call ends.] Second call: [Call begins with the dispatcher trying to ascertain the address where the shooting happened and the condition of the victim. This transcript picks up about halfway through the call.] Dispatcher: You don't know, do you see who did it? Caller: I, I yeah, I know who did it (inaudible). D: What's the persons
name? [Call continues with
dispatcher again trying to determine the condition of the victim and
the name of the caller, then ends.] [Call begins with caller from the party reporting the shooting. This transcript picks up about one-third of the way through the call.] Dispatcher: Did anyone see the vehicle that shot at the house? Caller: Yes we did, it was three vehicles parked out in front of the house. I know one of the guys name. D: Give me a description
of the vehicles. [Call continues as the dispatcher tries to determine the status of the victim, then continues.] D: OK, you said you
know the name of one of the people in the car? [Call continues as the caller identifies himself (redacted from the police transcript) and the gives the first name of the victim, then ends.] Fourth call: [Call continues with
dispatcher determining address of caller (redacted from the police transcript)
then continues.] [Call continues with dispatcher asking the callers name and phone number (redacted from the police transcript), then ends.] ---»www.co.stearns.mn.us Antonio Delk and David Delk Charged with Second Degree Murder originally reported November 28, 2005 Antonio Delk, DOB 5/27/81 and David Delk, DOB 1/16/86, were charged today with two counts of Second Degree Murder in the death of Tiara JO Martell. They will be arraigned in Stearns County District Court tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29th. Bail and conditions of release will be set at that time. No time has yet been set by the court administrator for those hearings. Additional charges against 3 juveniles also involved in the murder will be filed tomorrow in Stearns County District Court. Additional information on those charges will not be available until Tuesday morning. Hearings regarding the juvenile co-defendants are expected to occur at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Questions may be forwarded to Janelle Kendall, Stearns County Attorney, at 320-656-3880 or via e-mail. A copy of the probable cause portion of the Complaint and the Criminal Charges are included below: On or about November 26, 2005, at approximately 2:07 a.m. officers from the St. Cloud Police Department were dispatched to 750 5th Street South, Apt. #102 within the City of St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, on a shots fired complaint. Upon arrival, officers found a female later identified as Tiara JO Martell laying on the kitchen floor of the apartment with an apparent bullet wound to the head. Gold Cross ambulance personnel arrived and pronounced the victim dead. Officers spoke with a resident of the apartment and identified him as Lorenzo Brewer. Brewer stated that he was having a party at the residence. Earlier in the evening a male he knew as David Delk, DOB: 01/18/86 had been at the party. Brewer stated that David Delk was at the party only a short time before he saw him leave. Brewer later learned he had been involved in some sort of altercation with another party goer. David Delk was heard to say that he would be back. Through their investigation, officers learned that David Delk went from the party to the home of a family member. There he began to gather people to return to the residence. Included in that group was a relative of David Delk later identified as Antonio Maurice Delk, DOB: 05/27/81. David Delk solicited a ride from D.T.K., DOB: 10/25/88. D.T.K. drove David Delk, another juvenile, S.M.S., DOB: 06/24/90, and another black male to another apartment complex in St. Cloud. There they met with Antonio Delk and waited for him while he went into the apartment building to retrieve something. Once there, D.T.K. Drove to Lake George, followed by Antonio Delk in his own vehicle. A third vehicle joined them and they all met at Lake George. In the third vehicle were three additional juveniles, C.T.M., DOB: 12/31/87, J.J.G., DOB: 04/09/88, and J.A.S., DOB: 08/07/86. Once at Lake George, various members of the group determined to return to the party so that David Delk could confront the male with whom he had a confrontation. David Delk wanted to insure that he had back-up from his friends when this confrontation occurred. David Delk also told the others that he believed that people in the house possessed knives and to counter that, Antonio Delk had a handgun. The three vehicles then proceeded back to the party at 750 5th Street South. Once they arrived the three vehicles parked out front of the apartment and all the occupants, with the exception of D.T.K. got out of the vehicles. This group then walked up to the apartment building and walked in to Apt. #102 where the party was transpiring. After several minutes, a confrontation between this group and the people in the apartment started again. During this brief altercation, Antonio Delk displayed a handgun to those inside the apartment. After initially entering, one of the group advised C.T.M. to go get another gun. C.T.M. went out to D.T.K.'s vehicle and demanded that he open his trunk. Inside the trunk was D.T.K.'s hunting rifle with a scope. C.T.M. took the gun out of its case, and carried the gun back to the apartment building. As he got into the hallway outside the apartment, those in the group that he had arrived with were just exiting. After the initial altercation in the apartment, those in the apartment forced the other group out into the hallway. There, those that had been in the apartment observed C.T.M. holding the rifle in his hands. David Delk, Antonio Delk, C.T.M. And the others in their group then left the apartment building. When they got back into the area of the vehicles, they were followed partially by persons from the apartment. Another brief verbal altercation transpired. At that time, S.M.S. was heard to say "Air this place out". Several moments after that, David Delk and J.J.G. observed Antonio Delk point the handgun he was possessing at the apartment and fire off at least three rounds. Inside of the apartment, which the entire group, including Antonio Delk, had just left, there were approximately 20 people. The various party goers described that due to the number of people in the apartment there wasn't much room to move around. The window of that apartment facing toward the street had the blinds down. However, those outside the apartment stated that due to the lighting inside it was possible to see shadows moving in the area of the window. Of the three shots fired by Antonio Delk, one went through the window and struck the victim in the head. Evidence of two other shots was found adjacent to the window area. After firing the shots, D.T.K. Took David Delk, S.M.S. And the unknown black male from the scene. He was followed by Antonio Delk and his vehicle and the other three juveniles, including C.T.M. in the other vehicle. D.T.K. Took those in his vehicle back to the Delk residence. Once there he took David Delk to another address in St. Cloud. COUNT ONE feloniously cause the death of Tiara JO Martell with intent to effect the death of the victim or another, but without premeditation Said acts constituting the offense of: Murder in the Second Degree in violation of Minnesota Statutes: 609.19 Subd. 1(1) Maximum Sentence: 40 years COUNT TWO feloniously without intent to effect the death of any person, cause the death of Tiara JO Martell while committing or attempting to commit the felony of Assault in the Second Degree Said acts constituting the offense of: Murder in the Second Degree in violation of Minnesota Statutes: 609.19 Subd. 2(1) Maximum Sentence: 40 years. ---» www.wkbt.com [39] Five accused in St. Cloud shooting appear in court ST. CLOUD Five people charged in a 23-year-old St. Cloud woman's death appeared in court today. Taira JO Martell-Dingmann was shot in the head at a party last Saturday. A Stearns County judge set bail for 24-year-old Antonio Delk at one (m) million dollars. He is the alleged gunman and is accused of firing at least three shots at the apartment. Delk and 19-year-old David Delk are each charged with two counts of second degree murder. Two 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old are also charged in the case. Police have said Martell-Dingmann was probably not the intended victim in the shooting. James Delk: For those of you who have been following this case the sentencing was originally scheduled for October 25, and I was hoping to include the results in the last issue, but then the sentencing was postponed. If you ask me, I think the men who were found guilty should have done some time (at least one year). A fine, which they (as a wealthy men) can afford to pay is not a real punishment. "Ecological Crimes", like dumping waste water, will effect the lives of future generations (human, floral and fauna). Compare this verdict to the case below of Patrick Delk [40] who got 27 years for dealing cocaine. www.releases.usnewswire.com [41] 12/5/2005 8:04:00 PM McWane, Inc. and Company Executives Sentenced for Environmental Crimes To: National Desk Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2007, 202-514-1888 (TDD); Web: http://www.usdoj.gov WASHINGTON, Dec.
