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FEBRUARY 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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(Memories of Jack’s Recipes)
Original Recipes from Dottie and Jack Frediani
Shared by Kate Frediani-Gorman
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SHRIMP AND BLACK BEAN SALAD
1 pound cooked, shelled shrimp
1 15-ounce can black beans, drained
½ cup thinly sliced celery
1 small green pepper, cut in strips
2/3 cup mild picante sauce
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro
2 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. honey
1 tsp. lime peel, 2 tsp. juice
Lettuce leaves
Cherry tomato halves
Combine shrimp, beans, green pepper, celery and on-
ion in large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients except
tomatoes and lettuce; mix well. Pour over shrimp mix-
ture; toss lightly to coat. Cover and chill 2-24 hours, toss-
ing now and then. Spoon onto lettuce lined plates, gar-
nish with tomatoes. Serve with additional picante sauce.
Eat Dessert First! This is the best
chocolate cake ever, and
just in time for Valentine’s Day!
TEXAS STYLE GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE
½ cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 package German sweet chocolate
3 Tbsp. cocoa
3 cubes of butter
1 cup water
2 eggs
1 package powdered sugar
For topping:
1 cube butter
3 Tbsp. milk
½ package of German sweet chocolate
2 tsp. cocoa
1 package powdered sugar
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix buttermilk and baking
soda, and set aside. Sift together flour and granulated sugar.
In a saucepan, melt together and bring to a boil chocolate,
cocoa, butter and water. Add 2 eggs, and then the flour sug-
ar mixture and lastly the buttermilk and soda mixture. Let
batter stand for 5 minutes while you grease and flour an ob-
long cake pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.
While cake is baking, in the same saucepan, melt togeth-
er butter, milk, sweet chocolate and cocoa. Bring to a boil
and remove from heat; add powdered sugar and beat until
creamy. Pour over the hot cake and enjoy!
Memoires des
choix des Jacque
Robert G. Walker
Skeepie Scarborough
Brenda E. Campbell
Thomas G. Godwin
of 1961. His tenure in the family business started in 1961 as its
Assistant Manager and then President/CEO. Skeepie is married
to the dynamic
Queen Bass Scarborough
, who has become a li-
censed funeral director after a long career in education.
Brenda E. Campbell – Kilmarnock, Virginia
Brenda E. Campbell
is a third generation funeral profession-
al and the first woman to be licensed as a funeral director and
embalmer in the Northern Neck of Virginia. The
Campbell
Funeral Home
was started by her grandfather
WilliamMack
Campbell
in 1919 with his son,
RobertMackCampbell
. Fol-
Living Legends Eckels College of Mortuary Science
Pernel Jones
,
Denise Hen-
derson
, and
Cynthia Gal-
more
to name a few. Jones
served on the Maryland State
Board for eight years. His
wife of over 58 years,
Glo-
ria Adams Jones
, also a fu-
neral director, was awarded
the Living Legend Award in
2007 and together they at-
tended many National Con-
ventions and House of Rep-
resentative Meetings.
Robert G.Walker – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert G. Walker
was born in Philadelphia in 1936 and
graduated Valedictorian of West Philadelphia High School
in 1954. He stayed in the area and continued his education
by attending Temple University and graduating from Eck-
els in 1957 with a degree in Mortuary Science. He had two
careers, one with the Federal Government Defense Indus-
trial Supply Center, from which he retired after 30 years,
and since 1964 has been the owner of the
Robert Walker
Funeral Home
in Philadel-
phia. Known for his velvet
voice, he joined the “Heav-
enly Angels” singing group.
Dedicated to his profession,
he shared his talents and
leadership between Epsilon
Nu Delta Mortuary Frater-
nity, Inc. where he served as
president, the
Quaker State
Funeral Directors Association
and National Funeral Direc-
tors and Morticians Associa-
tion. For 54 years, he has been married to
Catherine For-
manWalker
, a dedicated helpmate.
John C.“Skeepie”Scarborough, III – Durham, North Carolina
John C. “Skeepie” Scarborough, III
is a fourth generation
member of the distinguished Scarborough family to lead the
Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home
. The company has
been serving families continuously and successfully for the past
119 years. This firm epitomizes the pride felt by the black com-
munity when the funeral home opened its doors. Skeepie’s grand-
father was the first African
American to receive his license
inNorthCarolina and to com-
plete
Renouard’s School of Mor-
tuary Science
in 1905. He was a
true trailblazer and visionary in
funeral service and Skeepie has
followed in those footsteps. He
attended Cheney State College
and transferred to Ohio Uni-
versity and received his BSDe-
gree in 1960.He continued his
education at Eckels as part of
Temple University in the class
Marshall W. Jones, Jr.
lowing his schooling at Eck-
els and the
Van DyVyers Mor-
tuary School
of Richmond, he
was the first black licensed
embalmer and funeral direc-
tor in the Northern Neck.
Grandfather Campbell had
one daughter,
Ruby Mack
Morris
who was also licensed
as a funeral director. Bren-
da served her apprenticeship
during summer school break
and entered Eckels College of
Mortuary Science, graduat-
ing in the class of 1964. She was a founding member of the
Northern Neck Funeral Directors Association
and its first presi-
dent. She is involved also in the
Richmond Funeral Directors As-
sociation
and the
Virginia Morticians Association
.
Thomas G. Godwin – Cape Charles, Virginia
Thomas G. Godwin
is the third generation owner of the
historic African American Hall of Fame firm,
Gray’s Funeral
Home,
founded in 1895 by his uncle,
Mills C. Gray
. Gray’s
was the first funeral home
owned and operated by an Af-
rican American on the East-
ern Shore of Virginia. Thom-
as’s mother, Living Legend
Alston Joynes Godwin
, is a
licensed funeral director who
started working at age 16 and
who is currently 100 years
old. Thomas graduated from
Eckels and has been licensed
for 38 years, having worked
for more than 50 years in the
profession. He has served on
the Beach Board, the Small Business Board, as Chairman of the
School Board and has dedicated three terms to the Northamp-
ton County Board of Supervisors.
JohnW. Ramseur, Sr. – Rock Hill, South Carolina
JohnW. Ramseur
is the owner of
Robinson Funeral Home
of Rock Hill. Mr. Ramseur was featured with the South Caro-
lina Living Legends in the October 2012 issue, but we want-
ed to mention his name again as we feature Eckels graduates.
To catch up on all the Living Legends articles, in the
Funeral
Home and Cemetery News
go t