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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING ALICE ELIZABETH DANDRIDGE-TURNER
WHEREAS, Alice Elizabeth Dandridge-Turner was born to Berry and Sarah Dandridge on December 25, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee. She celebrated her 100th birthday on Christmas Day 2019; and
WHEREAS, Alice received her early education at home from her mother and father, and her religious training from her aunt, Ms. Hattie Bradley, at New Sardis Missionary Baptist Church. She attended elementary school at McKinney School where her teacher Nellie Roberts soon recognized her special talents. Both Ms. Bradley and Ms. Roberts placed her in leadership positions in school to help her understand her potential; and
WHEREAS, Alice subsequently attended LeMoyne College, now LeMoyne-Owen College, in Memphis Tennessee, Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee and Wilberforce University in Dayton, Ohio where she graduated Cum Laude. She later attended Chicago Teacher's College in Chicago, where she worked toward a master's degree in Education; and
WHEREAS, as a young person, Alice participated in Sunday School, Baptist Young People's Union, Sunshine Band, and the Children's Choir at New Sardis M.B. Church. As she matured, she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and joined the church in the days when everyone had to kneel at the "Mourner's Bench" and confess their sins in order to accept the Lord as their savior. She was then baptized in a gravel pit filled with rain water on the side of the road because their church had been burned to the ground. It was reported that the church was burned because the leaders couldn't raise enough money to pay the note on the church. Eventually, her father who was a deacon and others raised enough money to build another church; and
WHEREAS, Alice comes from a long line of strong and generous women. Her mother Sarah Dandridge lived to be 101 years old. Her father's mother Vinnie Dandridge lived to 105. Her mother served on the Mother's Board of New Sardis M.B. Church where she worked with ...
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