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September 24, 1980 - Image 3

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Michigan Citizen, 1980-09-24

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Harbor City C r)
gr ciou y offered ir
pport and service to the
Finl y family for th dur
ti of Don' total reco rye
commun­
o ghout the
ster of
Cerernonie pr the
00Wl, ary Jo ph
d members of the Bene-
fit Committ for tb ir
outstandi Ie d
haid in organizin
Finley Family Benefit
Fund tivity.
A . nt pr yer time
preceded other comments
- by immediate member of
the Finley family and
friend . Out of town
e ts ere recognized for
their dedication to drive
many miles to particip te
in this succe 1 Benton
bor Community func­
tion.
Captain Turner bought
me s for the Finley
family from thr of Don
Finley' long time friends.
Che er er "Chet The
Jet - retired profe ·0 al
ba etball pl yer and no
Hollywood ovie Pro-
ducer ith Zeb Br un Pic-
ures in Hollywood
C . rnia; Dr. Charles T.
Th
of the State of
Educa . on ci-
ation E) Civil Rights
Di . ion-cited by Ebony
agazin in 1980 one of
the mo t influential Bl
Educator in the United
St te ; and Lt. J Hall,
Commander t the . chi­
gan St te Po' emy­
the fir Bla Sta te police­
th S1 te of
Joseph, chair-
an d th Benefit
Commit member
pre nted th don ted fund
to IS.Irm Jean Fin] y.
mbers of th Finley
family pre nt for this
Benefit Ceremony in ddi-
. n to Don's ife Jean
and his mother in Finley
re his . rs; Be erly
Clark d Bonita Finley
and r Eric Finley-
a member of the United
State Corp;
Jean Finley's n
Ruth Fitzpatrick and Betty
Ridgel; d nep Leo-
n d Gu and his e,
and a cou' arlene COl')'.
Captain Turner, . his
clo . renwks ted t
. hishlY motivated and
. cere Benton Harbor com-
munity effort . oa-goi
un til Don totally
reco ered," Turner reque t­
ed that any other individ-
uals, bu . s, or organi-
zation ho desire to
participate ould p on
any contributions to the
C . oman, ary Jo h
or member of the com-
mittee hich include:
Dinnie itchell Sam, at-
on, Dollie Gilmore, J.T.
Bogan, Lew' Jo ph,
Ronnie J one Duane . t­
chell, Perona itchell, ar­
jorie Griffin, orman Gue
Leonard Gue Jim Ben-­
nett, James "R r" Brown,
Anne Y te Diane De-
amie Yarbrough
Ci ommi . n
ic ey' Yar-
PAG 3

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