Pictured is the proclamation ceremony with the following people in attendance: Front Row: Janice Cooley (left), Lois McCutcheon, Joyce Martin, City Council Member Beverly White, Mayor John Manchester, Ellen Broudy, Jaime Wykle, Wanda Johnson, and Francine Seams; Back Row: Samantha Cadevil (left), Cheryl Workman, Naomi Cohen, Susanna Robinson, Sally Hurst, Rev. Larryetta Ellis, Shanada Viney, and Larry Davis. Generally speaking, AmeriCorps members are on the left and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Committee members are on the right. Everyone in the photo lends a hand with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Jan. 21. It will begin with a lively 11 a.m. march from the Greenbrier County Courthouse to the Lewisburg United Methodist Church for a free community lunch, followed by a 12:30 p.m. program in the sanctuary.
At a ceremony held in the Lewisburg City Council Chamber, Mayor John Manchester read and signed the proclamation of Lewisburg’s Martin Luther King Jr. Week, which is scheduled to end with Lewisburg’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Jan. 21, 2019. As usual, commemorative banners will be attached to the lampposts in town that week. On Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall will offer a special event concert: “Life Me Up: Masters of American Gospel,” which will fit right in with Lewisburg’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Week. Performing at the concert will be the Legendary Ingramettes of Richmond, VA, and the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers from Covington, KY.
