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TLOD Culture. LIVING LEGACIES Workshop Syn-Lod 2013. Crowns. Founder and Past National President
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TLOD Culture LIVING LEGACIES Workshop Syn-Lod 2013
Founder and Past National President • Top Ladies Of Distinction, Inc. was chartered in the state of Texas on September 8, 1964 as a non-profit educational, humanitarian organization with the following as charter members: Mrs. Franchell Boswell, Tyler, Texas; Mrs. Ina Bolton Brown, Houston, Texas; Mrs. Augusta R. Cash, Memphis, Tennessee; Major Ozell M. Dean, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Willie Lee Glass, Tyler, Texas; Mrs. La Verne R. Madlock, Tyler, Texas; Mrs. Ruth Payne Smith, Navasota, Texas; and Mrs. Georgia B. Prestwood Nelson, Dallas, Texas. Lady Laverne Madlock
educated other teenagers on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse as well as on teenage pregnancy as it related to birth defects. Teens collaborated with local MOD chapters. As the program expanded in 1985, the National Top Teens Director, Lady Sharon Carpenter, and the 1983-85 National President, Alain Lee, attended national meetings and events of the Foundation. Teen Alain Lee became a part of the NF-MOD National Teen Board. The National Foundation-March of Dimes gave awards for the best programs by Top Teens chapters and sponsored Teens nutritional breaks at the 1985 Syn-Lod in Chicago and the 1987 Syn-Lod in Los Angeles. • PHOTOS • Photo One: Lady Bobbie presiding at a 1985 Parliamen-Top meeting. • Photo Two: Lady Bobbie with Founders Willie Lee Glass, Ina Bolton Brown, LaVern Madlock and Ozell Dean in 1986 • Photo Three: Past National Presidents LaVern Madlock, Faye B. Bryant, Vivian Crawley and National President. • Photo Four: National TLOD and TTA Presidents along with Teens and Park service agent planting the first tree at the June, 1987 National TTA Tree Planting Ceremony in Baldwin Hills. Lady Bobbie Moorehead
Lady Jacquelyn Heath Parker Sixth National President
Lady Peggy Lewis LeCompte 10th National President
40thAniversary Tyler, TX Lady Peggy Lewis LeCompte
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.Making an Impact on our Communities
Take The Time ToAdd Those Other Legacies To Your Historical Data…Those Who Have Gone Before Us
We are in the process of adding all deceased Past Presidents to our PowerPoint. Please help by providing photos and information to the Historian. Thanks to Lady Peggy Lewis LeCompte for providing information on Lady Marie Stellos Need your help!