O M E G A : Chapter of Sweet Rest Memorial Hospital Trustee Board, on which he served; the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP); Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors, on which he had served– for over 20 years–as Virginia’s eldest county supervisor prior to his death; and the Department of Social Services. Hudson was a member of Lombardy Grove Baptist Church in South Hill, where served as a Sunday school teacher for more than 40 years. In 1940, he was ordained as a deacon and served faithfully as chairman of the church’s deacon board for more than 57 years. He entered Omega Chapter on April 30, 2010.
Amos M. Jordan was initiated in 1968 and was a member of Gamma Iota Lambda Chapter in Brooklyn, N.Y. Brother Jordan, who held a Doctor of Education degree, was a longtime educator and lecturer. He also served for many years as advisor to Delta Chi Chapter at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York. He was a longtime member and the historian of his church, the historic Bridge Street Church in Brooklyn. From 1854 to 1938 it was the African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, the first black congregation in Brooklyn. Jordan, along with several other octogenarians, was honored by the African Episcopal Methodist (AME)
Church’s First Episcopal District in July, 2010. The Church noted in a special publication that Jordan and others were “persons who have trained, mentored, strengthened, and helped us to develop and grow spiritually over the years.” He entered Omega Chapter in late-August 2010.
Garrett Laws was initiated into Alpha on Sept. 1, 1939, at Phi Lambda Chapter in Raleigh, N.C. He earned a degree in agricultural economics from The Agricultural and Technical College of North
Cook Was Leading Educator in Texas Robert “Bob” A. Cook, 77, of Beaumont, Texas, was a member of Gamma Tau Lambda Chapter in Beaumont. He was initiated in 1949 at Gamma Alpha Chapter at Texas College in Tyler, Texas. Cook earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Southern University (now Southern University and A&M College) in Baton Rouge, La., and a Master in Education degree at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. His other academic pursuits included studies at Lamar University in Beaumont; Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.; and State University of New York. Cook’s serving two years with the U.S. Army was followed by his return to Beaumont, where he worked with the Beaumont Independent School District in the positions of teacher, assistant principal, principal of Dunbar Junior High School, and principal of Beaumont-Charlton-Pollard High
School. In 1975, Cook was promoted to assistant superintendent for administration. He retired from the school district in 1991 after 39 years of service. Later as a lecture-consultant to educational-secretaries groups, he addressed local, state and regional conferences, conventions and workshops on efficiency and etiquette skills and professional responsibilities. Cook’s personal and professional memberships and committees on which he served are too numerous to list entirely; however, in addition to Alpha Phi Alpha, a few included: McCabeRoberts Avenue United Methodist Church in Beaumont; the Beaumont Board of Missions, on which he served as vice president; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), of which he was a golden heritage member; and
Brother Cook waves to the crowd.
The Thousandaire Club, of which he was charter member. He was a shareholder in the Church Builders Fellowship and an ardent supporter of Some Other Place, an ecumenical mission in urban ministry in Beaumont. Cook entered Omega Chapter on March 23, 2010. H Winter 2011H THE SPHINX
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