e essa La ham
ero ned Miss Covert
ele Latham,
overt, ha high
fter graduating
overt High chool in
J un, e plan to join the
U.S ir Force and train to be
pil t.
Latham captured her
titled b fore a crowd of 367
peopl Sund y ftern n arch
3, t Covert High School udi­
torium.
The 17 -year-old Co ert High
School enior is the first young
om to ear the i Covert
crown inee 1977 when th last
Co rt queen conte t w s held.
. Latham i the daughter
of Jam and Betty Latham,
76881 30th Avenue Covert.
The new iss Co ert as
cted from fi ld of nine
cont tant. Traci Thorn 17,
th d u hter of Arnold and
anda Thomas, Route 1
overt wa
runner-up.
ho
and
E.
cho n a second-runner-up.
Kimberly Glover 17 a
nior t Covert High School,
a selected by her fello
contestants . ss Congeniality.
Her legal guardians are alter
and Lorett Loyd, 21766
-140 South Haven.
Iter winning th crown
iss Latham commended
"It's unbelievable." The petite,
fi -f t II hazel y d burnet e
•
i a drum majorette and play
the clarinet in the Covert High
School Band.
Th new Covert will
represent Covert in th 19 5
Blo mtime P eant,
which ill be held arch 25
at 8 p.m. in the La eshore
High Sch 01 uditorium.
THE CITIZEN
7
VBUCO announces annua I
pring Tea
Spring Tea is one of our fund­
r i ing efforts which maintains
the ivic Center and spon or
th program for you and
th community' aid Pre ident
Fried Brown. -
Tabl Chairman re Ii b-
dullah Table I· lizabeth
Ills Table 2; Je netta Taylor,
Table 3; Melvie Smith, T bl 4·
Erma Mill r, Table 5.
e need and elcome your
support. Donations are accept­
ed Br wn said. Elizab th
Glenn i Chairman and Cora
Farley, o-Chairman.
Lath m,
court - Traci Thorn fi t nann roup,
Con iality. nsf n Hay photo
chel
Greer,
Bent n Harbor polic
itchell C. Greer 39 w
dead turday afterno n
car that appareently had
running while I eked in hi ar
ag at 272 . mpire Ave.
The body of itchell
Greer, 39, was d i covered ab u t
noon by hi brother. R b rt ,
after a relative ailed bert
and rep rted it hell wa I
ed in the gara e a rdin to
Patrolman Tim 0 Brien.
OBrien id itchell Greer'
relative reported he had been
depressed lately abou t money
probl ms nd not being able to
find a job.
Robert Green broke into the
g ra nd found hi br ther
dead in ide the car 0 Brien
aid. Th car a not running
but he ignition w s on and th
battery wa dad, 0 Brien id.
All th wind w were do n
about four inche and th car
apparently had been running
but had run ut of g s he added.
The b dy a taken to
em rial pital in St. Jo ph
where preliminary bl d te t
ho ed carbon m no ide
poi oning a the caus of death
ae ording to Dr. Paul Tam
i tant Berrien County medical
non­
our
E EASIE
H I F SHIO
SHO
examiner.
Funer )
ednesday
rvi e ill be held
arch 13 at 1 p.m.
Mitch II .
G r
at
hurch,
will be in
Gardens.
A wak� was held Tue d v,
at Robbins Brother hapel,
Benton Harbor, fr m 7 to 8
p.m.
r. Greer a born June 2
1945, in Humboldt Tenn. H
was a veteran of the Vietn m
War.
Survivors include: one
daughter - Lovie Hope of
Benton Harbor: three ister -
Mrs. Carolyn Burnett Ward of
Kalamazoo and Shirley White­
low of Phoenix, Ariz.· and on
borther, Robert Gre r of Benton
Harbor.
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WILLIE CL VDE WIL­
HITE SR., 78, of 1062
Trail Lan 1 • Joseph, died
March 5 a1 erey Hospital,
Benton Harbor, following
a long iIln�s.
Funeral rvices were
h Id at Second Baptist
Church, Benton Harbor.
The Robbins Brothers
Funeral Horne, Benton Har­
bor were in charge. The
bOd'y w s transferrea to th
H nson Funeral Home Pine
Bluff, Ark., and addilional
services were Id at the
Damascus Missionary Bap­
tist Church, Pine Bluff.
Burial was In Henson Cem -
t tv,
Mr .: Wilhite was born
April 3, 1906, in Tucker,
Ark., and had resided here
for 1 0 �ears.
Survivors include one
daughterJ Mrs. Ora Sanders
of st. oseph, four sons
Julius Caesar Wilhite 0#
Pi Bluff, Willie Clyde
Wilhite Jr., of Richmond,
Calif •. , Paul Wilhite of Ben­
ton narbo!, and Elijah Gil­
bert of Memphis. T nn.;
12 grandchildren: and on
brother, Willie Mooreh ad
of Pine Bluff. He wa!
preceded in death by his
Wif.1 Bessi M ,on July
15, 973.
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ROBERT HILL JR., 56,
522 Columbus St., Benton
Harbor, died March 8 at
Berrien General Hospital,
Berrien Center, following a
lengthy illness.
Funeral arrangements
will be handled by Robbins
Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor.
Mr. Hi" was born Feb.
25, 1929, in Amite, La.
He lived in this area for
nine months.
Survivors include: his
wife, Odeal Hill of Pon­
chatoula, La.; two sons -
Reginald James of Benton
Harbor, and Johnny Hill of
New Orleans, La.: three
daughters - Annie Mae Hill
and Emma Hill, both of
Ponchat ula, and Eloise Wil­
liams of Texas; two bro­
thers - Herman Hili of
Benton Harbor, and Shelly
Hill of New Orleans.
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