5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Cast-iron pipe manufacturer McWane Inc. (McWane)
and company executives James Delk, Michael Devine, and Charles "Barry"
Robison were sentenced today in federal court for environmental crimes
connected with the operation of McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham,
Ala. www.al.com [42] Monday, December 05, 2005 McWane Inc. fined $5 million; officials get probation, fines A judge this evening ordered Birmingham-based McWane Inc. and three executives to serve probation and required the company to pay a $5 million fine for committing environmental crimes related to illegal dumping into Avondale Creek. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Propst also is requiring McWane, a $1.9 billion-a-year company with 23 plants in North America, to complete an environmental project in the Norwood community valued at $2.7 million as a condition of its probation. Propst rejected the prosecution’s request that McWane pay a maximum fine of $20 million, and that executives James Delk and Michael Devine serve a prison sentence. The judge sentenced Delk, Devine and Charles “Barry” Robison, the company’s vice president of environmental affairs, to probation. They were also fined: Delk, $90,000; Devine, $35,000; and Robison, $2,500. A jury convicted McWane, Delk and Devine of conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and discharging polluted wastewater from the McWane Cast Iron plant in north Birmingham into the creek. The jury also found Robison and McWane guilty of filing a false report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2000. The judge said the men inherited the problems at the aging McWane plant in north Birmingham. Propst also said McWane had taken steps and spent millions to bring the company into environmental compliance. - Val Walton Patrick N. Delk, of the 400 block of N Street, N.W., was sentenced to 27 years confinement (entirely suspanded) and three years probation by Judge Erik P. Christian on November 8, 2005, following a guilty plea on September 21, 2005, to Distribution of Cocaine. Delk was arrested on April 26, 2006, in the vicinity of 9th & T. Streets, N.W. (PSA 305) source [43] Charles Wesley Delk Board of Parole Hearings Life Prisoner Parole Consideration Hearings December 5, 2005 - December 30, 2005 California Medical Facility, Vacaville (CMF) (continued) Date: 12/28/05 CDC: D01799 Name: DELK, CHARLES WESLEY Type: I County: ALA Time: 08:30 AM VI. DELK HOMESITES A great many early homesites related to our ancestors have of course not survived time. This section is to high light those that have either survived the ravishes of time or have been documented in some form. Selected Houses from the Smithfield Virginia Historic Walking Tour On the walking tour of Smithfield's old towne district, one can witness a harmonious blend of 18th century Colonial, Federal, Georgian, and Victorian period houses and buildings, side by side. Settled in 1752 primarily by British merchants and ship captains, this riverport town thrived for more than twenty years as a British colony before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The town boasts fifteen houses that date to the 18th century, ten of which pre-date the Revolutionary War. In the early 19th century, a number of Federal period homes were built, but it was after the Civil War, in about 1876, that the greatest building boom began. It was in this era of steamboats and a flourishing peanut industry in Smithfield that many of the elaborate Victorian homes were erected. Their ostentations elegance is visibly evident - turrets, towers, stained glass windows, and steamboat style Gothic trimmings. The Delks and more so the Gwaltneys were to play important rolls in the develpment of the towns economic development. Much, but not all, of the following information and the house images came from http://www.historicsmithfield.org
VII. LIFE GOES ON: Reunions [48], Deaths [49], Engagements [50], Marriages [51], Anniversaries [52], Divorces [53], Oldest [54] & Youngest Delk [55], Adoptions [56], Education [57], Miscellaneous [58] This section presents many Delks that have not been identified or placed in the family tree. Most were just found on the internet (with no way to contact them). Unidentified individuals appear in red. Any additional info on these individuals would as always be welcome. FAMILY REUNIONS: Delk Family Reunion Clara Delk Inglish [cinglish comcast.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 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 [cinglish DEATHS & OBITS: As always, individuals in red have not been plotted in the family tree. Any additional info on these would be greatly appreciated. Mr. GARDNER "Beek" DELK, age 83, of Pall Mall, TN, Passed Away Monday, September 5, 2005 at the COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER in Cookeville, TN. Funeral Service will be Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 11:00 AM at the Jennings Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the UPCHURCH CEMETERY in Pall Mall, TN. The family will receive friends Wednesday, September 7, 2005 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Jennings Funeral Homes Chapel. Mr. GARDNER "Beek" DELK is survived by: Wife-BENNIE LEE (UPCHURCH) DELK of Pall Mall, Tenn. Daughter-LINDA DAVIDSON AND HUSBAND BILL of Pall Mall, Tenn. GRAND CHILDREN-JOEY DAVIDSON AND WIFE AMANDA of Jamestown, Tenn. GRAND CHILDREN-JAMEY DAVIDSON AND WIFE KIM of Pall Mall, Tenn. GREAT GRANDCHILD-SHELBY DAVIDSON GREAT GRANDCHILD-ETHAN DAVIDSON GREAT GRANDCHILD-TANNER DAVIDSON GREAT GRANDCHILD-KAYLEE DAVIDSON GREAT GRANDCHILD-ALIVIA DAVIDSON He was preceded in Death by: Father-JOHN DELK Mother-FRONIA (RAINS) DELK Brother-PROCTOR DELK Brother-CLARENCE DELK Brother-BILL DELK Sister-NONA PYLE Sister-DONA DELK Jennings Funeral Homes of Jamestown, TN in charge of services for Mr. GARDNER "Beek" DELK of Pall Mall, TN. obits.jtmorriss.com [59] Dorothy C. Delk Thursday, October 06, 2005 Dorothy C. Delk, 95, formerly of Petersburg died Thursday, October 06, 2005 at Hopewell Health Care Center. Mrs. Delk was born in Petersburg a daughter of the late Charles Stokes Challender and Rebecca Edmonds Challender. She was the former owner/operator of the Knotty Pine Beauty Salon and a 58 year member of 3rd Presbyterian Church. Preceded in death by her husband of 56 years Herbert L. Delk, she is survived by a daughter Linda D. Florence and her husband Thomas S., a son Cliff E. Delk and his wife Jo, 4 grandchildren, Margo Townsend, Shelia Webster, Charlie G. Lowery, Jr.,. Amy F. Mutter, 6 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Oct . 8th at 12:30 PM in the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service with Dr. Steve Felker pastor of Swift Creek Baptist Church and Dr. Louis Williams of 3rd Presbyterian Church officiating. The interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight, Friday, from 7 to 8:30 PM. On line condolences may be left at jtmorriss.com. Funeral Home J.T Morris & sons, 820 W. Broadway Avenue, Hopewell, VA 23860 Isabell Brooks Jennings was the 7th Great Granddaughter of Roger Delk; she being 101 years old, should have been appearing as the oldest living Delk, but I only found this out after her death. www.fentressco.com [60] Mrs. Isabell (BROOKS) JENNINGS, AGE 101, of Pall Mall, TN, Passed Away Friday, October 28, 2005 IN the FENTRESS CARE & REHABILITATION CENTER in JAMESTOWN, TN. Funeral Service will be Monday, October 31, 2005 at 10:00 AM at the Jennings Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the WOLF RIVER CEMETERY in Pall Mall, TN. The family will receive friends Sunday, October 30, 2005 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Jennings Funeral Homes. MRS. Isabell (BROOKS) JENNINGS is survived by: Son-Boyd JENNINGS and wife Jessie of Muncie, Ind. Sister-Dellen CLARK of Cincinnati, Ohio 7 grandchildren several great grandchildren She was preceded in Death by: Husband-Joe JENNINGS Son-Bryan JENNINGS and wife Judy Father-William BROOKS Mother-Sarah (CRABTREE) BROOKS 6 sisters 1 brother Jennings Funeral Homes of Jamestown, TN in charge of services for MRS. Isabell (BROOKS) JENNINGS of Pall Mall, TN. www.lawton-constitution.com [61] James W. 'Bill' Delk ANADARKO Graveside service for James W. "Bill" Delk, 79, Anadarko, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Celestial Gardens Cemetery, Cyril, with the Rev. A.L. Swagerty, Baptist minister, officiating. Mr. Delk died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at his home. Arrangements are by Becker Funeral Home of Fletcher (formerly Robbins Funeral Home). He was born April 12, 1926, in Braman to Theodore Franklin "Jack" and Susie Virginia Bumgarner Delk. He grew up in Stecker. He joined the Navy in 1943 and served until 1946. He was part of the invasion of Iwo Jima as well as other Pacific Islands, and received several awards and accommodations. He came back to the Apache area and worked for the Dolese Brothers Company and the refinery in Cyril. He later worked for the Fort Sill Fire Department. He married Adalene Hollarn on Nov. 8, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas. She died Feb. 17, 1998. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Dick Yarnell, Oklahoma City; two sisters: June Riddle, Wichita, Kan.; Jackie Jacobs, Elgin; a brother and sister-in-law, Gene and Paula Delk, Apache; a stepdaughter, Jeanette Smith, Lake Burtschi; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a special friend, Wilma Acton; several nieces; and a nephew. He was preceded in death by a son, James W. "Billy" Delk Jr..; a stepdaughter, Foylene Hunt; and a grandson, Cole Hunt. Sympathy cards may be sent to the family at www.beckerfuneral.com. www.thecr.com [62] Darren Delk Services are pending at Walker Funeral Home in Winchester for Darren A. Delk, 21, Bryant, who died Saturday at a home in rural Bryant. A ruling on his cause of death is pending results of an autopsy. source ---» www.thecr.com [63] Obituaries Tuesday, November 8 Darren Delk Services for Darren A. Delk, 21, 11797 South 375 West, Bryant, are Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Walker Funeral Home in Winchester with Pastor Jeff Bullard officiating. He died Saturday at a home in Jackson Township. Born in Winchester on Sept. 1, 1984, to Danny and Joyce (Jarrett) Delk, he attended South Adams High School. He enjoyed playing the drums, fishing and working on cars. Survivors include his father Danny Delk, Union City; his mother Joyce Delk, Bryant; a brother, Daniel Delk, Bryant; two sisters, Danielle and Anna Kay Delk, both of Union City; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Carol Jarrett, Winchester; paternal great-grandmother, Lola Haskins; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Visitation is today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be sent to the family in care of the funeral home. ---» www.bernetriweekly.com [64] Wednesday, November 09, 2005 Darren A. Delk, 21, a resident of Bryant, died at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2005 in Portland. He was born on September 1, 1984, in Winchester. Visitation was from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8 at Walker Funeral Home. Service was at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 9 at the funeral home. Officiating was Jeff Bullard. source ---» thestarpress.com [65] Darren A. Delk, 21 November 8, 2005 BRYANT - Darren A. Delk, 21, died Saturday, November 5, 2005. He was born September 1, 1984. He enjoyed playing the drums, fishing and working on cars. Survivors include his father, Danny (Betty) Delk, Union City; mother, Joyce Delk, Bryant; brother, Daniel Delk, Bryant; sisters, Danielle Delk, and Anna Delk, both of Union City; grandparents, Joseph and Carol Jarrett, Winchester, Lola Haskins, New Castle. Funeral services will be held at Walker Funeral Home at 11 a.m., on Wednesday. Calling from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials to the family in c/o the funeral home. editors notes: If I understand this obit correctly Danny & Joyce Delk parents of the deceased divorced and Danny remarried a woman named Betty. The question remains if his siblings are all by the same mother (Joyce or Betty). Charles Melvin Delk was a 7th G Grandson of Roger Delk www.peoplesdefender.com [66] Charles Melvin Delk, 70, of Winchester died Friday, Nov. 11 at the VA. Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Somerset, Ky. on June 10, 1935 the son of the late Herman and Ella (Atkins) Delk. