Guide to the Queen E. Amos Collection, 1954-2016
Record Group 215
Extent: 496 digital images @ 600 dpi TIFs, full color
Biographical Sketch: Ms. Amos, a resident of Coffee County, AL, supplied these family photographs and documents to be scanned as part of the NEH-funded "Wiregrass Common Heritage Project" of the Wiregrass Archives and 好色先生TV Dothan Campus History Department. The Project held two Community Scanning Days, June 18 and 25, 2016. Ms. Amos was born in Pike County, AL, in 1949 and resided in Geneva and Coffee counties before becoming an adult. She graduated from Riverside Heights High School in Geneva County, AL, 1967, then served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1969-1972. After basic and advanced individual training (AIC) at Ft. McClellan, AL, she was stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC, and worked as a personnel specialist. [Nb: WAC was disbanded in 1978 with all units absorbed into the US Army, see "Women's Army Corps," Wikipedia, accessed February 2, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Army_Corps ]
Ms. Amos enrolled at Enterprise State Community College in 1972, then graduated from Troy State University in 1981. Her career as a civilian employee at Ft. Rucker, AL, spanned 35 years. She worked as a clerk in Civilian Personnel, a Library Technician, a Claims Specialist, and finished as a Management Analysis, retiring in March 2006.
Ms. Amos married and divorced twice and has no children. Her mother is Mary Amos (1913-2001) who began their ongoing collection of obituaries and funeral programs from family and friends who had lived in Coffee, Geneva, and Pike counties in Alabama.
Scope / Content Note: Obituaries and funeral programs for Amos family members and friends. Photographs curated by donor for contribution to the Wiregrass Common Heritage Project, a NEH-funded scanning project conducted by the Wiregrass Archives in 2017. Also contains an alumni reunion program and yearbook from Riverside Heights High School, and miscellaneous family records and genealogical manuscripts.
Organization: Organized into 4 series:
- 1. Funeral Programs, 1963-2016 (135 items). Funeral programs, obituaries, and similar items collected by the donor's
mother then passed to her. Organized by family members and friends; arranged alphabetically.
- 2. Photographs per Wiregrass Common Heritage Project, 1957-1985 (19 items). Ms. Amos curated 19 images from her larger collection to
contribute to the Wiregrass Common Heritage Project in June 2017.
- 3. Riverside Heights High School (Geneva, AL), 1967, 1991. 2 items. Riverside Heights
High School began in 1938 as the Geneva Colored School, then became the African American
high school for Geneva County, AL, 1957-1970, after which school desegregation could
no longer be avoided. Contains Ms. Amos's RHHS yearbook for 1967 and the reunion program
for 1991.
- 4. Amos Family Genealogical Information, 1954 鈥� 2009 (14 items). Records and manuscripts pertaining to various family members and friends, plus an article about Union Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Pike County, and two more pencil sketched portraits.
Provenance: The Wiregrass Common Heritage Project volunteers and Wiregrass Archives staff member Tina Bernath scanned these items after Ms. Amos brought the scrapbook to the June 18, 2016, Community Scanning Day. After returning the scrapbook to her, Dr. Olliff realized the Wiregrass Archives overlooked a number of funeral programs. Ms. Amos provided the scrapbook a second time and staff completed the project.
Preferred Citations: Queen E. Amos Collection, RG 215, Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
Access/User Limits? Open per gift agreement, June 18, 2016
Proc Date: 7/27/2016 Processor: TB and others
INVENTORY
SERIES 1: FUNERAL PROGRAMS, 1963-2016 (135 items). Funeral programs, obituaries, and similar items collected by the donor's mother
then passed to her. Organized into 2 subseries: 1. Amos Family Members and 2. Friends; arranged alphabetically.
