Annual banquet in Isle of Wight celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Isle of Wight's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet was held at the Smithfield Center. This event was sponsored by the Isle of Wight branch of the NAACP and was attended by over 300 people. Dr. G.G. Campbell, Jr., Interim Pastor at First Gravel Hill Baptist Church in Smithfield, was the guest speaker.
Current officers of the Isle of Wight Branch of the NAACP, from left: Treasurer Valerie Butler; President Dottie Harris; Secretary Janice Dobbs, and 1st Vice President Rudolph Jefferson.
Membership coordinator Sarah Bradby, left, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. & lifetime member of the NAACP, Isle of Wight Branch Stephanie Hill.
Membership coordinator, Sarah Bradby, and her husband, Dr. George Bradby, a member of the Isle of Wight School Board.
From left: Vice-chair of the Isle of Wight School Board Herb DeGroft, Elinor Jones and past chairman of the Board of Supervisors Henry Bradby.
Jan Campbell, left, with guest speaker and interim pastor of First Gravel Hill Baptist Church in Smithfield, Dr. G.G. Campbell, Jr.
Jonathan Haigh, Sergeant 1st class, Junior ROTC and a senior at Smithfield High School was the color guard for this special event.
Sylvia Thomas of Smithfield and Jonathan Haigh, Sergeant 1st class, Junior ROTC and a senior at Smithfield High School, who was color guard for the evening.
Earl Brown and Thelma Brown greeted guests with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barrack Obama memorabilia.
Ever Maney of Smithfield, left, along with John Fedd and his grandson, Yasir Williams, attended the banquet.