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Delk; one son, Herman Delk; and one sister, Evelyn Glorius. He is survived by four sons, Tony Delk of Winchester, Chuck Delk of Pulaski, Tenn., Billy Delk of Nashville, Tenn. and Shane Richendollar of Winchester; three daughters, Carol Silcot of Seaman, Stacy Day of Peebles, Monica Delk of Winchester; fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bud Delk of Milford and Ralph Delk of Waynesboro, Ky; two sisters, Libby Anderson of Mason, Vivian Rogers of Milford; several nieces and nephews; and a companion, Teresa Richendollar of Winchester. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home in Winchester with Rev. Dan Harrison officiating. Memorials may be made to the family. ---» obit.thompsonfuneralhomes.com [67] Charles Melvin Delk Born in Somerset, KY on Jun. 10, 1935 Departed on Nov. 11, 2005 and resided in Winchester, OH. Visitation: Tuesday Nov. 15, 2005 Service: Tuesday Nov. 15, 2005 Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions. Charles Melvin Delk, 70 years of Winchester, died Friday, November 11, 2005 at the V.A. Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on June 10, 1935 the son of the late Herman and Ella (Atkins) Delk. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Delk, one son Herman Delk, and one sister Evelyn Glorius. Charles was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by four sons, Tony Delk of Winchester, Ohio, Chuck Delk of Pulaski, Tennessee, Billy Delk of Nashville, Tennessee, and Shane Richendollar of Winchester, Ohio. Three daughters Carol Silcot of Seaman, Ohio, Stacy Day of Peebles, Ohio, Monica Delk of Winchester, Ohio, fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Two brothers Bud Delk of Milford, Ohio, and Ralph Delk of Waynesboro, Kentucky. Two sisters Libby Anderson of Mason, Ohio, Vivian Rogers of Milford, Ohio, several nieces and nephews, and a companion Teresa Richendollar of Winchester, Ohio. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. at the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home in Winchester, Ohio with Rev. Dan Harrison officiating. Friends may call on Tuesday from 5:00 till 7:00 P.M. at the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the family.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Ave., Asheboro. Roy Hughes Delk was a 7th Great Grandson of Roger Delk www2.indystar.com [70] Roy Hughes Delk Roy H. Delk, Sr. 67, Indianapolis, died Nov. 24, 2005. Roy was born July 11, 1938 in Somerset, KY to Chester M. Sr. and Beatrice (Roy) Delk. He was the owner of Roy Delk's Body Shop (1968-1989). He was preceded in death by parents; son Roy H. Delk, Jr.; two brothers Chester M. Jr. and Parker Delk. Roy is survived by his wife, Martha J. (Hesselgrave) Delk; children Marvin, Dennis, Barry and Randy Delk; grandchildren Randy Delk, Jr. and Levi Delk; great-granddaughter Haley Delk; sisters Rella Miers, Marie Weddle, Elnora Foertsch, Mary Dorsey, Emma Reams, Dora Roy and Linda Baker. No services are planned. Arrangements entrusted to Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Center - Washington Park East. Indianapolis IN Star - 26 nov 2005 - ---» www.journalreview.com [71] 11/25/2005 Roy H. Delk, 67, Indianapolis, died Nov. 24. He owned Roy Delk's Body Shop 1968-1989. Mr. Delk was born July 11, 1938 in Somerset Ky., to Chester M. and Beatrice Roy Delk. They are deceased. A son, Roy H. Delk Jr., brothers Chester M. Jr. and Parker Delk, are deceased. Survivors include wife Martha J. Hesselgrave, children Marvin, Dennis, Barry and Randy, sisters Rella Miers, Marie Weddle, Elnora Foertsch, Mary Dorsey, Emma Reams, Dora Roy and Linda Baker, two grandchildren and a great granddaughter. No services are planned. Arrangements are being handled by Flanner & Buchanan Washington Park East Funeral Center, www.flannerbuchanan.com. wife of John Paul Delk 1916-1990 7th Great Grandson of Roger Delk www.thepress-sentinel.com/obituaries [72] Grace E. Robinson Delk Theus Cleveland, Tenn.- Grace E. Robinson Delk Theus, 87, died Nov. 26, 2005, in Cleveland, Tenn. The Wayne County native had lived in Tifton for 25 years. She attended Tift Avenue Church of God. She was also a member of Piney Grove Church of God in Wayne County, which she joined in 1931 at age 13, becoming the church pianist at the same time. She was a pastor's wife for more than 35 years. She taught piano for many years and served many churches as the pianist and organist. She was predeceased by her parents, Omery and Laura Robinson; two brothers, Colvin Robinson and the Rev. J.B. Robinson; three sisters, Jessie Robinson, Simmie Madray and Thelma Ogden; and her husbands, the Rev. J. Paul Delk and Marion W. Theus of Tifton. Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia A. Delk and Dr. Robert E. Daugherty of Cleveland, Tenn.; four grandchildren and grandchildren-in-law, Robin D. and Gary Cole of Houston, Texas, Twyla D. and Bill Green of Cleveland, the Rev. P. Andric and Rhonda Daugherty of Mobile, Ala., and Robert E. II and Kim Daugherty of Atlanta; three great-grandsons, Brent Daugherty of Mobile, Ala., Anthony W. Cole of Houston, Texas, and Jon Green of Cleveland; three great-granddaughters, Caroline Grace Daugherty and Ellen Daugherty of Atlanta and Mary Beth Green of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Nov. 29 at Piney Grove Church of God with the Rev. Julian B. Robinson, the Rev. Robert E. Daugherty and the Rev. Gordon Statum officiating. Interment was in Piney Grove Cemetery, which was donated by her grandfather, Isham Ogden, to Piney Grove United Methodist Church. The Rev. P. Andric Daugherty and the Rev. Joseph Crumley officiated. Active pallbearers were Brent Daugherty, Anthony Cole, Jonathan Green, Gregory Carter, Ronnie Carter, Jeremy Robinson and Jeff Robinson. Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. If anyone can help sort out which (great) grandchildren belong to which (grand) children, any help would be appreciated Mrs. Sara Love Cummins Delk wife of James Porter Delk 1921-1988 8th Great Grandson of Roger Delk Sara Love Cummins Delk Mrs. Sara Love Cummins Delk, 77, retired seamstress with Parks Belk and Harvey's Department Stores, and resident of Bell Road in Williamsport, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005 at Life Care Center. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Joe Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Old Stand Cemetery. The family will visit with friends after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of the Shady Grove Community in Hickman County, Mrs. Delk was the daughter of the late Albert Starnes Cummins and Bertha Twomey Cummins. On Dec. 23, 1945, she married James Porter Delk who preceded her in death June 16, 1988. Prior to her illness she attended Shady Grove church of Christ. Survivors include her daughter, Janet (Travis) Roberts of Shady Grove; son, James Gray (Jenny) Delk of Little Lot; five grandchildren, Jennifer (Tommy) Anderson of Sante Fe, Jed Delk of Little Lot, Kristi (Jeff) Daughrity of Chapel Hill, Karen Brooks and Greg Roberts, both of Columbia; and five great-grandchildren, Luke Anderson, Morgan Anderson both of Santa Fe, Aaron Brooks of Columbia, Elizabeth Daughrity and Jonathan Daughrity, both of Chapel Hill. She was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Gray Cummins. Pallbearers will be Neil Delk, Tommy Anderson, Billy George, Bobby Bell, Larry Gordon, Jr. and Jason Delk. Honorary pallbearrs will be Don Mayfield, Pete Harlan, Robert Bell and Jeff Daughrity.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 Tuesday evening. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society. The daughter of Jack and Zella Haines Delk, she was born July 16, 1942, in Grinnell. She was raised in Grinnell and was a 1961 graduate of Grinnell High School. She lived most of her life in Grinnell and was employed at Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg and for several years at DeLong Sportswear. She later was employed at Casey’s General Store and retired in May of 2001. She was married to Larry Morton on September 24, 1988, in Guernsey. Survivors include her husband, Larry of Grinnell; two sons, Eric Rice of Savannah, Georgia and Ray Rice of Grinnell; four daughters, Tena Rice of Ramona, Oklahoma, Sharon Gabrielson of Newton, Teresa Behrens of Grinnell, and Jackie Pettigrew of Jacksonville, North Carolina; one step-son, Bob Morton of Otley; one brother, Jack “Butch” Delk of Grinnell; three sisters, Sharon Daugherty, Betty Hall and Mari Barnes, all of Grinnell; eleven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Raymond Delk; and one great-grandchild, Taylor Marie Rice. As several of her children have the surname Rice, I presume she was formerly married to a Rice. Does anyone know who? Anyone have any information on the grandchildren? Charles Ray Delk was a 9th Great Grandson of Roger Delk Charles Ray Delk Columbia, TN Daily Herald, Dec. 5, 2005: Mr. Charles Ray Smith, 57, self-employed farmer and carpenter and resident of Allen Harlan Road in Hampshire, died Sunday, December 4, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Mike Shelby officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with frieds Monday from 3- 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent t the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Thomas Porter Smith, Sr. and Pearl Brooks Smith. He was a graduate of Hampshire High /School and was a member of the church of Christ. Survivors include one son, Charles Porter "Buddy" Smith of Hampshire; one daughter, Misty (Jeffrey) Galberth of Mt. Pleasant; one step-son, Steve Buie of Colubia; four grandchildren, Lacy Bui, Lane Buie, Montana Smith, Jana Galberth; one sister, Ruth Shelby of Hendersonvillle; two brothers, Timmy Smith and Al Smith both of Mt. Pleasant; two nephews, Mike Shelby of Lebanon, Phil Shelby of Hendersonvllle; several great nephews and one great-niece. Pallbearers will be family and friends. from page 3: A Hampshire man was killed and a Columbia woman was hurt in an early morning, one-car accident on Taylor Store Road, a Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Charles Ray Smith, 57, was killed when he lost control of his car, the dispatcher said. he said Smith was driving north just after 3 a.m. Sunday when his car left the roadway and struck a tree on the driver's side. An accident report said passenger Judy T. Young, 51, was initally transported by ambulance to Maury Regional Hospital and was later taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was in critical but stable condition on Monday. The dispatcher said the fatality was number 70 for the Lawrencebury district and 1,139 in the state for 2005. Beatrice Nork was formerly the wife of Furman Casper Delk a 7th Great Grandson of Roger Delk Published in The Greenville News: 12-14-2005 Beatrice 'Granny' Nork Simpsonville: Beatrice "Bea" Thelma Gardner Nork, 85, widow of Donald Everett Nork, died Dec. 12, 2005, at Summit Place. A native of Sandy Creek, N.Y., daughter of the late RoyDon Leo and Cecile Crandell Gardner, she was a homemaker and was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Dawn Marie Fraylick of Simpsonville, Debra Jean Delk of Fountain Inn, and Cindi Lou Price of Gray Court; two stepsons, Michael Timothy Delk of Fountain Inn and Robert Miles Nork of Simpsonville; three stepdaughters, Mary Lou Varella of Topeka, Kan., Frances Ann Brockman of Greer, and Dawn Leslie Martin of Jonesville; a brother, Richard Gardner of Silver Springs, Fla.; a grandson raised in the home, Chad Maddox of Simpsonville; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Wood Mortuary. The families are at their respective homes. Ona Fayetta "Faye" Treadwell Delk was the wife of Alexander W. Delk a 8th Great Grandson of Roger Delk www.register-mail.com Faye Treadwell Delk 1926-2005 Wednesday, December 21, 2005 CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Faye Treadwell Delk, 79, Cleveland, Tenn., died Monday (Dec. 19, 2005). She was born Aug. 27, 1926, in Wayne County, Tenn., the daughter of Samuel Grady and Josie Brown Treadwell. She married Alexander W. Delk on Sept. 14, 1947. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Angela French, Waynesboro, Tenn., and Devonne Corbett, Cleveland, Tenn.; two sons, Brent Delk and Keith Delk, both of Smyrna, Tenn.; a foster son, Alan Bryan, Waldorf, Md.; two sisters, Dorothy Sainsbury, Plaistow, N.H., and Sarah Current, Maquoketa, Iowa; a brother, Thomas Treadwell, Ringold, Ga.