Just a reminder... Please forward to your membership. Monthly MeetingCherryhurst Park Community Center1700 Missouri StHouston, TX 77006July 22, 2008, 7:00 p.m.Pastor Robert Robertson from Bethel Baptist Church will speak to the Neartown Assocation about College Park Cemetery, and will show us the plan for the restoration of the historic cemetary, which is curently underway at 3500 West Dallas. The cemetery is the final resting place of the Reverend Jack Yates. Yates, a former slave, taught the virtues of land ownership among the newly emancipated, worked as a drayman, was an ordained minister and founded Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church.We will be looking at the cemetery restoration in the contest of the larger greenspace plan for Neartown.Return to Meetings Map data ©2008 LeadDog Consulting, Tele Atlas - Terms of Use ©Copyright 2008 Neartown Association — Post Office Box 130320 —Houston, Texas 77219 — All Rights ReservedPhotography, Website Design and Hosting by Mark Johnson Photography
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