Accession Name Year Place
215-16-0618 Amos, Gosha 1992 Tarentum, AL
215-16-0618 Amos, James A. 2012 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Amos, Mae Ida 2008 Columbus, OH
215-16-0618 Amos, Mary Anna 2011 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Amos, Melvin 1994 Tarentum, AL
215-16-0618 Amos, Randy 1996 Columbus, OH
215-16-0618 Amos, Shelby 1993 Tarentum, AL
215-16-0618 Amos, William T. 1974 Long Island, NY
215-16-0618 Ausberry, Pearl Lee 2007 Buffalo, NY
215-16-0618 Bell, Alexander 2008 St. Louis, MO
215-16-0618 Carpenter, Martha Ruth 1999 Tarentum, AL
215-16-0618 Carpenter, Willie 1973 Elba, AL
215-16-0618 Couch, Elizabeth 2015 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Donald, William [tribute, died in 1941] 1978 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Finn, Bernard 2005 Elba, AL
215-16-0618 Flournoy, William, Jr. 2012 Tarentum, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Annie Ruth 2009 Akron, OH
215-16-0618 Flowers, Ardenels (Denius) 2009 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Delbert Ray 2015 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Inez n.d. Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Jerome 2010 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Otis 2001 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Flowers, Willie A. 2009 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Addie Bell Flowers 1972 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Elnora Flowers 1969 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Frances Marion 1975 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Gelet 2011 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Jessie Lee Britt 2012 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Laconia 1987 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Frazier, Virgil W 1980 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Grase, Rosie Flowers 1973 Coffee Springs, AL
215-16-0618 Hall, Johnnie Jewel Frazier 2005 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Harris, Connie 2010 Akron, OH
215-16-0618 Haynes, Alto 1969 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Haynes, Arthur Daniel, Sr. 1980 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Haynes, Elmira Davis 1991 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Haynes, Lela 1978 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Haynes, Maybelle Lee 1985 New Brockton, AL
215-16-0618 James, Lula Haynes 1986 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Jackson, Mae Francis Jane Frazier 1980 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Johnson, Jerry Irene 1999 Opelika, AL
215-16-0618 Johnson, Willie Frank, Sr. 2014 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lary, Pamela Marie Amos 2008 Daleville, AL
215-16-0618 Lary, Pamela Marie Amos 2008 Temple, TX
215-16-0618 Lee, Adam 1972 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Annie Mell 2014 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Buleah Mae 1988 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Earline 2009 Philadelphia, PA
215-16-0618 Lee, Freeman Acie 2014 Quincy, FL
215-16-0618 Lee, James Edward 2006 Philadelphia, PA
215-16-0618 Lee, Lillie Bell 1975 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Lonzo Marion 1996 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Mack Duffie, Sr. 1991 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Matthew Washington 1995 Fairfield, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Osie Mae White 1988 Hardaway, FL
215-16-0618 Lee, Pete 1977 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Queen Esther 2006 Philadelphia, PA
215-16-0618 Lee, Sidney Daniel 1990 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Willie Charlotte 2008 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 McSwain, Maggie 1975 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Mincy, George 1963 Dade City, FL
215-16-0618 Moultry, Lillia M 1981 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Neal, Kindness 1987 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Noble , Rev. Clarence R. 1985 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Richards, Artha M. 1989 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Richards, Flora D. (Tat) 2012 Springhill, AL
215-16-0618 Richards, Jennifer Renee 2012 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Russell Magnolia Amos 2001 Tampa, FL
215-16-0618 Thompson, Annie Dean Haynes 2005 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Thompson, Theodore Jack 2007 Hopewell, VA
215-16-0618 Whaley, Luizer Lee 2010 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Wheeler, Gregory 1986 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0618 Wilcoxon, Jerry Wayne 2011 Troy, AL
215-16-0618 Williams, Ola Mae Carlisle 2010 Troy, AL
SUBSERIES: FRIENDS OF THE AMOS FAMILY
Accession Name Year Place
215-16-0618 Anderson, Lucille 2006 Daleville, AL
215-16-0618 Anderson, Norma 1985 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Bailey, Anna Jones 1992 Dothan, AL
215-16-0618 Banks, Lee Roy 2014 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Bell, Bobby 2004 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Brown, Benjamin Franklin, Sr. 1999 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Bryant, Archell 1999 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Bryant, Eva Mae Brown 2005 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Chiplin, Anna Jewel McNealy Douglas 2013 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Collins, James Milton 2003 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Coyle, Gladys Pearl 2008 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Diggs, Roosevelt 1997 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Douglas, Deacon Jesse, Jr. 2013 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Douglas, Estella T. 2014 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Edwards, Annie B. 1985 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Foster, Charles B. 2008 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Franklin, L. Junior (Preston) 2012 Goshen, AL
215-16-0618 Frier, Joseph L. 2011 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Glanton, Jeraline C. 2011 Dothan, AL
215-16-0618 Green, Coy B. 2011 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Greenwood, Donnis, Jr. 2014 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Henderson, Flora Jean 1990 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Hightower, Hilda Mina Joyce Terry 2015 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Hill, Mattie Mae 1998 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Holloway, Annie 2015 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Johnson, Bertha Lee 2010 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Johnson, Peggy Ann 1996 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Johnson, Roberta Dickerson 2016 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Knox, Francis Rosetta 1988 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Lane, Rev. Charles Anthony 2007 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Lee, Susie Mae Lewis 2009 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Mainer, Mary Lee Diggs 1995 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Mainer, Mary Lee [Diggs] 1995 Niagara Falls, NY
215-16-0618 Martin, Craig 2010 Daleville, AL
215-16-0618 Matthews, Nora 2011 [Ozark, AL]
215-16-0618 McGuire, Lealor 2016 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 McNair, Viola Jackson 1996 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 McNeal, Joe 1989 Coffee Springs, AL
215-16-0618 Mills, Elsie 2006 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Mills, Mary D. 2012 Headland, AL
215-16-0618 Mills, Wilma 2003 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Miner, Nicholas 2012 Raleigh, NC
215-16-0618 Napper, Betty Jean Smith 1999 Enola, AL
215-16-0727 Neal, Mary Alice 2002 Brundidge, AL
215-16-0727 Parkman, Kandie Deborah 2003 Columbus, OH
215-16-0618 Pate, Matthew J. 2009 Geneva, AL
215-16-0618 Plumer, Jerome 2013 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Potts, Margie G. 2012 Gable, VA
215-16-0618 Ready, Jeanette Christine 2004 Dothan, AL
215-16-0618 Reid, Rena Mae Greenwood 2009 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Sconiers, Cathria Dupree 2013 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Sconiers, Walter Eugene 2004 Sconiersville, AL
215-16-0618 Shambley, Joy Ann Anderson 2014 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Shipman, Florence Gilmore 2009 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Shipman, Harrison, Jr. 2009 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Smith, Betty Jean 2003 Bellwood, AL
215-16-0618 Stewart, Melvin Kawata 2009 Ozark, AL
215-16-0618 Taylor, Alma Donald 2011 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Wheeler, Amie Lee 1990 Coffee Springs, AL
215-16-0618 Wilkerson, Lillie Mae 1996 Enterprise, AL
215-16-0618 Wilkerson, Mae Bell 2016 Bellwood, AL
SERIES 2: PHOTOGRAPHS PER WIREGRASS COMMON HERITAGE PROJECT, 1957-1985 (19 items). Ms. Amos curated 19 images from her larger collection to contribute to the Wiregrass Common Heritage Project in June 2017.