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She and her husband lived in Galesburg from 1977 to 1990. Her husband was principal of Williamsfield High School from 1977 to 1987, the year of his retirement. She maintained a day care center in Galesburg. She was a member of Brown Avenue Church of God in Galesburg. Grissom Funeral Home, Cleveland, Tenn., is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 1063, Cleveland, TN 37364. www.chron.com [73] Dec. 27, 2005, Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Teenager dies after being shot, possibly by accident, at party By RENÉE C. LEE <renee.lee@chron. com> PORTER - A late-night house party where numerous teenagers had been drinking ended with the shooting of a 16-year-old boy who died early Tuesday at a local hospital, police said. Derrek Delk, of Porter, died from a single gunshot wound to the neck, said Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace James Oren Metts. The shooting happened about 6:30 a.m. at a house in the 22300 block of Smith in southeast Montgomery County. Montgomery County sheriff's investigators said teenagers who attended the Monday night party found a gun on the property. The teenagers began loading and unloading the magazine and racking the slide. The gun went off while in the hands of another 16-year-old, striking Delk in the neck, said Sgt. Carey Mace. The boy was taken to a Kingwood hospital by the only adult at the party and a few of the teenagers, Mace said. Delk was pronounced dead at the hospital. The shooting is being investigated as a homicide. Five or six teenagers were taken to the Sheriff's Office Tuesday morning for questioning. None of the teenagers has been arrested and none, including Delk, lived at the house where the shooting occurred, Mace said. The investigation is ongoing but will be referred to a grand jury to determine whether the shooting was intentional or accidental, Mace said. Some older obits www.ktonline.com [74] Obit: ERNEST L. GUINN July 5, 1924 - Dec. 17, 2004 Kokomo resident Ernest L. Guinn, 80, died in Howard Regional Health Systems at 3:42 a.m. Friday, Dec. 17, 2004. He was born July 5, 1924, in Savage, Ky., a son of Albert and Fossie (Delk) Guinn. He married Monrie Guinn June 8, 1957, in Albany, Ky., and she survives. He graduated from Albany High School, Ky. He served his country honorably in World War II in the U.S. Navy, achieving the rank of Seaman 1st Class. Following his military service he worked at Chrysler as a truck driver for 21 years, retiring in 1988. Ernest loved going fishing. He enjoyed watching baseball games, listening to the games on the radio and watching them on television. He enjoyed being outdoors, especially camping. He loved spending time with his family and grandchildren and attending reunions and family events. He was a member of Pathway of Hope Church and was involved in the Prayer Breakfast. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Monrie Guinn of Kokomo; his daughter, Pam Wolfcale and her husband Brent of Carmel; his sons, Jim Guinn of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mike Guinn and his wife Melinda of Greentown; his sisters, Justine Glidewell and Florine Long, both of Albany, Ky., and MaeDean McClure of Jamestown, Ky.; his grandchildren, Tyler and Weston Wolfcale of Carmel, and Austin and Madilen Guinn of Greentown. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday in Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home, 2097 W. Alto Road, with the Rev. Dan White officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Sims, Jane-LIBERTY - Services for Jane Sims, 60, of Middleburg, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Indian Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.D. Carman. Burial will be at K.P. Hall Cemetery. She died Wednesday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. Born April 21, 1944, in Middleburg, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Ruby Mae Delk Snow. She was a homemaker, former employee of the state Transportation Cabinet, and member of Indian Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Norman L. Sims; two sons, Keith Snow and Richie Sims, both of Middleburg; a sister, Janet Snow of Nashville, Tenn.; and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be John G. Patterson, Todd Reinhart, Chris, Rick and James Snow, and Kenneth Patton. Honorary pallbearers are John Luster, Randy Rousey, Dewayne Mullins, Phillip Fredrick and Al Moran. Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. today at Bartle Funeral Home and after 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. 7/23/2004 Danville AM editors notes: ENGAGEMENTS: no entries this quarter MARRIAGES:
Alex Delks' Site BIG Events Delk/Dane 10/8/05 Marriage Brent Matthews Dane And Merry Jo Delk were joined together by Marilyn M. Danner on October 8th, 2005. After dating for 2 Years. They were joined together at Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was a private wedding which was supposed to be held on the actual beach but the location was re-schduled due to tropical storm Tammy. Alex writes: My parents are divorced, my mother, Merry Jo, has been a nurse for 10 years, I live with her in Eaton, Ohio (around Dayton.) My father, Curt Delk, has worked with computers before but now owns a bar called Soft Rock Cafe.(learn more at http://softrockcafe.net) I visit him every other weekend. editors note: Curt Delk, the drummer of "The Brainless Thinkers" appeared in the "Delks involved in Music", issue 15 in the
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YOUNGEST ROGER DELK DESCENDANTS: www.Tulsaworld.com Births By Staff Reports 10/24/2005 South Crest Hospital, Tulsa, OK Lacy and Jarrett Delk, Henryetta, girl. ADOPTIONS & CUSTODY SUITS: www.news-journalonline.com [75] Last update: October 23, 2005 Hearing set in long-fought adoption By DEBORAH CIRCELLI Staff Writer With a guitar in hand, Christian belts out a Beatles song. "They say it's your birthday; it's my birthday too," the preschooler sings in the background as the second cousin he calls "Mama" talks on the phone to a reporter in faraway Daytona Beach. On Wednesday, Christian turns 4. While he's learning to write his name, a court has yet to decide what his last name will be in an adoption battle watched statewide by child advocates. A year ago this week, Circuit Judge Shawn Briese reversed his previous decision and ordered that Christian leave his second cousin's home in Tennessee, where he has been since June 2003, and return to his former foster family in Orange City. The year-old order has not been enforced because the Florida Department of Children & Families, which supports Christian staying with his distant relatives, appealed the decision to the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach. The circuit judge requested the appeal be expedited and that Christian remain in Tennessee while the appeal is pending. Both sides question the delay from the appellate court. The 5th DCA does not comment on cases, but a clerk said a conference date for the three-judge panel to discuss the case is set for Nov. 23. The circuit court has since appointed a guardian ad litem and guardian attorney to represent the child's interests as the adults fight over him in court. But neither has been able to meet with Christian. Officials at the local guardian office said they could not get state approval to travel to visit Christian in Tennessee. The Tennessee guardian office would not take on the case, local officials said. In the meantime, Christian's daily life goes on with his second cousin, Tiffany Delk, and her husband, Jeff, both 30. He plays with tractors and race cars, learns his alphabet and prepares for kindergarten next year. Birthdays and holidays have passed and he continues to refer to the Delks as his "mama" and "dad." "We just live day by day. We always have," Tiffany Delk said by telephone. "That's how we will continue to live probably for the rest of our lives. It's really sad. We just continue going -- that's all you can do." Christian's former foster parents, Denise, 43, and Ivar Baklid, 37, say they continue to pray for his return. They have not been able to see him since he left their home at 19 months old. Such visits would have to be court-ordered. "We love our son very much and we've done everything humanly possible to get him home," Denise Baklid said. "We're keeping our faith." Christian was placed with the Baklids when he was 3 months old. He was put into foster care a few days after he was born with cocaine in his system, court records show. His parents' rights were later terminated. The case has been in the courts ever since, spurring debate over the issue of a child's bond to caregivers versus biological blood ties. Adoption petitions from both families remain on hold while the appeal is pending. Every month, a caseworker in Tennessee goes to the Delk home to assess how he is doing. Every six months, a circuit judge here reviews the case. Depending on the appellate decision, either side may be able to appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. The appellate decision will deal with where he should be placed while he's still a ward of the state. The circuit court will later rule on the adoption. Last October, Briese reversed his 2003 decision to place Christian with the Delks after being told by the 5th DCA that he erred in not listening to testimony from a court-appointed guardian and the Baklids. Briese was told then by the appeals court to hold a hearing and base his decision on what would have been in Christian's best interest in 2003. DCF continues to argue any decision should be based on what is best for Christian now. Gerard Glynn, associate professor of law at Barry University School of Law in Orlando and former director of Florida's Children First, said the case shows that placement decisions need to be made quickly. The courts previously criticized DCF for delays and paperwork errors in the case. Glynn said he is disappointed in DCF and the courts. "It's a very sad result," Glynn said. "If there's ever a situation where justice delayed is justice denied, it's this situation. A child's emotional stability is being harmed by a delay in a decision. There is no win to this child now." Richard D'Amico, attorney for the Baklids, said Christian should never have been sent to Tennessee because he had bonded with the Baklids. "The system is not functioning properly," D'Amico said. "The business of moving children around has got to stop. Our belief is if you place a child with someone, you keep them there unless there is a strong reason to remove them." But the Delks say he has now bonded to them and they are his family. Since this case started, laws have been changed limiting DCF's power to remove a child from someone who is seeking to adopt if the child has been in the home for six months or more. Alan Abramowitz, local DCF district administrator, agrees placement decisions need to be made early. "These cases are always most difficult when you have more than one family who can be a loving home for a child," he said. As judges decide Christian's fate, Delk said Christian is aware of the adoption fight. She said he prays at night "that he's able to live in this house forever." "He's been with me for about 2 1/2 years now. It's going to be hard for him," Delk said, if he is removed. "He's a stubborn little boy. He's not going to take it quite fondly because we are his parents and he lets everyone know." Meanwhile, the Baklids continue to turn on a lighthouse nightlight in Christian's old bedroom and say a prayer. They have bought a new bed shaped like a firetruck for him and continue to keep pictures of him on the dresser. "You just do the best you can. You just pray," Denise Baklid said. "It's in God's hands." deborah.circelli news-jrnl.com1
www.orlandosentinel.com [76] Foster parents may gain custody A state appeals court upholds ruling that a boy be returned to an Orange City couple Ken Ma (kma orlandosentinel.com)
and Stephen Hudak (shudakorlandosentinel.com)
