Diane Garrison of Newport News, vice president of the Mattaponi Healing Eagle Clinic, spoke of her Cherokee ancestry when growing up in Kansas and Oklahoma during the May 7 meeting of the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters & Sons. In photo above are circle member Dot Daniel, left, and Garrison. On the table are everyday items, or regalia, from Garrison’s life. Also at the meeting in the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center, the York River Circle welcomed four new members. Pictured in photo below are, from left: Linda Waddles and her sponsor, Fran James; Gail Brown and her sponsor, Jean Brown; and sponsor Amelita Thomas with her new member, Margaret Insley. Not pictured are new member Nina Watkins and her sponsor, Shirley Hudgins.
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