Bernice was an Usher at the Embry Church. Anderson died in 1993. Bernice was a lifetime church goer, but not Anderson. Anderson was a count and a Mason - 'Mason of the counts.' Bernice was the Countess.
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.
Mrs. Walls is in her uniform as an usher at Embry AME Church
In their kitchen on Navahoe Street
2nd form left is Bernice Lancaster Lawson the far right is daughter Catherine Walls Callahan to the left are Catherine and June Lawson
2nd from left is Bernice Leincaster Walls. On the far right is daughter Catherine Walls Callahan, then to left are Catherine and June Lawson. Bernice married to Anderson, family came in 1902 (mother's side). Not sure when Bernice's parents came to Lakeland. There are pictures of them in the 1920s with Will and Katy Leincaster.