The New Pittsburgh Courier has happily learned that Deaconess Gertie Mae Vance turned 100 years young on May 19! Born May 19, 1921, to the late Homer D. Rush and Minerva Rush in Parkdale, Arkansas, her parents were owners of a cotton field and corner family store. Ms. Vance married her school sweetheart Robert Vance, … Continued

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