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May 30,2012- June 5,2012 • Vol. 41 No. 13 • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
The Savannah Tribune Remembers
Janie R. Toomer and Frenchye M. Bynes
Janie R. Toomer
Frenchye M. Bynes
The Savannah Tribune
joins the community in
mourning the loss of Mrs.
Janie R. Toomer and Mrs.
Frenchye M. Bynes. These
two ladies represent the epit
ome of what it means to be a
pillar of the community.
Mr. Janie R. Toomer
was a trailblazer among
African-American female
business owners in
Savannah. Her business acu
men distinguished her as a
leader and role model in the
world of real estate. Janie R.
Toomer was recognized as a
major contributor to the his
tory of our area because she
was the first licensed
African-American female
real estate broker in
Savannah. She was the
owner of Janie R. Toomer
Real Estate, a company that
she formed in 1978.
Janie R. Toomer, a native of
Statesboro, GA, resided in
Savannah for almost 70
years. She was the widow of
Carver State Bank founder
Louis B. Toomer, mother of
the late LaVonne Bryant, and
the proud grandmother of
three grandsons (one
deceased).
Mrs. Toomer held a
Bachelor’s Degree in
Business Administration
from Savannah State College
(now University). She was
an ardent member of the his
toric First Bryan Baptist
Church where she served as a
Deaconess, Trustee, member
of the Finance Committee
and member of the Choir.
She was also active in the
community.
Continued on pg. 3
Mrs. Frenchye Mason
Bynes was bom in Jackson,
Mississippi on January 24,
1923. She was the second
of three children bom to
DeWitt and Cleotha Ward
Mason. She departed this
life on Saturday, May 26,
2012 in Savannah, Georgia.
In 1942 she married
Frank Howard Bynes, Sr.
and to this union five chil
dren were bom. Both her
husband Frank H. Bynes,
Sr. and her son Raleigh
DeWitt Bynes preceded her
in death.
Frenchye became a
Georgia licensed funeral
director and worked in
three roles: wife, mother
and business owner/funeral
director and side by side
with her husband in the
daily operation of the funer
al home as needed. Once
Frenchye got involved,
regardless of what it was,
things changed for the best.
Frenchye knew the impor
tance of women getting
involved with funeral serv
ice and being a part of the
business and the Savannah
area set a standard with her
friends Carolyn Jones and
Sadie Williams being part of
their husbands business.
Frenchye was involved with
her children’s educational
programs, civic, social,
politically and community-
centered programs through
out the city. She was very
active with the Georgia
Funeral Service and
Practitioners Association,
Continued on pg. 3
City of Savannah Youth
Council Graduates
Fifty-three 8th graders graduate from Savannah Youth Council Program
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F ifty-three 8th graders
graduated from the
City of Savannah
Youth Council program dur
ing a ceremony on
Wednesday, May 23.
Remarks were made by
Mayor Edna Jackson,
Alderman Van R. Johnson II,
and Youth Council coordina
tor Carliss Bates. Several
Youth Council members
offered reflections on the
yearlong program, which
saw them participate in com
munity service projects,
make regular speeches and
appearances before the City
Council, and take education
al trips to places like
Washington, D.C.; Atlanta
and the National League of
Cities Conference in
Arizona.
The following are
members of the Youth
Council Class of 2011-12:
Torrey Mott, President;
Lindsey Mitchell, Vice
President; Sabrina Ang,
Secretary; Prentiss Bacon,
Parliamentarian; McKinley
Bentley; Kearston
Berksteiner; Polly Berman;
Marshai Brown; Alyssa
Burns; Shakayla Bush;
Dimetri Chambers; Ashlee
Clark; Thomas Crossley;
Kennedi Cunningham;
Ginnie Diebolt; Jason Ennis;
Kyla Edwards; Isaiah Fields;
Calvin Ford; Jillian Galletta;
Kianna Garrett; Phonteen
Haugabook, Jr.; James
Hazzard; Jamilah Hilliard;
Jaumoithe Houseal; Isis
Howard; Shane Howard;
Glynnice Hurst; Caylen
Johnson; Christiana
Johnson; Kelton King;
Destiny Lambert; Keila M.
Lawrence; Kendra M.
Lawrence; Kahleel Morman;
Brielle Oliver; Michael
(Chase) Polak; Irvin Riley
III; Alex Reeves; Monticko
Scott; Lauren
Sheldon;Lauren Spaulding;
Shelby Todd; Terry Tolbert
III; Deonte Townsley; Nariel
Tribble; Joseph Washington;
Cierra White; Henri White;
Destiny Williams; Gabriel
Williams; Nicolas Williams;
and Nicholas Wright
Obama Launches
$26 Million Multi-
Agency Competition
President Obama
The Obama
Administration announced
a $26 million multi-agency
Advanced Manufacturing
Jobs and Innovation
Accelerator Challenge to
foster innovation-fueled job
creation through public-pri
vate partnerships. These
coordinated investments
will help catalyze and lever
age private capital, build an
entrepreneurial ecosystem,
and promote cluster-based
development in regions
across the United States.
This is the third round of the
Jobs Accelerator competi
tion, which is being funded
by the U.S. Department of
Commerce’s Economic
Development Administration
(EDA) and National Institute
of Standards and Technology
(NIST); the U.S. Department
of Energy; the U.S.
Department of Labor’s
Employment and Training
Administration; the Small
Business Administration;
and the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Advanced manufactur
ing is critical to the health of
the national economy and
provides essential goods and
equipment directly to con
sumers as well as to a wide
range of industries, including
the energy production, agri
culture, medical and comput
ing industries, and the securi
ty and intelligence sectors.
Manufacturing
accounts for 70 percent of
private-sector R&D and 60
percent of U.S.
exports-including a record
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