| Sentinel Staff Writers Posted November 19, 2005 DAYTONA BEACH -- A state appeals court this week upheld a lower court's decision to grant an Orange City foster couple custody of a 4-year-old boy who has been the object of a legal tug of war between the couple and his relatives in Tennessee. The 5th District Court of Appeal's ruling Wednesday could pave the way for Denise and Ivar Baklid to reunite with Christian, the boy who was taken away from them almost 2 1/2 years ago. Christian, who turned 4 in October, has lived in Florida and Tennessee during his brief life. In 2003, 7th Circuit Court Judge Shawn L. Briese ruled that he couldn't stop the state Department of Children & Families from taking Christian away from the Baklids and giving custody of the boy to his maternal cousin and her husband in Bell Buckle, Tenn. The next year, the appellate court decided Briese had the authority to make a decision on the case. Briese then ruled that the Baklids should get custody of Christian. But the boy has yet to return to Florida because DCF asked the appellate court to overrule the lower-court's decision. This week's ruling means the Baklids might soon be able to become Christian's parents again. "We are overwhelmed," Denise Baklid said in a cautiously optimistic tone Friday. "God has answered our prayers." Jeff Delk, whose wife, Tiffany, is Christian's maternal cousin, would not discuss the case when reached in Tennessee by telephone Friday night. Tiffany Delk did not return calls seeking comment. DCF officials have said they moved the boy to Tennessee because they would rather he live with his relatives. Christian needed a home when his mother, who had tested positive for cocaine, abandoned him three days after she gave birth at a Daytona Beach hospital. Four years later, the battle over Christian's future is not over. No date has been set for his return to Orange City. Alan Abramowitz, DCF district administrator for Volusia and Flagler counties, said Friday that the agency "will continue to pursue what is in the best interest of the child until we run out of [legal] options." He would not discuss specifics of the case, citing confidentiality laws that protect foster children. This landmark case set a legal precedent in Florida because it affirms a judge's right to intervene in what the judge thinks is the best interest of children. HONORS, GRADUATIONS, CLASS REUNIONS:
nwanews.com [78] North West Arkansas News Source ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS Benton County Daily Record Rogers Edtion Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2005 3.5 Honor Roll Jennifer Marie Delk. 2005 Winter Graduates Wesley Delk - Bachelor of University Studies Morehead State University, 150 University Boulevard, Morehead, KY 40351 MISCELLANEOUS: http://citizen-times.com published October 9, 2005 Real Estate BUNCOMBE PROPERTY RECORDS, (North Carolina) by staff reports Transfers for Buncombe County Aug. 29 - Sept. 2, 2005 Dawnwood Circle: Mark Delk and Kimberly Wexler Delk to Tara E. McDivitt and Beth Ann Cobb, $75,000 www.wlox.com [79] Biloxi Gulfport Pascagoula October 30,2005 The Arts Make Comeback At Saenger By Karla Redditte For perhaps the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the arts have returned to South Mississippi and it fortunately made a comeback in a big way. KNS and Friends sponsored two-hours worth of music, theatre, and dance - all in the name of relief. "Ive seen so many other fundraisers across the country, I thought well heck we need to do something here. We're in the theater world so I called my friend Laurie, and we started calling Gulfport Little Theatre, Biloxi Little Theatre, the symphony, Biloxi City Ballet, our friends and everybody said yes, so we just did little snippets of music and we had a great time getting over the Katrina Blues as you say," said event co-producer David Delk. Performances by the Four Part Angels along with about 20 other local groups helped to raise money for a good cause. "We love to perform and having a place to do it after that awful storm is a blessing. And then also to do it to raise money for the American Red Cross and the Mississippi Theatre Association. It just feels darn good," said Delk. And it appears the audience felt good as well, knowing that something they love is now back in business. "Support the arts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We're here to help and to make you laugh and cry and everything else," said Delk. Delk says the show was so wonderful, organizers may bring back the multi-group show in the spring. Franklin Township On-line "SERVING RESIDENTS & FRIENDS OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA" SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS Company thrives by 'bagging' originals When it comes to finding compatible business partners, it would be hard to find a more suitable match than a Franklin Township pair who for two years has grown a small entrepreneurial venture into a bustling, predominantly online operation. Dawn Delk and Jeannie Isaacs met at church several years ago. Admittedly, they share the same opinions, the same feelings and the same interests. And in doing so, these two mothers of young children have become mysteriously united into what is known as a kindred-spirit relationship that brings out the best in both of them.
And, of course, there will be samples of the Kindred Spirits custom-made denim purses, along with other items the company has added. Although Delk and Isaacs began by personalizing blue jean handbags, they have added messenger bags as another choice. Also, a prototype of a customized diaper bag has been developed. The company also offers online a "Build Your Own Purse!" feature where a customer can follow a series of options in designing their own creation.
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Star Press The names of Riley and Gayla Delk appear in several of the following articles that I have found on-line. Often the article states that the names have been changed. It is possible that these people are not really Delks at all. If anyone can confirm there identities please inform me. www.purposedriven.com [80] Sri Lankan government prohibits families from rebuilding along the sea by Goldie Francis COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (PD)--One hundred meters doesn't seem like much of a stretch of land. Yet, for many Sri Lankans, 100 meters is holding them back, keeping them from returning to their homesteads and businesses, to the life they knew before Dec. 26, 2004. One hundred meters is 109 yards, and it is where the government of Sri Lanka has drawn a line in the sand. The government of Sri Lanka is prohibiting most Sri Lankans from building within 100 meters of the ocean's edge. The only exceptions it allows are businesses that cater to tourists, such as hotels. The government of India reportedly has made a similar ruling regarding land within 500 meters (546 yards) of the ocean. Residents say that in some areas of Sri Lanka, tsunami waters went as far inland at 1,000 meters (1,094 yards). Nearly six months after the tsunami, 74 blue tents blanket a lot on Sri Lanka's western coast. The families living in the tents, like so many other Sri Lankans families, all had houses within 100 meters of the oceans edge. Many of them had lived there for years, some for generations. They enjoyed life on the beach, and until the tsunami, they had never experienced any significant problems living there. "They would like to rebuild their houses if they can, but the government does not allow," Kumuduni Liyanage said Sunday, speaking for the families. "They think it (living by the sea) is better than a tent." Set off by an earthquake in the ocean's floor off the tip of Indonesia, the tsunami waves pounded the coasts of several countries the morning of Dec. 26. The tsunami hit both Sri Lanka's eastern and western coasts. More than 36,000 people are dead or missing in Sri Lanka, and about 250,000 died throughout Asia. The Sri Lankan government has reported that the tsunami destroyed, or damaged beyond use, more than 77,500 houses in Sri Lanka. In a press release last month, the government said it was providing 250,000 rupees (about $2,500) to families who lost their homes and 100,000 rupees (about $1,000) to families with partially damaged houses. This is for residents who have land at least 100 meters beyond the sea. Only about 5,000 families had received partial grants as of May, and the government had begun building less than 2,500 permanent houses. In Sri Lanka, $2,500 is enough to build a house, but because the government will no longer let families build homes within 100 meters of the ocean's edge, many families like those living in the 74 tents have nowhere to rebuild. The government said for affected households within the 100-meter zone, it will provide a house on land that it will allocate. However, when the displaced families will receive a house and land is unclear. "Six months, and the people are already hopeless," Liyanage said. Non-government organizations and disaster relief agencies are building Sri Lankans permanent houses at a much faster pace than the Sri Lankan government. Yet, these organizations cannot help those who had homes within the 100-meter zone because they do not have approved land on which to build. Southern Baptists, working with a local contractor, have designed a two-story house that should withstand a tsunami. They believe this house could solve the 100-meter zone issue. The house would have a closed-in kitchen on its first floor and a large open-air room that could serve as a dining room or a sitting room. Upstairs there would be four additional rooms. "It will be a demonstration house," said Riley Delk,* who has overseen the construction of several permanent houses that Southern Baptists have provided for tsunami survivors. "We are inviting government officials to come see the house to consider whether it would be tsunami ready for within 100 meters." "We break ground this week," Delk said Sunday. "The house should be finished by the end of July." Many people do not want to rebuild anywhere near the sea, because they fear another tsunami may come. Some families, however, make their living by the sea and feel they need to live nearby to maintain their livelihood and care for their families. In January, 24 families stayed in tents on the temple grounds of one community. On April 12, 23 of the families moved into small huts of tin walls and tin roofs that World Vision built for them. One of the families has gone to live with relatives. A biscuit company has promised to build for the community of fishermen houses that would be farther inland than their former houses, but many of the families do not want to move to the area the company has suggested, said Mahindaloka, a monk at the Buddhist temple. "They don't like to go to that place," Mahindaloka said. "That place is too far, and the people there are not good. Also it is a jungle place." -PurposeDriven- * Names changed for security reasons. "Goldie Frances" is a writer serving with the International Mission Board in the South Asia region. Her name has been changed for security reasons. ====================== International Mission Board - Disaster Relief in South Asia Tragedies where Southern Baptists have helped And thanks to the generosity of those who give to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund, International Mission Board workers in the Last Frontier are able to respond quickly when such tragedy strikes: — And as flood waters crested throughout Bangladesh this summer — destroying crops, businesses, transportation routes and the livelihood of millions — IMB workers Jim and Mallory Sims,* Darcy Meachum* and Riley and Gayla Delk* were there feeding the hungry with World Hunger Funds. A flood’s spiritual impact Riley Delk said seeing the masses in need after this year’s flood impacted him greatly. “I know one individual who has experienced a life change spiritually. That is me!” Delk said. “I now realize how blessed my family and I are and how blessed our country is.” The World Hunger Fund underwrites both developmental and disaster relief projects. Long-term workers who plan and distribute aid are supported through the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering ®. After the Larneys fed 2,000 victims of the slum fire, they also supplied 100 of those families with sheets of tin to replace their roofs. “They were really thankful as we gave the tin out,” Larney said. “You can look from our veranda and see shining roofs that were once black.” Opportunities to be witnesses As a local Muslim man has assisted Delk in helping flood victims, Delk has shared a witness for Christ before him. “He has been invaluable in helping me purchase food and in helping me arrange the logistics,” Delk said. “His life has been dramatically impacted, because he sees the love of God in the distribution. My prayer is that he will become a believer, and I believe he is close.” After the Larneys distributed food and tin, they were able to share the gospel with many of the fire victims. They also showed 25 of those adults the JESUS film, and eight professed faith in Christ, Larney said. “When Christ was with us physically, He answered the physical needs of those surrounding Him. Through those miraculous acts of kindness, the Father was glorified,” Sims said. “It is only as the hand of Jesus feeds the hungry that He is glorified. Otherwise, it comes across as the good works of man. “May Jesus be exalted by your giving to the World Hunger Fund, and may the world know that Jesus Christ wants not only to meet their physical needs, but also, and more importantly, their spiritual needs,” he added. * Names have been changed to protect the security of those interviewed and those with whom they serve and to whom they minister. ---»Baptist & Reflector Tennessee Baptist Convention 10/5/2005 Nine months later, tsunami victims still need help, hope By Baptist Press Editor’s Note: Nine months after the massive Asian tsunami killed up to 250,000 people, Southern Baptists continue relief and rebuilding efforts. Names of volunteers quoted are changed for security reasons. