Truxtun Civic League holds banquet
The Historic Truxtun Civic League recently held the 3rd annual Truxtun Reunion Banquet at St. Mark's Edmonds Center in Portsmouth. In keeping with the theme We Are Family, current and former residents gathered to celebrate the 90-year-old community. Established in 1919 as the first planned housing community for African Americans, the region was listed in the national register of historic places in 1979.
DeCarlo Williams, left, and Phillip Ellis, football players for Cradock High School's final year (1992).
Twins Jeannette Brown, left, and Jessie Baker have lived in the neighborhood for 58 years.
Thomasine Beverly lived on Hobson Street in the 1980's. She traveled from Richmond for the event.
30 Portsmouth residents Henry and Judith Moore. Judith is a city inspector for the neighborhood.
Portsmouth City Council member Marlene Randall and her husband, retired educator Vernon Randall.
