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The
mission of The Tri-State Defender’s Men of Excellence is to
acknowledge and celebrate African American men who personify the
exemplary qualities of respect, responsibility, passion, brotherhood
and leadership.
Awards Reception
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Peabody • Skyway Room
149 Union Avenue, 38103
6:00 p.m.
Program followed by Dancing and Live Music
2009 HONOREESCalvin Anderson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
Evan Arrindell, World Wide Label & Pkg
D'Army Bailey, Attorney/Author/Retired Judge
Ronald Baldridge, P.I.A.N.O. Inc.
Frank Banks, Banks and Holeyfield
David Boyd, DBO's Buffalo Wings-N-Things
Otha Brandon, Comcast
Ken Brown, MPA, JD, PhD, UT Health Science Center (UTHSC)
Shannon A. Brown, FedEx Express
James Buckhalter, Buck's Almost Anything Moving
Kriner Cash, PhD, Memphis City Schools
Curtis Chism, Onix
Cliff Dates, CDA Global Security
Larry O. Finch, Former University of Memphis Basketball Coach
Markey Grandberry and
Derrick Robinson, Mo' Money Taxes
The Honorable
G. A. Hardaway, Sr., Tennessee State Representative
The Honorable
Willie W. Herenton, PhD, Former Memphis Mayor
Jeffery T. Higgs, LeMoyne Owen College Community Development Corp.
William Jackson, Memphis Health Center
Robert Johnson, Johnson Bryce
Fred Jones, Southern Heritage Classic
Mark Anthony Lesure, Memphis Police Department
Robert Lipscomb, Memphis Housing Authority
Ike Logan, Fresh Slices
Nathan Lucas, DPM, Advanced Foot & Ankle Center
Jevon Marshall, Memphis City Schools
Johnny B. Moore, SunTrust Bank Memphis
Henry Nelson, WRBO-FM/WKIM-FM
Willie Nelson, Nelson, Inc.
A. C. Pendleton, Coventry Healthcare
O. C. Pleasant, Jr., O.C. Pleasant Insurance
Lawrence Ragland, Progressive Baptist Church/Paris Youth Enrichment Project
Eric Robertson, Center City Commission
R. Lemoyne Robinson, City University School
Juan Self and
Jimmy Tucker, Self Tucker Architects
Greg Shaw, DMV, Pope Animal Clinic
Jason Smith, City of Memphis - Whitehaven Community Center
Stephen F. Smith, Sure House Church, Inc.
Bernal Smith, Sr., Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis
Mark Stansbury Sr., LeMoyne Owen College
Ivory Taylor, PhD, Taylor Brown Apothecary
Vroi Taylor, Citizens Bank
Charlie (Chuck) Thomas III, AT&T
Darryl Tufuku, Ph., Crichton College
Michael Ugwueke, MD, Methodist Healthcare
Clinton Vaughn, Jr., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Charles Wallace, Jr., MD, Urologist
Curtis Weathers, Memphis Academy of Health Science
Alonzo Weaver, MLGW
Shep Wilburn, Shelby County Election Commission