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The tsunami that roared ashore last Dec. 26 invaded the lives of millions of south Asians — stealing loved ones, scarring hearts, destroying homes and communities. Nine months later, the television cameras are gone, but the hurt isn’t. Empty arms and miles of rubble linger to keep the pain fresh. “Every morning they wake up to that reminder,” said Ned Thaxton, a volunteer working in tsunami relief through the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. The tsunami, set off by a massive earthquake on the ocean floor near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, affected many nations — including the south Asian countries of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Governments, relief agencies, and local residents have been working steadily ever since to help the survivors, but the cleanup task alone remains daunting. “I thought things were further along than they are,” one volunteer said during a recent trip to Sri Lanka. “For as long as it has been, it’s still in worse shape than I thought it was.” But some Sri Lankan tsunami survivors have captured a glimmer of renewed hope as they get back to work and move into new houses. Southern Baptists have something to do with that: To date, they’ve contributed more than $16.6 million in tsunami aid through the International Mission Board’s disaster relief fund. Numerous missionaries temporarily relocated to affected areas and hundreds of short-term volunteers have joined them to help rebuild and minister to the hurting. “I’m seeing a change in demeanor as the people move in their houses,” said Riley Delk, who has overseen the construction of several houses provided for tsunami survivors by Southern Baptist aid. “It makes a significant difference. They’re smiling a little bit — and they’re decorating.” Still, only a small percentage of the south Asians who lost homes in the tsunami have new ones. Many survivors remain in tents pitched in camps for displaced persons, huddle between buildings in business districts, or sleep amid the rubble of what once were their homes. Others live in temporary housing, which usually consists of a small wooden frame covered by a corrugated tin roof. The houses often are too small for the families in them —and always too hot to endure in the daytime. “The very first family we talked to was telling us that we were the first people to come there to even ask them anything,” said Bobbie Caldwell, a Southern Baptist volunteer from South Carolina. “They’ve been through so much, and they have two families — 10 people — living in one of these little row houses.” Caldwell, an International Mission Board trustee, joined other South Carolina volunteers as they surveyed needs and ministered in other ways in Sri Lanka. “I compare it to when [Hurricane] Hugo hit Charleston, multiplied about 10 times,” she said. “It is just overwhelming. I cannot imagine the force of the water coming in — and the fear.” It is fear that still plagues tsunami survivors more than lack of jobs or inadequate housing. “Yesterday, two helicopters [were] going [over], and I feel disaster,” said Priyani, a Sri Lankan woman. “I am always very scared when I hear the sound.” It reminds her of the choppers that flew over in the terror-filled days after the big wave hit, searching for the living and the dead. Priyani and her sisters live near the beach. They want to move inland where they will feel safer, but their brother is a tourist guide — and tourists like the beach. He doesn’t want to move. Instead, he bought them a television so they can watch for tsunami warnings. Many south Asians share her fear. Occasional tsunami warnings send people scampering for higher ground. While on temporary assignment in a tsunami-affected area, IMB missionary physician Doris Austen developed a brochure for local people called “Fear and the Future.” It explains what causes tsunamis and how specialists predict them. “Scientists try to estimate the risk of an earthquake,” the brochure states. “But no one can say exactly when and where an earthquake will occur. So, if someone on the street tells you that an earthquake and a tsunami are coming … next week or next month, they don’t know what they are talking about! It is wrong to cause panic by telling others something that is not true.” Fear is difficult to snuff out of hearts and minds that have yet to heal, however. And healing will take much longer than cleaning up debris and rebuilding houses — especially for those who remain reluctant to talk about the deep pain their loss has brought. Babynona, 58, lost her husband and two children when the tsunami hit Sri Lanka’s western coast. When Tennessee Baptist volunteers approached her temporary wooden house, Babynona answered all their practical questions about housing and income. When the questions moved to a more personal level, however, only tears came. “She says she cannot talk about it,” a translator explained to the volunteers. Ramesh, another Sri Lankan, lost his entire family. They perished with about 1,500 others on a train traveling from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, to coastal Galle. His family members had come to Colombo for a party Dec. 25 and were returning home when the tsunami ripped the train from its tracks. Ramesh, 23, works in Colombo and had stayed behind. “My uncles, aunts, my family are dead,” he said. “At the moment, I feel I am a little confused. Sometimes when I am alone, I think about them. I am a Christian, and I’m believing in my God, and that [this] is God’s will. No, I can’t talk. I don’t want….” His voice breaks and falls silent. It may take many more months and even years, but new houses eventually will replace the destroyed ones. Businesses will be rebuilt and new ones started. As for south Asian hearts, the pain may one day subside, but the scars will always be there. The only hope south Asians truly have is to meet the merciful God who heals and restores. “I don’t think it is coincidence that for the last year or more the International Mission Board has put a special emphasis on south Asia,” Caldwell said. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that South Carolina Baptists entered into a three-year partnership with south Asia. And then what happens? A tsunami comes. God threw the hinges off the door for us.” VIII. DELKS INVOLVED IN SPORTS & ATHLETICS Any info that would help identify any of the individuals listed in red as kin would be appreciated. High & Junior High School TENNIS
Basketball
Non-Academic FISHING & HUNTING John Delk
Don Delk
Brian Delk
Craig Delk Wal Mart Bass fishing League - Angler Profiles CRAIG DELK Home: Stanford, KY Bass Tournament Statistics Career earnings: $ 4,203 Number of Top-10 tournament finishes: 1 Largest bass weighed to win Big Bass award: 6 lbs, 15 oz, (3/12/2005, Wal-Mart BFL, Mountain, Cumberland, KY) Weight of largest day's catch: 15 lbs, 14 oz, (2004, Wal-Mart BFL, Mountain, Cumberland, KY) Number of events fished: 13 since 2000 Louisiana Fish Records www.rodnreel.com/LaFishRecords/ListFishRecords.asp Documented and kept by the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association Tuna, Skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 27.50* Stephan Delk Gulf of Mexico at Green Canyon March 23, 2002 David Delk - dog breeder
MOTOCYCLE RACING
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Championship Cup Series Amateur Lightweight Superbike
Championship Cup Series Amateur Lightweight Grand Prix
Championship Cup Series Amateur ThunderBike
editors note: I am guessing this is a brother of the Keith Delk above NASCAR Nascar Rank
Track & Field 28th ANNUAL TULSA RUN, TULSA, OKLAHOMA - OCTOBER 29, 2005 15K OVERALL RESULTS
IX. DELK COUSINS INVOLVED IN POLITICS TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION 2005 LIST OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS Printed March 11, 2005 310. Delk, Meredith Anne 823 Congress Suite 1010 Austin, TX 78701 (512)659-1376 2005 Start Date: 02/08/2005 End Date: 12/31/2005 TEC ID: 00056092 TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION 2005 LIST OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS Printed February 25, 2005 299. Delk, Meredith Anne 823 Congress Suite 1010 Austin, TX 78701 (512)659-1376 2005 Start Date: 02/08/2005 End Date: 12/31/2005 TEC ID: 00056092 The
Daily News Jacksonville, North Carolina www.blueoregon.com [89] October 26, 2005 Why I'm Running for Multnomah County Commission by David Delk A progressive income tax that tax those with the most at a higher rate than those with less. What an idea! Its about time someone suggested this. Xander proposes to exempt the first $35,000 dollars of income and then place a graduated tax on income above that. That means that all those who have benefited from tax cuts at the state and federal level have to pay a little more so that schools do not go down the toilet and so that we can provide social services to those in our community who need it. For the past several decades the right wing of Ameican society has spent its time saying government is bad and it should not cost so much. They have cut and cut and cut both taxes on the wealthy and on corporations. While they made all these cuts the poor people and now the middle class have seen services and their safetly net disappearing. The wealthy get wealthier and the middle class gets smaller - not because they are move in on the income/wealth scale but because they are getting a smaller share of the pie. The problem with the present I-tax is that it is almost a flat tax, taxing everyone at almost the same rate eventhough many of the citizens couldn't afford to pay it. Xander's new progressive income tax is a step toward a progressive tax system in which the abililty to pay is taken into consideration in determining the tax rate and structure. The rich should pay more. If we could do this in Portland, maybe it could move up the food chain and we could reform our state and federal tax structures to be truly progressive as well. Thank you, Xander, for making a progressive suggestion for a progressive Portland. back to menu [90] X. HUMOR You know your addicted to genealogy when... • Your idea of a fun vacation includes a library, courthouse and a couple of cemeteries. • Your dream vacation is to spend a week at the LDS Library, in Salt Lake City. • You can answer all of the queries on Genforum. • You receive 100 e-mails a day and 99 of them are from Roots-L mailing lists. • You have your own set of keys to the local family history center and the employees think you work there. • There's not one person on your X-mas card list that you have actually met, although they all have the same last name. • You know the mailman's schedule better than he does, and if he's late you drive around looking for him. • You've read the entire Root-L archives twice. • You introduce your children as your descendants. • You begin referring to cemeteries as ancestor farms and headstones as concrete evidence. back to menu 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: AFRO AMERCAN DELKS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