215-16-0625-001: Ida Bell Amos (ca 1943-1960) (Obit on file with WA), sister of donor.
3x3 image Coffee Springs, Alabama. Ca. 1956-1959
215-16-0625-002: Ida Bell Amos (ca 1943-1960) (Obit on file with WA), sister of donor.
8x10 image Riverside Heights High School Geneva, Alabama. Ca. 1956-1959
215-16-0625-003: Queen Amos portraying Sojourner Truth, Fort Rucker, Alabama. Ca. 1985
215-16-0625-004: Group photo for Women's History Month, Queen Amos Second row, left) as Sojourner Truth, Fort Rucker or Maxwell AFB. Ca. 1985
215-16-0625-005: Newspaper image and article on "Historic Women visit Fort Benning, Fort Benning Georgia. Ca. 1985
215-16-0625-006: Queen Amos, Enterprise, Alabama. 1973
215-16-0625-007: Queen Amos, Riverside Heights, Alabama, Graduation photo. 1967
215-16-0625-008: Queen Amos. 4x6 school picture Riverside Heights Enterprise Alabama, ca. 1965.
215-16-0625-009: Graduation portrait from Basic Training. Fort McClellan, Alabama. Queen Amos, back row, fourth from the left. 1969
215-16-0625-010: Portrait of Queen Amos in Women's Army Corps, US Army. Ca. 1969-1970
215-16-0625-011: Queen Amos, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 1969
215-16-0625-012: Queen Amos, Coffee Springs Alabama. In uniform, January 1973
215-16-0625-013: Charcoal sketch of Queen Amos, Location unknown, Albert Shepard, artist, in Fort Bragg, NC. Ca. 1969-1970
[See also 215-06-0727-010]
215-16-0625-014: Queen Amos, Enterprise or Coffee Springs, Alabama. Photo with leather hat. Ca. 1984
215-16-0625-015: Queen Amos, original is blurred. Ca. 1984
215-16-0625-016: Printed photo of Riverside HS teacher Celeste Holt
Printed below image: "School Days 1957-1958 Riverside Heights"
215-16-0625-017: Printed photo of Riverside HS teacher Rosetta Knox. 1957-1958
[See her funeral program, etc., in 215-16-0618, Friends > Knox]
215-16-0625-018: Printed photo of Riverside HS teacher Martha Martin Stallworth.
Printed below image: "School Days 1957-1958 Riverside Heights"
Printed below image: "School Days 1957-1958 Riverside Heights"
SERIES 4: AMOS FAMILY GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION, 1954 鈥� 2009 (14 items). Records and manuscripts pertaining to various family members and friends, plus an
article about Union Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Pike County, and two more
pencil sketched portraits.
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File ID |
File Description |
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|---|---|---|---|
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215 |
16-0727 |
001 |
Ida Bell Amos school award and report cards, 1954, 1957-60 |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
002 |
Amos Family History, 4 pages by Queen Amos, 2001 |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
003 |
James W. Amos Army Discharge Letter, 1962 |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
004 |
Amos-Mincy Family Genealogy |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
005 |
Christmas Letter, 2002, from Pam |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
006 |
Mary Alice (Flowers) Neal funeral program, 2002, Brundidge, AL (friend) [Also listed with funeral programs in Series 1] |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
007 |
Kandie Deborah Parkman funeral program, 2003, Columbus, OH (friend) [Also listed with funeral programs in Series 1] |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
008 |
Susie K. Senn, "Union Springs Primitive Baptist Church of Pike County, Alabama," Historical News, November 2009, 5. |
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215 |
16-0727 |
009 |
[Tom] Richardson pencil drawing, unknown portrait, n.d. |
|
215 |
16-0727 |
010 |
Albert Shepard pencil drawing of Queen Amos, n.d. [See also 215-16-0625-013] |
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