James Ransom and Cherie Johnson

“Let's talk about Miss Devine.”

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James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday school teacher.

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Recorded in Sarasota, FL.

James Ransom and Cherie Johnson

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Sarasota, St. Armands Key, Saint Armands Key, Armand’s, Florida, FL, Southerners, neighbor, neighbors, friends, grandmothers, African-Americans, Black-Americans, teachers, sunday school, lord, catechism, lie, lied, braids, braided, hair style, respect, memories, memory, laughter, laughs, laughing, funny, childhood impressions, growing up, christians, discipline, disciplinarian, educators, education

James Garfield Ransom talks with his cousin his cousin Cherie Shanks Johnson at St. Armands Key, Sarasota, Florida on January 12, 2006 at 5:30 pm

Cherie and James talk about Miss Divine, who was their Sunday school teacher.

James: Let

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