2020 – 2021 FAMILY NEWS
GRADUATIONS – HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE
Tyler Lewis – University of Texas – (Masters) - 2020 – Son of Monique McGinty Cotton and Tommie Lewis – Grandson of Ronnie and Beverly Wesley McGinty – Great Grandson of Herbert Van and Maggie Wesley – Great, Great Grandson of Joseph and Rosa Wesley – Great-Great-Great-Grandson of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Brandon (Bunyan) Lofton – 2020 – BS Degree in Social Work, and in 2021 a Master’s Degree’ Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX. – Son of Janice Harris & Donnie Sexton; Grandson of Lottie & Ervin Lofton Sr., Great- Grandson of William Tell & Sammie Johnson and the Great -Great Grandson of Hayward Lane.
Cecilrae Love – 2021 – A&M Consolidated High School – College Station, Texas – Daughter of Monique McGinty Cotton and Wardrick Love, Granddaughter of Ronnie and Beverly Wesley McGinty, Great Granddaughter of Herbert Van and Maggie Wesley ,Great-Great-Granddaughter of Joseph Wesley, Sr. and Rosa Wesley, Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley .
Zi’yon Malik Minor – Trinity High School – Trinity, Texas - May 2021 – Son of Ambre Wesley Taylor and Rodney Minor – grandson of Joe Bob Mitchell and Kathy Wesley – Great Grandson of Herbert Van and Maggie Wesley, Great-Great-Grandson of Joseph Wesley Sr. and Rosa Wesley , Great-Great- Great-Grandson of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Janelle Mooney – Doby High School – 2021 – Houston, Texas – Daughter of Marc and Julia Mooney, Granddaughter of Johnny and Ruth Wesley Mooney , Great-Granddaughter of Joseph Wesley, Sr. and Rosa Wesley, Great-Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Timothy Ray – 2021 – Lone Star High School – Frisco, Texas – Son of Thomas and Teneka James Ray, Grandson of Allen & Jacquelyn Subject James, Great-Grandson of March Sr. and James Ella Lane Subject, and the Great-Great-Grandson of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
Jaylon Subject - 2020 - Beaumont United High School - Attending Highland Community College in
Kansas City, KA - Son of Roderick and Desire Subject - Grandson of Robert and Annie Subject -
Great Grandson of March Sr. and James Ella (Dang) Lane Subject - and Great, Great Grandson
of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
Jordon Wells – Tarleton State University – (BS) - 2021 – Son of Ronnie Renae McGinty Creeks (Tremaine Creeks), and Latoric Wells – Granddaughter of Ronnie and Beverly Wesley McGinty, Great -Granddaughter of Herbert Van and Maggie Wesley , Great-Great-Granddaughter of Joseph Wesley, Sr. and Rosa Wesley – Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Jordan Amorri Williams – 2021 – Turner College and Career High School, Houston, Texas – Daughter of O’Sha Blackshear Williams and Chassidy Williams – Granddaughter of Herbert Williams, Jr. and Tina Blackshear Williams – Great Granddaughter of Charlie Earl Blackshear and Emma Pearl Ewing Blackshear – Great, Great Granddaughter of Will and Jessie King Ewing – Great-Great-Great Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Jadecia Dannese Wrighter – 2021 – Master’s Degree – Howard University, Washington, DC. - Daughter of Carolyn Lofton and Paul Wrighter, Granddaughter of Lottie Deloris and Ervin Lofton, Sr., Great-Granddaughter of William Tell and Sammie Lee Johnson, and the Great-Great-Granddaughter of Hayward Lane.
WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENTS
Michelle Cochran & Justin Jackson— March 10, 2021 Daughter of Tamralyn Wesley Cochran & Michael Cochran - Granddaughter of Johnny D. and Lillian Wesley.
