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Fraternity honors member with named scholarship
Tricia Hall
The Sojourner’s Truth reporter
The men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, Xi Tau
Chapter established a collegiate scholarship to honor
current fraternity member and mentor, Joseph Sommerville,
PhD. The fraternity organized a fall classic amateur golf
tournament dinner on Monday, September 16, 2019 at Highland
Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania.
“Dr. Sommerville is 92 years old, the oldest member in our
chapter. This man has served as a mentor to all of us, in
one capacity or another. He’s wise and overall great guy. We
wanted to organize this golf scholarship tournament to
commemorate his greatest passion, education,” explained
Vince Davis.
Vince Davis, immediate basileus emeritus (past president)
served as dinner moderate. The dinner program opened with a
prayer delivered by Rev. James H. Willis, Sr., pastor of St.
Paul Missionary Baptist Church; where Dr. Sommerville is a
member. Toledo City Council member Cecelia Adams, PhD
presented a City of Toledo proclamation; and words of
gratitude were shared by Crystal Ellis and Jeff Rollins,
former students of Dr. Sommerville and current chapter
president Alan Bannister.
“I am pleased that my fraternity has sponsored this
tournament for students in need. It delights me that I was
chosen to encourage these students to press on, and
accomplish great things in their lives. This is the first
tournament of this nature and I hope to see many more to
come because we have so many students in need, which can
benefit from this scholarship,” said Dr. Sommerville.
The golf tournament was organized by the chapter’s
committee: Alan Bannister, Vince Davis, Keith Jordan, David
Menefee, Eldon Payne, and Jeffery Rollins. Gold sponsors:
Don Godfrey of Toledo Retiree Golf League, and Kokosing
Construction Company; Hole sponsors: Groomed for Greatness,
African American Legacy Project, Toledo City Council member
Cecelia Adams, State Representative Paula Hicks-Hudson, Eli
Antypas Jewelers, Studio 32Nine Salon Suites & Spa, Shirley
Williams of Howard Hanna Realtors, David Landrum of Omega
Epsilon, Stanford Williams of Omega Psi Phi past district
representative, Keith Jordan, and Marcus Newbern of Genoa
Bank; and Patrons: Donald Coleman, and Jovan Burke.
“I want to thank our corporate scholarship who supported
this scholarship fundraiser. Dr. Sommerville is a great
inspiration to me personal, our fraternity and this
community,” said Alan Bannister.
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