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[[Westlawn Gospel Chapel, IL|Westlawn Gospel Chapel]], Chicago, Cook, [[Illinois|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 [https://ides.illinois.gov/ 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 [https://www.newspapers.com/image/168002089 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 ''[https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/feature/watch-the-gospel-according-to-bill-pannell/ The Gospel According to Bill Pannell]'' was released in 2024, accompanied by a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6tc2X_uP0U farewell] message. Also see Fuller's [https://www.fuller.edu/posts/in-memoriam-william-e-pannell/ 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
=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 [https://ides.illinois.gov/ 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 [https://www.newspapers.com/image/168002089 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 ''[https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/feature/watch-the-gospel-according-to-bill-pannell/ The Gospel According to Bill Pannell]'' was released in 2024, accompanied by a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6tc2X_uP0U farewell] message. Also see Fuller's [https://www.fuller.edu/posts/in-memoriam-william-e-pannell/ 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