Poley Ewing & Shirley Lovett—July 7, 2021 (His birthday) Son of Will and Jessie Mae King Ewing – Grandson of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Markiffany Lane & Craig Walker-January 26, 2021 – Engagement - Daughter of Mark & Ida Lane; Granddaughter of James Ella (Dang) Lane Subject, and Great-Great-Granddaughter of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
BIRTHS
Amaria Gomez Pascual – 10/15/2020 – Daughter of Jo Anna Garrett and Andres Pascual ,Granddaughter of George and Angela Wesley Garrett, Great– granddaughter of Johnny D. and Lillian Wesley, Great-Great- Granddaughter of Douglas and Johnny Mae Wesley – Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Amelia Soul Wesley – 6/10/2021 – Daughter of Jhealan Wesley and Destiny Anderson – Granddaughter of Donald Raye Wesley Jr. and Monic A Wesley – Great-Granddaughter of Donald Ray Wesley Sr. and Lovie Wesley, Great-Great-Granddaughter of Joseph Wesley Sr. and Rosa Wesley, Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
Kylar Antoine – 06/13/20 – Son of Juwan Antoine, Sr., Grandson of Derrick George, Great- Grandson of Gwendolyn (Tulem) George Henry, Great-Great-Grandson of O’Dessa Lane, and Great-Great-Great-Grandson of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
Juwan Antoine, Jr. – 01/28/21 – Son of Juwan Antoine, Sr., Grandson of Derrick George; Great- Grandson of Gwendolyn (Tulem) George Henry, Great-Great-Grandson of O’Dessa Lane, and Great-Great-Great-Grandson of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
Marleigh Alise Romar – 06/16/20 – Daughter of Shanese Subject and Matthew Romar, Granddaughter of Troy Subject, Great-Granddaughter of James Ella Lane Subject, and Great- Great-Granddaughter of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
Kaiser Giovan Frazier – 01/16/20 – Son of Tia Subject, Grandson of Troy Subject, Great- Grandson of James Ella Lane Subject, and Great-Great-Grandson of Hayward and Daisy Lane.
FARTHEST TRAVELED
From Alexandria Egypt – If she were coming to Navasota, Ms. Errollyn Johnson would be our farthest traveler . Errollyn will begin her second year working for the Schutz American School as an Educational Diagnostician (grades pre-k—1-12). Before Egypt she was in the UAE, in Sharjah, Dubai for 3 years . Before that she was in Kuwait for 1 year as a grade 1-2 special needs teacher. Errollyn is the daughter of Felicia Wesley- Johnson- Arrington, granddaughter of Johnny & Lillian Wesley, the great granddaughter of Douglas & Johnnie Mae Wesley, and the great-Great Granddaughter of Emma Lane-King- Wesley.
From the West Coast – (Sacramento, CA) - 1,929 miles - Charles and Jo Ann Wesley Shaw – Daughter of Douglas and Johnnie Mae Wesley, Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
From the East Coast – Bellerose, New York – 1,668 miles – Wesley Richardson – son of Wooten and Marie Wesley Richardson – Grandson of Dan and Iola Wesley, Great-Grandson of Emma Lane King Wesley.
From the East Coast – (Baltimore, MD) - 1,461 miles - Gordon (Chucky) and Jocelyn Richardson – Daughter of Wooten and Marie Wesley Richardson – Granddaughter of Dan and Iola Wesley, Great-Granddaughter of Emma Lane King Wesley.
FIRST TIME MAYORIAL ATTENDEE TO THE LANE-WESLEY REUNION
Carolyn Renae Lofton - Daughter of Lottie Deloris Johnson, and Ervin Lofton, Sr.; Granddaughter of William Tell and Sammie Lee Johnson, Great-Granddaughter of Hayward Lane. Carolyn was elected Mayor of Marlin, TX. for her first term on May 4, 2019. She made double history as the first black, first female to be elected in Marlin. Carolyn was re-elected to a second term on May 1, 2021.
“Congratulations” Mayor Lofton We are proud of you!
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