Dallas County Democrats
In Memory:
Mildred Garland

From the Dallas Morning News of January 4, 2001:

GARLAND, MRS. MILDRED F. was born September 12, 1925 in Dallas, Texas to the parentage of Harry Foreman and Millie Bell Foreman. Mrs. Garland spent most of her life in Dallas. She received Christ at an early age and joined the Saint Peter Cathedral where she remained a faithful member until her death. She attended school in Dallas, graduate from Lincoln High School at the age of fifteen. At the age of sixteen, she graduated from the school of Madam C. J. Walker as a cosmetologist.

She was a dreamer and she always wanted to go into business for herself. In the early sixties, Mrs. Garland and her sister, Mrs. Allene Hardy founded the Allen Street Community Center that served as a model for the Federal Government Community Action (War on Poverty) Program. Mrs. Garland served extensive terms on the City of Dallas Community Development Boards. She also served on the Dallas Legal Services, Dallas County Community Action Center, the National Clients Council in Washington DC. She assisted in the development and coordination of the Dallas Summer Food Program.

Mrs. Garland was a long time political activist and a precient Democratic Chair. Mrs. Garland was the founder of the South Dallas Educational Center which provided Senior Citizens with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners and assisted them in the payment of their utility services just to name a few. Mrs. Garland was also co-owner of Cimota Beauty Shop.

Mrs. Garland is survived by her son, Michael Garland by a former marriage to the late William "Red" Garland; one sister, Lois B Foreman; two brothers, Alfred D. Foreman and B. C. Foreman; six grandchildren, Regina Hester, Torri West, Michael Garland Jr., William Garland, Jason Garland, and Anthony Small-Garland; four great grandchildren, Tekeia West, Kayla West, Kameron Hester, Tiffany West, and Torren West; one niece, Tina Foreman; five nephews, Harry A Foreman, Crestwell Hardy, Donald Foreman, Burleigh C Foreman, and Rickey Foreman; a host of the family and friends.

Graveside Service Friday, January 5, 2001, 3:00 P.M., Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Dallas, Texas. Visitation 10-9 on Thurs. at the funeral home. Father R. Garcia officiating. Lomax Funeral Practitioners, 4602 Scyene Rd., Dallas TX 241-428-1266

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