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College. Post college, Childs entered military service as a United States Army Infantry man. During his three years of service, he earned medals as a M1 Rifle Sharpshooter, M1 Rifle Marksman, and a M14 Rifle Sharpshooter. After an honorable discharge, Brother Childs was employed in Jacksonville as Director of a Methadone Drug Assis- tance Program followed by serving as Director of the Jacksonville Parent Child Center. This was a federally/locally funded program that provided a range of comprehensive services for young children and their parents. Brother Childs worked hard in insuring that this was one of the best projects nationally and took great pride in knowing it was recognized as such. Childs earned a fellowship in the Uni- versity of Nebraska Doctoral Program in secondary education at the Lincoln (NE) campus. He served as a Graduate Assistant to the Dean of the Second- ary Education Department, Dr. Ward Sybouts. After earning his doctorate, Dr. Childs became an Assistant Profes- sor at the University of Texas at Dallas. In addition, he served as an employee/ consultant of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) as a teacher and administrator at all grade levels. He retired from the DISD in 2004. Childs is preceded in death by his wife, Catherine (nee Pitman) Childs, his parents, a stepfather, two sisters and one nephew. He is survived by his sons, Kevin Thomas and Dr. Konata Childs, a sister, and a host of other relatives and friends. Curtis W. Clerkley, Sr. 1931–2018 Educator Curtis W. Clerkley entered the
Alpha Psi®. He was born on April 8, 1931 to Thomas D. Clerkley and Ola Spiller Moore in El Paso, TX. He graduated from Douglas High School in 1949. He attended Houston-Tillotson College, located in Austin, TX, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 1952. He continued his education at Prairie View A&M University where he earned a Master of Education in 1969 and a Master of Science in 1977. In between 1958 and 1972 he continued his graduate studies at Texas A&I University-Kingsville, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, and the University of Texas-Austin. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1952-1956. Clerkley was a longtime educator in the Corpus Christi (TX) Independent School District. Throughout his career he served as teacher and a coach for elementary and junior high school. He also served as an Assistant Principal and Principal of High School and Middle School. He was also a director of the Curriculum Education Learning Center at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Curtis was actively involved with the community and his church as a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, President of Methodist Men, Chairman of Building Fund & Renovation Com- mittee, Sunday School Teacher, Steward Board, Youth Counselor, Usher for Life Member of Texas P.T.A., Southside Youth Football, Boy Scouts of America and Little League Baseball. He was also a member of the Corpus Christi Association for Supervision & Curricu- lum Development, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, Corpus Christi Principals Association, Life Member Texas Retired Teachers Asso- ciation, Corpus Christi Retired Teachers Association, Beta Iota Chapter Epsilon Pi Tau, Up-Town Kiwanis Club- Presi- dent, NAACP, and Charter Member Phi Delta Kappa Coastal Bend Area Texas. Brother Curtis Clerkley is preceded in death by his parents, twin sister, Myrtis Lovejoy & Margaret Yvonne Miller. He is survived by his wife of 64 year: Ella Frances Clerkley, son: Curtis
W. Clerkley, Jr. (Iota Upsilon 1979), grandchildren: Capt. Curtis W. Clerkley III, Brandon J. Clerkley and Liam D. Clerkley, great-grandchildren: Wyatt Alexander and Avery Bell Clerkley and a host of relatives, colleagues, and former Dr. Price M. Cobbs 1931–2018 Author, Psychiatrist and Civil Rights Leader
Dr. Price M. Cobbs transitioned to the Chapter Invisible on June 25, 2018 in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. He was 89 years old. Born in Los Angeles on November 2,
1928, Dr. Cobbs was the son of Dr. Peter Price Cobbs and Rosa Mashaw Cobbs. The elder Dr. Cobbs was one of the first practicing Black physicians in Los Angeles, and Mrs. Cobbs was a school teacher. After attending UCLA, son Price received his bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley. After a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, he received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1958, and was board certified as a psychiatrist in 1966. He coauthored the national bestseller, Black Rage , published by Basic Books in 1968. A follow-up book titled The Jesus Bag was soon on bookstore shelves. Dr. Cobbs formed a company, Pacific Management Systems, that would train practitioners in the metal health profes- sions to implement such confrontation groups throughout the United States. Dr. Cobbs became a senior consultant to the Executive Leadership Council, an organization of Black U.S. corporate business executives and entrepreneurs. In the meantime, Dr. Cobbs also co-authored, with Judith L. Turnock, Cracking The Corporate Code, which details the experiences up the corporate ladder of 32 Black executives. His biographical memoir, My American
Chapter Invisible on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the age
of 87. He was a 1952 initiate of the Houston- Tillotson College Chapter, the Gamma Lambda of Kappa
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