Hedge Family

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Hedge Family

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.280

Scope and Content

Hedge Family St. Joseph News-Press February 25, 2007 is a picture of Rev. Bill Hedge and Mrs. Hedge who were inducted into the Black Archives Hall of Fame for their roles as leaders in St. Joseph. Black Men and women broke barriers and overcame odds to get to where they are today. Leechia Jones is family planning educator for Family Guidance Center. People in the community have depended on her for close to 30 years. John Haskell left St. Joseph and joined the Air force. He retired from the Air force after 21 years. He says he owes his success and work ethic to his parents, John and Madeline Haskell, who ran Haskell's Fruit Market on Messanie in the 1950s. The Rev. Bill Hedge was the minister of St. Francis Baptist Church. He also worked as a teacher, coach and administration in the St. Joseph School district. Mrs. Hedge won the national Milken Award for teaching excellence in 1996. Melissa Johnson is employed at Cerner Corp. in Kansas City as a learning consultant. Leo Blakley is working as an apprenticeship approval developer for the state of Missouri. He is also a retired educator who takes education seriously. He learned this from his parents. Martin Rucker is Missouri House of Representatives, 29th District. This is his second term. He made history three years ago when he was the first black from a rural area of Northwest Missouri ever elected to the state House of Representatives. Rob Tillman is the owner of Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Specialty Centers in Arkansas . He has worked rehabilitative magic on the likes of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and members of the Arkansas Razorbacks sports teams. St. Joseph News-Press February 23, 2007 is a photocopy of Rev. and Mrs. Hedge being added to the Black Archives Hall of Frame. St. Joseph News-Press March 25, 2007 there are pictures of Art, Hall of Fame inductees honored at Black Archives. The pictures are of Linda and Evern Thrower Jr., Councilwoman Joyce Starr, Christopher Madden, Antonio Ganaway, Joe Mays, Allan Lowenberg, Kae Mays Rev. William Hedge, and Loes Hedge. St. Joseph News-Press January 14, 2010 St. Joseph woman continues to teach the lessons of Dr. King is the title of an article in that newspaper. Her picture is also in the newspaper. She lived 80 miles from Memphis when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. A happy first anniversary to Pastor W. A. & First Lady Loes Hedge is on a photocopied paper. The date is 4/ 13/ 03.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

Search Terms

Black History, Hedge Family

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 5, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leo Blakley

Person or Organization

Antonio Ganaway

Person or Organization

John Haskell

Person or Organization

Rev. Bill Hedge

Person or Organization

Loes Hedge

Person or Organization

Melissa Johnson

Person or Organization

Leechia Jones

Person or Organization

Allan Lowenberg

Person or Organization

Christopher Madden

Person or Organization

Haskell Madeline

Person or Organization

Joe Mays

Person or Organization

Mays, Kae

Person or Organization

Martin Rucker

Person or Organization

Joyce Starr

Person or Organization

Even Thrower

Person or Organization

Linda Thrower

Person or Organization

Rob Tillman