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Still Singing After all these Years
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N eal ’s
D uring the late 1960s, “ soul as­
s e m b lie s ” w ere p art o f life at
Jefferson H igh Schoo,.
The gatherings w ould show case
the artistic talent o f students o f the
n o rth e a st P o rtlan d high sch o o l,
som e o f w hich m ade it to the big
times.
O ne o f the groups to com e out
th ese a ssem b lies w as the vocal
group the B eyons, com posed o f
five m en, plus a m an g er-ch o reo g ra­
p h e r, w h o 'v e s ta y e d to g e th e r
th ro u g h the y e ars, b o u n d by a
strong glue o f friendship.
Ira H am m on, T hurtis C hannel,
Sherm an D avis, Jam es Tim s, and
Jeddy B easley began singing to ­
g eth er at Jefferson H igh School
u n d er the nam e th e "D elm ars."
D onnie M cP herson, w ho played
basketball w ith them , began attend­
ing practices, and steadily took on
the role o f m anager and cho reo g ra­
pher.
A fter high school, they began
singing R & B at clubs throughout
Portland. B ut life took them on a bit
o f a detour. T hey had fam ilies, and
w ent to school. D avis w as drafted
by the soul group Pleasure, w hich
enjoyed som e national recognition.
In the 1990s, they started singing
The Beyons, from left, Sherman Davis, James Tims, Thurtis
Channel, Ira Hammon, Jeddy Beasley, and their manager Donnie
McPherson, in front.
to g eth er regularly again, but this bonds have only grow n stronger
tim e they sw itched their focus from over the years, as th e y ’ve been there
R & B to gospel, w hich they say w as for each to laugh to g ether and cry
a natural transition.
to g eth er as they've gotten older.
“ 1 think it w as a long tim e com ing
The group has grow n, th e y ’ve
because all o f use grew up in the extended a hand to the younger
ch u rch ,” said H am m on, w ho d e­ generation, to show them the right
scribes a different energy in the path, and serve as p o sitiv e role
group after getting back together, m odels.
and a new feeling from singing gos­
“ For m e, w hen I think about e v ­
pel m usic.
erything o v er the years that these
T h e y n o w s in g a t v a r io u s b ro th ers have gone through and
c h u rc h e s th ro u g h o u t P o rtla n d , how w e ’ve put that to good use as
backed by a full band, including a m en, I think it spends volum es o f
recent gig at N ew H ope B aptist w hat o ur legacy it w ill be," said
C hurch.
Tims.
T he B eyons, w ho b eg in each
T he B eyons w ill have a w ebsite
practice w ith p ray er and end it w ith u p
so o n
at
a prayer, are friends first, w hose w w w .th eleg en d ary b ey o n s.co m .
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C arolyn E. H arden passed aw ay
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She is survived by h er d aughters
S te p h a n ie , S o n y a a n d C a rm e n
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Prolific Gospel Singer Passes Away
W alter H aw kins, a leg en d ary
gospel singer from O akland, passed
aw ay on Sunday after losing a battle
w ith pancreatic cancer. He w as 61.
D uring his thirty plus year career
he produced prodigious num ber o f
hit g o sp el so n g s and p u b lish e d
songs. W ith a keen eye for talent,
H aw kins helped launch the careers
o f m any w ell regarded m usicians
including T ram aine H aw kins, M ary
M ary, K irk Franklin, John P. K ey,
R ic h a r d S m a llw o o d , D o n n y
M cClurkin, LaShaun Pace, Kurt Carr,
Y olanda A dam s, L ynette H aw kins-
S te p h e n s, S h irley M iller, D aryl
C oley, B yron C age, and others.
H e w as the recip ien t o f m any
rew ard s in clu d in g one G ram m y
A w ard, three D ove A w ards, and
m any others.
H is last album w as “ L ove A live
V ” , the fifth in a series o f live record­
ings.
In Loving Memory, Don Forman
Don Form an, a local resi­
d e n t w h o h e lp e d te a c h
disadvataged youth the gam e
o f g o lf and served on a key
com m ittee in his credit union,
passed aw ay on July 1.
Form an w as actively in­
volved U nitus C om m unity
Credit Union. Taking time aw ay from
his day jo b at a telephone com pany,
he w ould com e to the credit union
and approve m em ber loans as part
o f h is d u tie s w ith
U nitus’ Credit C om m it­
tee, on w hich he served
for 10 years, including
one year as chair in 1980
an d 1981. L a te r he
served on the su p erv i­
sory co m m ittee for 24
years, including 18 as its chair.
He w as a constant presence at
m onthly board m eetings, and com ­
pleted continuing education to stay
current with U nitus’ internal account­
ing controls. Forman also represented
the credit union at O regon V olun­
teers’ C onference as well as at other
regional and national conferences.
Form an was an avid golfer, a gam e
he w as eag er to share w ith his ch il­
dren, and oth er kids at the First Tee
program , w hich teaches area youth
about the gam e. H e later helped
expand the program to include fi­
nancial literacy.