Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane Sr., Esquire

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m7KaGSd7CE0zFsUM1j6etMibtpmHLEexfFLq8DQla4lzixjuaYx9YcXW0gQGoJE38iQRGChFhD1k2YOMQMZgBx8kWyXKmJEhku2PW8vvw1NG_HPCdujSExSaTFMNHfVlOjAWAo3FN3Y/s1600/Rev.+Glenwood+P.+Roane+Esquire+20081211_NaantaanbuCommemoration_400px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m7KaGSd7CE0zFsUM1j6etMibtpmHLEexfFLq8DQla4lzixjuaYx9YcXW0gQGoJE38iQRGChFhD1k2YOMQMZgBx8kWyXKmJEhku2PW8vvw1NG_HPCdujSExSaTFMNHfVlOjAWAo3FN3Y/s320/Rev.+Glenwood+P.+Roane+Esquire+20081211_NaantaanbuCommemoration_400px.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Photo: Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane Sr., Esquire, <br /> Pastor of Second Congregational United Church of Christ holds Bible, <br /> amongst f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">ormer Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> and other Memphis elders to his left.</span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr> </tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane Sr., Esquire, Pastor of Second Congregational United Church of Christ, departed this life on Dec 30, 2011, at the historic catamenia of 81, next a long illness. He is survived past times his devoted married adult woman of 41 years, Lucie Porter Roane; a son, Glenwood P. Roane Jr.; 2 daughters, doctor Karen Roane Jones (Dr. Mark) as well as Rosemary Ly Kallaur (Daniel); vi grandchildren; 2 brothers, Gerald Roane (Barbara), as well as Russell Roane (Marie); a brother-in-law, Douglas T. Porter (Dr. Jean Butcher); as well as a host of nephews, nieces as well as cousins.<br /> <br /> H5N1 native Virginian as well as the 7th of x children, he was born to the slow Ruby Richardson as well as James Randolph Roane inwards Westmoreland County VA. Glen graduated from A.T. Johnson High School as well as went on to have a BS marking inwards Agronomy as well as was honored every bit a “Distinguished Military Graduate” from Virginia State University inwards 1952. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBj92TB4_l44xo6w6CigQnlA_Yjk9R-pZZzOt8dFJcyQcwUAxSi_wIH_JEPX2OeE9O-as6UOM-jaGWqy-Y588RbAqc9sz9pFHTOsyfOLVD4W6uo6OHOb0knEdwkFGsXK7NtqbvheWHOY/s1600/glenwood+p.+roane.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBj92TB4_l44xo6w6CigQnlA_Yjk9R-pZZzOt8dFJcyQcwUAxSi_wIH_JEPX2OeE9O-as6UOM-jaGWqy-Y588RbAqc9sz9pFHTOsyfOLVD4W6uo6OHOb0knEdwkFGsXK7NtqbvheWHOY/s320/glenwood+p.+roane.gif" width="113" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: Glenwood P. Roane, <br /> Attorney at Law</td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">He received his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law inwards 1957. He did graduate operate at the Fletcher School of Law as well as Diplomacy, Tufts University inwards 1970-71, as well as at Georgetown University inwards 1990. Glen loved the police pull as well as was a proud fellow member of the bar inwards Washington, D.C., Virginia as well as Tennessee. He was a career Diplomat amongst the U.S.A. Department of State / U.S.A. Agency for International Development for 26 1/2 years. He served inwards Kenya, Egypt, Liberia, Ghana, Vietnam, as well as the Far East every bit a Foreign Service Officer. Throughout his distinguished career, he was the recipient of numerous awards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">He holds a life membership inwards the NAACP as well as a fellow member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The identify unit of measurement volition have friends on <b>Friday, Jan 6, 2012, from 4-7 p.m. at Second Congregational United Church of Christ, 764 Walker Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. </b>The funeral service volition live held on <b>Saturday, Jan 7</b>, at eleven a.m. at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 767 Walker Avenue. Burial volition accept identify on Saturday, <b>January 14, 2012</b> at Galilee Baptist Church, Montross, VA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The identify unit of measurement wishes to limited sincere cheers for the assist as well as back upward given past times the staff on iii West at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital as well as Methodist Alliance Hospice Residence. In lieu of flowers, the identify unit of measurement suggests that memorial contributions live made to the “Building Fund” at Second Congregational United Church of Christ. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the rock wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may live offered at <a href="http://www.memorialparkonline.com/">www.MemorialParkOnline.com</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>Submitted past times attorney Roane's old police pull clerk as well as associate, Vanessa M. Cross, J.D., LL.M.</i></div></div>

Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane Sr., Esquire

Photo: Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane Sr., Esquire, Pastor of Second Congregational United Church of Christ holds Bible, amongst former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton and other Memphis elders to his lef…

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