The World as God Intends by Rose Marie Berger Yvonne Delk has always done more than live beyond the boundaries---by her witness, strength, and perseverance, she's helping to render them obsolete. The Long Island is in dry dock six stories below the light-filled apartment of Rev. Yvonne V. Delk. Thick, muscular ropes coil on her decks. Sea birds drop shells to crack along her steel girders. Tugboats rub against her shoulders, waiting for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company to complete repairs and lead her out to sea. After 36 years of active ministry in the great cities of the North, Delk has come home to Norfolk, Virginia; home to the Elizabeth River and the Hampton Roads; and home to "Millionaires Row" where, as a child in the segregated South, she was never allowed to walk. "We were not able to come anywhere in this area without folk assuming you were a maid. Even in the `80s we used to ride by here at Christmas and be followed by security guards. That's my walk route now. It's got lovely benches and I can see the birds and the ducks. To retire here, to look out on Millionaires Row, makes me feel wonderful." To sit in the presence of Yvonne Delk is to sit with living history. Not just of her life, but of the lives of her ancestors, and perhaps even of the land itself. Her skin is the shifting browns of the Nile. Her eyes flash like passing storm clouds with just a hint of blue. She wears her African beads like jewels; her hair like a crown. She is regal; a spiritual phenomenon, a mighty wind. Delk was born in Norfolk's Red Light district in 1939. Her mother, Cora Elizabeth Chambers Delk, came out of school after sixth grade. Her father, Marcus Thomas Delk Sr., worked the shipyards during World War II, then dug graves at Norfolk's Calvary Cemetery, much to his young daughter's embarrassment. One of Yvonne's grandfathers was a longshoreman; the other, an oyster farmer. Her great-grandmother, Lucy Ricks, remembered when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and told how the family had endured during slavery days. She also had the ability to communicate with people who had long since gone over to the other side. "When my great-grandmother came to visit nobody wanted to go to bed because we thought we would be seeing things that we didn't want to see. She had an ability to flow the boundaries." That ability to flow boundaries is strong in the Delk women. "My mama was a praying woman, a Spirit-guide. We got prayed for every day we left out of that house. There is just something about getting ready to go to school and hearing myself prayed for by name. Mama was asking God to be on the watch for her children," Delk said. Her father's mother, Julia Anna Delk, was a Holiness minister who preached across the United States and abroad in the `20s and `30s. They are all women who lived across the boundaries. "There is a magnificent presence and power that comes from women who are deeply in touch with who they are." Here begins the foundational story of Rev. Yvonne Delk. Her Isaiah 43. The moment she was dedicated to God. Cora Delk had her first child, Edward, in 1930, and, after thinking she wouldn't be pregnant again, little Audrey Marie was born six years later. But Audrey Marie soon contracted pneumonia and died, sending Cora into a deep depression. She withdrew so much she thought she was losing her mind. What brought Cora out of her depression was the awareness that she was pregnant again. Yvonne was the life force growing within her. "Mama would get up because she wanted this life force to live. She would go to our church, Macedonia African Christian Church, and pray. She dedicated my life, which was also giving her life, back to God. When I was born, I knew that my life had been surrendered to God. Connection to my family, to these women, helped to create a core of existence in me." Family is one of three important touchstones in Delk's life. The church, and God's call on her to help create a new heaven and a new earth are the others. For her, they are the answers to a central question: Who tells you who you are in ways that you are not free to walk away from? Crossing the Line. Those touchstones intersected on Sundays. Sundays were freedom days, free space, defining moments. Cora would put on one of her one or two nice dresses and her father would put on his "Sunday-go-to-meeting" suit. "My mama would be called by her first name all week by white bill collectors. My daddy got called "boy" more times than I want to think about. But when they stepped into that church on Sunday mornings they were Sister Delk and Brother Delk, and we were their children. There was such power in the knowledge that I, Yvonne Delk, black and female, carried God inside of me." But there was also the negative spirit of racism, which tried to diminish the power of God and the power of her mother and great-grandmother. And the battle between them was fierce. This was still the segregated South -not only with its Red Light districts but with old Jim Crow, laws named for an antebellum minstrel show character that created the South's racial caste system. Delk grew up with department store signs reading "ladies", "gentlemen", and "colored", with her streetcar seat already set aside at the back. The preachers talked a lot then about the world as God intends. They would preach out of Isaiah and Revelation. No more tears, no more pain, no more weeping. They said there is the world as we see it now in its fallen, separated state -and then there is the world as God intends. It was this theology of liberation that eventually broke the back of Jim Crow. "At first I thought they were talking about when this life is over and another world comes into existence. But the more we read the scriptures, the more we understood that God intended for it to be right here and now. Therefore I had a calling to create the world as God intends it. That call is also one I am not free to walk away from." God sent Yvonne an expanding circle of mentors to help her in this vision, mentors who helped her see her strengths and her liabilities. When Yvonne graduated from Norfolk State University in 1961, Rev. Percel Alston urged her to attend the then-all-white Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Boston rather than the all-black Virginia Union in Richmond. He told her mother it was time for Yvonne to stretch her wings. Delk's world until then had been all black. Now she was the only African American woman in Andover Newton's freshman class of 1961. The black Southern world in which she had been nurtured and shaped was gone. Nothing at Andover Newton reflected who she was; there were no black history courses, nor any women teachers. The God in whose image she was created seemed completely missing. "I was frightened and yet feeling such a tremendous responsibility to succeed. Here I was the first African American woman from the Convention of the South to go to Andover Newton. I knew Rev. Alston hoped this would open a pathway for other women from the Convention," she said. "The first three months I walked around in a fog, simply wanting to be left alone. People wanted me to talk about my experience, but I refused. I felt like they wanted to strip me naked and look into the depths of my soul, simply for the sake of observation." Delk called her mother during the first weeks to tell her she was suffering a nervous breakdown and wanted to come home immediately. But her mother told her that her prayers were much stronger than any nervous breakdown Delk was having. Cora told her to hold on. Slowly the nervousness began to evaporate and, at the end of the first year, Delk knew she would be able to stay. In 1962, students from Harvard, Boston University, and Andover Newton took buses south to join the Freedom Rides. On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, they went into a restaurant reserved only for whites. After a number of students crossed the line with her on the Eastern Shore_the same students Delk had refused to speak to the year before -she was willing to speak where she hadn't before when school resumed in the fall. Women's Day. Delk was graduated from seminary the next year with a clear agenda: return to the Convention of the South to serve as a Christian educator. Rev. Alston helped find her a position at the First Congregational Church in Atlanta. Most of her activities -Sunday school, youth groups, and other programs- took place in the church basement, and it was while she presided there that Delk received her next gift: She found her voice. First Congregational Church loved holding Women's Days, and hosted them with a full slate of activities. On one particular Women's Day, because of a mix-up, no one had picked up the keynote speaker. "Well, these wonderful women with prestigious careers panicked about what they were going to do about a Women's Day speaker," recalled Delk. "I'm teaching in the bowels of the church when down comes this cadre of women saying, "Miss Delk, we would like you to be our Women's Day speaker. Since you are the new staff here, we thought this would be a wonderful time for you to talk about yourself and to tell us about your ministry." Whereupon they slapped on me a corsage that covered my entire left side and let me contemplate what I would offer for the morning worship service of Women's Day. I had 15 minutes to prepare." "From the moment I stepped into that pulpit the Spirit was present and God spoke in a mighty way. When I finished people stood up and applauded. This was on 15 minutes notice you know, but God was in the word. I became aware of my ability to speak in a way that moved and motivated people, that communicated with their hearts." The boundary of the basement was beginning to crumble. What the world was ready for? Two years later Delk moved from the prosperous African-American Gold Coast Church in Atlanta to the German evangelical First Reformed Church in Cincinnati, from the knee-deep plush carpets of black newspaper owners and doctors to the decaying mansions of beer barons on Cincinnati's West Side. It was a neighborhood in transition. Poor Appalachian whites and Southern blacks were moving in. The First Reformed pastor was white. The musician was white. The church used German hymnals, and its stained-glass windows were dedicated to old German families. The senior pastor called Yvonne because he had a vision for an interracial church. But in the four years she was there, the church school and the youth ministries became all black. The Sunday worship dwindled to a small group of German whites and a few new black families. As hard as the staff struggled for an inclusive church, it was clear that in the end First Reformed would be a predominantly African-American church. It was between 1965 and 1969. First Reformed was the only African-American church in the UCC's Ohio conference. Well-meaning whites who genuinely wanted to deal with race issues came there to worship, to help in work camps, to donate food and clothing. They wanted to experience the inner city. But one day, kids from the neighborhood told Yvonne that they were "tired of those white people coming down here looking at us as if we are in the zoo." "I knew what it felt like to be vulnerable, when I felt on display, and I knew we would never build race relations on that model," recalled Delk. "As long as the whites were coming to offer something to this situation that was deficient in some way, it fostered the feeling that we were the objects and they were the subjects. It wouldn't work." Martin Luther King's death in 1968 was a critical catalyst for change. After his assassination, the whole neighborhood exploded. "You could hear kids taking to the streets in anger; their shouting bouncing off the apartment buildings, "Martin is dead". Folks started saying, "Whitey go home. We don't need you here teaching this stuff. We don't need you here watching us." The events forced the hardest conversations Delk has ever had, as the white staff struggled with the question of whether, after 10 years, it was time for them to go. They were never able to bridge that pain. Delk felt she had failed the vision. The March on Washington was Martin King's call for integration, not for nationalism and separatism. That which had propelled her to be part of an interracial staff was that which, as events unfolded, pulled the church further apart. In the end, they had to abandon the vision. It was a painful moment of redefining boundaries. Delk left First Reformed the next year for a position as Secretary for Urban and Black Church Education for the UCC Board of Homeland Ministries in Boston. After her initial preaching experiences, she sensed she had limited the boundaries of her ministry. She had to ask herself whether she had internalized limits based on what she thought the world was ready for. "I had to say to myself, as I have said to many women since then, you don't wait for them to get ready for you. You step in the fullness of God's gifts and you let God make a way." Say it loud. "From the time my eyes were opened and I could embrace the beauty of who I was, and I was able to release all of the negative images of Tarzan and the natives, the indignities by which this country tried to justify the inhuman act of slavery, I had a longing to go to Africa, to step on the Mother Land for myself. I didn't want anybody else to do it for me." In the spring of 1970, Yvonne Delk spent four months in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. In a huge church in Ghana, parishioners brought her to the pulpit with the singing bands dancing around her. Embracing her, they said, "This Sunday morning we welcome back our daughter who has been living in the United States. The only reason she's there and we're here is because our great-great-great-grandfathers ran faster than hers did. Our daughter has come home." She wanted to hear the talking drums, to hear songs in the native language. So they took her to a village where Ashanti sisters were waiting. They taught her how to sing with the choir of drums. Then