STANDING: Joy Woodruff, Nitiya Wofford, Lucille Prater-Holiday, Janet Pisani, Sharon McIntosh, Angela Thompkins, Lois Carter. Seated include Amy Stephenson, center, with Sharon Stephenson-Watkins, Patricia Brown, Willa Delores Dukes and Kathy Ferguson. (Photos by Barrett Schley)
And so it was at the 51st Annual Delores J. Neal Memorial Celebrating Women Awards, held Saturday, July 26, at the Riverside Landings Event Center in Oakmont, co-sponsored by Senator Jay Costa, Frank Fuhrer Corp., UPMC, Goodrich and Geist, Diversified Municipal Services, and Goodrich and Associates.
This occasion was made additionally special thanks to The Grand Mrs. Amy Stephenson, who blessed us all with her presence and sharing her 100th year birthday celebration with us. It was a wonderful day as she, along with 14 other marvelous women, were honored for outstanding achievement and accomplishments in the memory of my beloved mother, Delores J. Neal, the greatest mother in the whole wide world!
The event encompassed the best of the past, present and the future. My mom’s oldest and dearest friend, Mrs. Lois Anne Carter, “aka Mother Carter,” introductions by Sharon McIntosh, blessed words by Mrs. Joy Woodruff, the state of affairs by keynote speaker Dr. Karen Hall, Judge Dwayne Woodruff (Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion), Carmen Robinson (recent candidate for judge), presentations by former model Angela Edmunds and Pittsburgh next great model Ms. Nitiya Wofford, and acknowledgments from Duquesne University Hall of Famers Baron “BB” Flenory and Bruce Atkins, along with AGI board members Ron Brown, Bobby Franklin, Lorenzo Boone, Jerry Chiappinelli, and event co-sponsor Dennis Briggs of Briggs transportation company. Thanks to all who helped make this year’s event a huge success once again!
ANGELA EDMUNDS PRESENTS AN AWARD TO AMY STEPHENSON, 100 YEARS YOUNG!
RON BROWN PRESENTS A BIRTHDAY CAKE TO HIS WIFE, PAT.