EVELYN BRYANT BURKETT’58, of Hot Springs, died December 26, 2015. She was born Feb.ruary 21, 1935, in Arkadelphia, the daughter of James Monroe and Savillo Jefferson Bryant. She attended Peake High School, graduating Salutatorian, class of 1954. Burkett attended AM&N College, now UAPB, and graduated in 1958 with honors, receiving a bachelor’s degree in business. She attended the University of Ohio in Athens, earning a master’s degree in economics. Burkett taught at AM&N and Texas Southern University in Houston. In Pine Bluff, she was a member of Mt. Pleasant AME Church, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and established Burkett Realtors.
ROSELLA M. BARDLEY’48 of Washington, D.C., died November 13, 2015, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Silver Spring, MD. She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. Bardley. ROSELLA M. BARDLEY was a 1944 graduate of Dunbar High School and a 1948 graduate of Arkansas AM&N College.
WILBUR COLEMAN’52, of North Little Rock, formerly of Holly Grove, AR, died Friday, March 4, 2016. A 1970 graduate of Arkansas AM&N College (UAPB), he also was a Vietnam Veteran and a retiree with the Arkansas Employment Security Division. His parents, Henry “Zeke” Coleman and Willie Estelle Coleman; two brothers, Henry Coleman and James Perry; two sisters, Blonzella Campbell, and Rebecca Fears; and one grandson, Brian Bell, preceded him in death.
HERMAN LEE FEASTER’52, died Saturday, November 21, 2015, at Baptist Health Hospital - Louisville, KY. He was born November 13, 1928, in Warren, Arkansas, the son of John Sullivan and Ethel Angeline (Ross) Feaster. He was the fourth of nine siblings. Herman attended Warren Public School System, graduating from Bradley County High School, "class of 1947.” After graduation he attended Shorter Jr. College in North Little Rock, Arkansas on an athletic scholarship. After his first year he transferred to Arkansas Mechanical & Normal College, now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Herman majored in Agricultural Education; minoring in Biology. While at AM&N, he participated in various organizations, including his initiation into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., on November 9, 1949. Herman received his Bachelor of Science Degree on May 27, 1952. On January 27, 1953, he married his college sweetheart, Theresa Nunn of Brinkley, Arkansas. Upon graduating college, they moved to Flint where he was gainfully employed with Chevrolet Truck & Bus, a division of General Motors for 12 years. Herman attended GMI for training as a Tool & Dye Machinist. PAULINE FEASTER WALLACE ’47, of Warren, died Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Inpatient Hospice of Little Rock. Born November 24, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Sullivan and Ethel A. Ross Feaster. She was a graduate of Bradley County High School class of 1942 where she was salutatorian. She received an associate degree from Shorter College and baccalaureate degree in elementary education with concentration in home economics from Arkansas AM&N College. She was a member of St. James AME Church in Warren, serving as Sunday School
He began his educational career teaching, Science at Jefferson Community School, while obtaining his certification at the Horace M. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. After he went on to serve as Community School Director at Jefferson. His work experiences lead him to work as a CSD & IMC Clerk at Roy I. Wilkins Elementary School, as well as a science Teacher. Herman received his Master of Arts in Administration from Eastern Michigan University on June 5, 1971. He retired from Flint Public Schools in 1995 as a Chapter One Social Services Field Worker at Brownell and Martin Elementary School. Herman was a member of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church and an active member on the Trustee and Usher Boards, Men's Fellowship Club, Laymen's Organization and served on the Security Ministry Team. Herman was involved in many community organizations including the NAACP, Urban League, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Flint, Eureka Lodge #16 FA&M, Saginaw Valley Consistory #71 Epsilon Upsilon Lamda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Life Member), and the UAPB Alumni Association.
teacher, assistant director of the senior choir, member of the trustee board, steward board, bereavement committee, prayer team, president of the matron club and chairman of remodeling the old church, also chairman of building the present sanctuary. She was also a member of the Order of Easter Star, Pride of Harrel Chapter, Lodge #247, Gladiola Flower Club, Education Club, Home Economics Club and the Delta Sigma Theta Club. She married J.T. Wallace on January 9, 1954, their union was blessed with two sons. She was a former teacher in the Warren School District, where she taught third and fourth grade for 34 years.