Mary Weems Braxton

During a birthday celebration for Mary Braxton. Left to right are her niece Mary Day Hollomand, friend Julia Pitts and Mary Braxton.

A group pose in the sanctuary of Embry AME Church in front of a money tree. First row left to right unknown, unknown, unknown, Harry Braxton, Sr., Mary Weems Braxton, Dessie Randall Thomas Rear left to right unknown, unknown, Eliza Gray, unknown

Mary Braxton’s hand written notes for statement to the College Park City Council.

Harry Braxton, Sr. and Mary Weems Braxton

During birthday celebration for Mary Braxton. Mrs. Braxton is on the left with her grandson Mike Weems next to her.

Note on image identifies bedroom widow. Result of shots fired into Braxton home on Sunday morning

Note from back cover of 1978 Urban Renewal Plan. This plan copy was in the papers of Lakelander and PAC member, Mary Braxton

left to right are Sylvia Stevens, Mayor, Hattie Lewis and Mary Weems Braxton

In the 1940s and 1950s much of the organized entertainment in Lakeland was provided by social clubs. The Counts’ escorts are, left to right (first row), Evelyn Giles Tyner, Mary Weems Braxton, Mary Walls Weems, Bernice Lancaster Walls, Julia Mack Carroll, Mary Douglas Tolson, and Dorothy Mack Allen; (second row) Pearl Brooks Briscoe, Gertrude Walls Corprew, Florence Wethers, Mary Brooks Brewer, and Elizabeth Mack.

Left to right are Mary Braxton, Mary Day Hollomand and James Weems

Sunday School picnics were a summer highlight for Lakelanders. Everyone would pack a lunch and meet on the third Saturday in July at an amusement park or beach for a day of fun in the sun. The community’s two churches regularly came together for the outing. In 1962, the Embry A. M. E. Sunday School outing took place at Carr’s Beach in Annapolis, Maryland. From left to right are John Webster; Mary Weems Braxton; and Wilmer, Delphine, and Maxine Gross. (Courtesy of the Gross family.)

Members of the Lakeland community have always been active in civic affairs. For many years, the City of College Park has held annual events honoring those who serve on its various citizen committees and boards. The City of College Park honored Lakelanders in 1969 at a dinner event, where certificates were presented by Mayor William Gullett (far right) to (from left to right) Hattie Lewis, Mary Weems Braxton, and George Brooks, Jr.

In cartoon cutout of couple at shotgun wedding