they asked her to teach a song. She taught them "Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn; Pharaoh's army got drowned. Oh Mary, don't you weep." She sang, then the drums picked it up, then everyone started singing. The melancholy harmony echoed in the hills. At the University of Ghana in Legon she learned to wrap her hair with bits of cord like her great-grandmother had done, and how to wear African dress. She talked with students about her hero Kwame Nkrumah and the Pan-African Movement. She spoke in front of hundreds of kids at a high school assembly, saying, "I come with a word from James Brown "Say it loud!" They shouted back, "I'm Black and I'm proud!" Everyone around her was black. "In the so-called United States of America, I was a minority. But when I stepped on that African ground, I was among millions who were the majority." Four months later Delk was ready to resign her job and return to Africa to teach. But Rev. Alston told her she couldn't leave, that she had to bring her gift back home. That is when her grandmother came back to her - Grandma Julia Anna Delk, the Rev. Julia Anna Delk, who at the turn of the century answered God's call to ministry and got used in a mighty way. It was time to move from commissioned lay worker to ordained minister. Staying power. In 1974, Delk became the first African American woman to be ordained in the United Church of Christ. "When I announced to my family that I wanted to be ordained, my mother just smiled as if to say "Well, I just wondered how long it would take.'" The ordination was such a big moment in the life of our church as well as for me. There was such a sense of pride in the African-American churches here in Norfolk that I had taken this step. I learned that ordination is not about setting apart but about setting within." "I wanted so much for my grandmother to know I had said yes to God. It was unusual for a woman of her day to be a mother of three and to go into the ministry as well. But she rose quickly in the First United Holiness Church in America as one of its outstanding women. She not only pastored, but headed the First United Holiness Women's Missionary Society." Yvonne Delk stands in a circle of women who anoint her, push her forward and, like her great-great grandmother, speak to her through dreams. One night, not long before her ordination, she dreamed she was surrounded by her grandmother, Julia, and mother, Cora, Mary McLeod Bethune, Sojourner Truth, and Mother Tatnall, a woman who had been called into ministry by her grandmother. "There was a powerful light emanating from these women to me. In my dream they were all my age at that time, as if to make it clear that I was a part of each of them and they were a part of me. I just thanked God for this clearest revelation that the power of these women was in me, authorizing, calling, affirming my gift of ordination." These are all women who lived beyond the boundaries, a place Delk also lives, because she knows that in the world as God intends, the community is not broken by race or gender. "I grew up in a society where I knew I could not count on white America to move in the interest of me or my family, where I could not envision a white person ever sitting at my table. But the gospel of Jesus Christ says the community is never complete until all of us are there. I had to figure out how to step toward that community in a way that wasn't based on the pain of the past or the deep wounds that I feel. It had to be based on something that would let me stay." "The gospel's call to a new community is not based on whether or not you honor me. If it is based only on that, then I'm eventually going to walk away," she continued. "The staying power comes from my belief that I'm called to be in relationship. I can't be wishy-washy about it. I can't let picking up the newspaper and seeing that black people have once again been slaughtered someplace like Jasper, Texas, deter me from my goal. It has got to be a binding covenant relationship." There is a balm. This year Delk celebrates 25 years of ordained ministry and turns 60. She is freer now than she has ever been. Free from the shackles of having to prove anything to anybody. It can be hard to be a "first," and Delk has a long list of "firsts": the first black woman to be ordained in the United Church of Christ and first woman nominated to be president of the denomination; first woman and first black executive director of the Community Renewal Society, a 114-year-old Chicago urban mission agency. In 1979 she received the UCC's Antoinette Brown Award given to a senior woman and a younger woman in ministry and in 1994 the YWCA's Sojourner Truth Racial Justice award. Delk has invitations to teach in Africa and is building a resource network for black women in ministry, but the scripture passage that has chosen her in retirement is simply, "Be still and know." She's gone back to reading Toni Morrison's Beloved, especially the scene describing The Clearing where, as Morrison writes, "Baby Suggs said, `Let the children come!' and they ran from the trees toward her. `Let your mothers hear you laugh,' she told them, and the woods rang." For Yvonne Delk, her Clearing is beginning to unfold. She is learning to listen with attention and clarity. She's learning to celebrate the younger ones who are coming up. It is the world as God intends. Delk is listening to jazz now. On Wednesday nights she goes to hear Connie Parker sing at a little club called The Painted Lady, named after a boat that used to move through the Norfolk waterways. She's also going back to the spirituals, to the original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Her nieces are introducing her to Kirk Franklin and Nubian Nation. "They see their ancient aunt, born in the `30s, is now home. Music is a good bonding thing for us. We are building a bridge from where I have been to where they are." The evening sun spills like honey on the harbor. A breeze picks up and sends the chains on the Long Island clinking. Birds scavenge around fishing boats heading home for the night. So we end where we began, nearly. "I was at the Hampton Institute the other day with my brother," she says. "We were remembering when he graduated from there in 1958. Graduation was held in the chapel built all with the labor of slaves, the blood, sweat, and tears of a people yearning to be free. It has no nails in it. The choir sang, "There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. There is a balm to make the wounded whole.'" You know, you can't travel this world without some wounds. It is a wonderful thing to know there is a place where you can surrender all, and feel the power of the music giving you permission to flow the boundaries." ROSE MARIE BERGER is an assistant editor of Sojourners http://www.faithandvalues.com/tx/00/00/03/30/3087/index.html permission to reprint articles from Sojourners magazine Source: SojoMail http://www.sojo.net/sojomail ====================== Racial Justice 2000 Conference: Death Record Index The Library of Virginia
XII. DOCTORS, NURSES, DENTISTS, HEALTH CARE, & BIOLOGISTS Here some of our Delk cousins involved in the world of Health & Medicine. As usual, names in red have not been plotted in the family tree, any additional info on these individuals would be appreciated. Alvin L. Delk, DDS - General Dentist 1725 E 87th St. Olympia Fields, IL 60461 Ph: 773-721-3366 http://chicago.doctoroogle.com Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College, FOCUS, Volume XLI, Number 3 www.abac.edu [93] August 5, 2002 Care and Concern Former ABAC nursing faculty member Sandie Delk has been hospitalized twice this summer with medical problems that, at this point are undiagnosed. She is at home and under the care of several physicians. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Smith College, April/May 2003 We’re ALL Outta Here! -- News from some of the Graduating Seniors Carolyn Delk: I’m off to California’s sunny East Bay for osteopathic medical school, conveniently located 20 minutes from the Napa Valley and 45 from the heart of San Francisco. None of this would be possible without Jayne’s advice and chocolate—thanks, Jayne XIII. FEEDBACK: Readers Comments, Corrections, Correspondences This space is reserved for you and your comments, messages and offers.
XIV. DELK COUSINS INVOLVED IN TEACHING & EDUCATION The idea to present Delks involved in education was made by
Name: Cheryl Delk, Director, Intensive English Program Address: Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL Georgia State University, MSC #4C1250 PO Box 4099 Atlanta, GA 30302-4099 Telephone (office): 404-463-9352 Email: cdelk@gsu.edu http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=39507 Christine Delk speech teacher, Birdneck Elementary School, 957 South Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia http://www.birdneckes.vbcps.k12.va.us/specialed.htm Ms. Erin Delk edelk wesleyanschool.
orgSeventh Grade English 2005-2006 Wesleyan School, 5405 Spalding Drive, Norcross, Georgia Education Foundation Inc. of Caldwell County North Carolina Executive Board - Frances Delk, President http://sc.caldwellschools.com/education/dept/dept.php?sectionid=127
www.ratemyprofessors.com Jessica Delk Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC Department: Communication 3/27/03 public speech : She's a great teacher...just a grad student right now but one day she is going to have a great job and make lots and lots of money. She is the best teacher/sister anyone could have!!! Dr. Kay Delk of Florida's Seminole Community College (delkk@scc-fl.edu), who started teaching Lotus 1-2-3 over the Internet to five students in 1996. http://www.course.com/itlink/postsecondary/archives/spring03/curriculumcorner.cfm
Paulette Jones Delk, Associate Professor of Law The University of Memphis TN - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 3715 Central Ave Memphis, TN 38152 http://www.law.memphis.edu/faculty/delk.html www.ratemyteachers.com/schools/tennessee/hendersonville/beech_high_school Name: Delk Steve; Subject: Math; last rated:3/24/04 Ratings:2; overall: 4.5 3/24/04 3 5 5 Coach Delk rocks!! He's a great teacher and the coolest! 3/16/04 4 5 3 Coach Delk is not only a great teacher and mentor, he's a great friend and I will miss him when I graduate and go off to college. note: The rating says he teaches math but the entries mention him as "Coach Delk" so I am guessing he is a coach as well. http://www.saintbarths.com/School/AboutUs.asp St. Bartholomew, 2036 Buechel Bank Road, Louisville, KY 40218 a pre-K - through Grade 8 program, is a diverse and inclusive school community of parents, students, staff and parish creating an environment based on Christ-centered in the Roman Catholic tradition. Faculty: Spanish/Algebra/ Library Mrs. Susan Delk Birdneck Elementary School. 957 South Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Mrs. Delk, Hello! I'm so glad you are visiting the Speech and Language webpage! I hope you find it helpful and informative! This is my fifth year doing speech therapy, and my second year in Virginia Beach. I traveled throughout the district last year and am happy to be full time at Birdneck. I was born and raised in South Carolina and worked in the public schools there for three years before moving up here. My family consists of me, my husband, and our dog, Leo. I love my job very much! There is no greater reward than having a student succeed. Contact Information: E-mail: chdelk@vbschools.com Phone number: 437-4819 ext. 53498 XV. CALIFORNIA DEATHS 1940 - 1997 Family Tree Legends recently made the California Death 1940-1997 records free to the general public. In this database are 234 Delks. Many of the Delks listed are descendants of Heinrich Delk who immigrated to America in 1876 from Mariupol, a german speaking colony, in Russia near the Black Sea. I managed to identify 97 of those Delks listed. The remaining 137 I am listing below. Can anyone identify any of the individuals below? If so, please share as to how they tie into either the Roger Delk or Heinrich Delk lines. Listed in order of Death Date
XVI. COMING UP IN FUTURE ISSUES Here are a few ideas I have that will be handled In the next or upcoming issues:
XVII. CLOSING COMMENTS As always I ask for help. I would appreciate anyone contributing an article, an autobiography, family stories, family heirlooms, family recipes, homestead or grave sites info pertaining to our family's history. If you know of a cousin that is not on the mailing list, let me know. Share your wisdom with the family. If anyone can offer photos or scans that would be great. Maybe together we can create a big On-Line Delk Photo Album. Let me know what interests you! |
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