Who's Who at Westlawn Gospel Chapel, IL

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Westlawn Gospel Chapel, Chicago, Cook, IL (AA-OB) +1965-current

Early Correspondents

  • Dr. LeRoy Louis Yates, Sr. ?-2018

Notable Families

Banks family

  • Melvin Banks 1965?-

Johnson family

  • James Johnson
  • Mary Alice Williams Johnson +1987 (1938-1987 Chi., IL; m. 1956), daughter of Edward Williams & Elizabeth Wideman Williams. Memorial @ Westlawn. Employee of the IDES.
    • Karen Johnson Cook
    • Pamela Johnson
    • Michelle Johnson

Rollerson family

  • Harvey Rollerson +1965?+
    • Monte Rollerson - Monte hosted weekly gospel roller-skating parties at local rinks.
    • Derrick Rollerson - Derrick founded an outreach ministry for urban teenagers in the mid-1990's.
    • Ken Rollerson - Ken's group "Singles United Ministry" organized Celebrate Jesus 95 that drew 300 area young people, and another in 1996 that expected over 500, inspired by a sermon at Westside on the "virtue of solving problems". See Chicago Tribune's 1996-12-20 issue.

Yates family

Beverly's brother was Rev. Dr. William E. "Bill" Pannell (b. 1929 Sturgis, MI - d. 2024), who was Fuller Theological Seminary's first Black trustee (1971-1974), professor of evangelism (1974-2000), dean of the chapel (1992-2000), director of the African American Church Studies Program. A feature-length documentary The Gospel According to Bill Pannell was released in 2024, accompanied by a farewell message. Also see Fuller's memorial.

  • Dr. LeRoy Louis Yates, Sr. +1965?-2018 (b. 1929 - d. 2018 Chi., IL). Dr. Yates was listed 1980-2007 in Who's Who among Black Americans.
  • Beverly Joanne Pannell Yates +1965?-current (b. 1931 MI; m. 1951 Chicago, IL), daughter of William "Willie" R. Pannell (b. 1903 Chi., IL) Olive Gertrude Davison Pannell-Perkins (b. 1904 Sturgis, St. Joseph, MI - d. 1947 Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI). Willie's mother was born in Spain, his father in West Virginia. In 1950, Beverly was employed as a nurse at the Cook County Nurse's Home, under the direction of George P. Roberts (b. 1891 Greece).

Sources

  • Ancestry.com
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