Epsilon Omega Omega Local History
Serving the Middle Georgia Community for 71 years
A Vision Fair
It was with the hopes, sweat, and tears along with the dreams and prayers of eleven young ladies, that they could establish a chapter in Macon, GA. Four of them had recently graduated from college, where they were members of Alpha Beta Chapter. The others had completed college much earlier. They all had joined Gamma Pi Omega Chapter at Ft. Valley, GA.
We all enjoyed some beautiful fellowship and experienced some pleasurable moments working on community projects with the Ft. Valley Chapter; however, we had a sincere desire to bring some of these successful activities to Macon, and in the meantime, not have to continue traveling to Ft. Valley.
So after many hours of communication with the Supreme Basileus, Executive Secretary and others and with the untiring efforts and cooperation of Soror Mayme Williams, the Regional Director, the dream of establishing a chapter was fastly becoming reality.
On a beautiful spring afternoon on May 3, 1952 at the Georgia Training School for Girls at Camp Wheeler Road, Epsilon Omega Omega was chartered.
from the archives of Soror Eddye Mae Booth
Local History
Epsilon Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was established in Macon, Georgia on May 3, 1952. On that day, eleven members of Gamma Pi Omega and Alpha Beta Chapters of Fort Valley, Georgia met with the Regional Director, Mayme E. Williams of Miami, Florida. The Chartering Ceremony was held in the Reception Room of the Georgia Training School for Girls located on Camp Wheeler Road in Macon, GA. The chartering members were Palmira Braswell, Addie C. Brewer, Eddye Mae Booth, Gladys Dudley, Ruth Johnston, Ada L. Price, Lottie Price, Margaret Sheftall, Ruth Stevenson, Aquilla J. Thompson, and Martha Ann Wheeler. Since the chartering of the chapter over sixty-five years ago, the membership has grown from eleven to nearly one hundred active members who reside in Bibb, Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Twiggs, and Wilkinson Counties.
Chartering Members
Palmira Braswell*
Addie C. Brewer*
Lottie Price*
Eddye Mae Booth
Margaret Sheftall*
Gladys Dudley*
Ruth Stevenson*
Ruth Johnston*
Aquilla J. Thompson*
Ada L. Price*
Martha Ann Wheeler*
*Deceased
First Chapter Officers
Basileus — Ruth Stevenson*
Anti-Basileus — Eddye Mae Booth
Grammateus — Ruth Johnston*
Tamiouchous — Lottie Price*
*Deceased
First Initiates
The first initiation was held in 1953 with two candidates
Pearline Goldsboro*
Moneta Price*
*Deceased
Past and Present Chapter Presidents
1952 Ruth Stevens*
1953-1957 Eddye Mae Booth
1958-1959 Ruth Johnston*
1960-1961 Joyce Simonton*
1962-1963 Valeria Williams*
1964-1965 Margaret Dyer*
1966-1967 Frances Moses*
1968-1969 Sherrell Nelson Hart*
1970-1971 Gwen Williams*
1972-1973 Valeria Williams*
1974-1975 Betty R. Gibbs*
1976-1977 Samuella Humphrey*
1978-1979 Eva Bonner*
1980-1983 Palmira Braswell*
1984-1985 Esther Fussell
1986-1989 Dolores Jones
1990-1993 Viki Miller*
1994-1997 Wanda West
1998-2001 Verneda Appling
2002-2005 Kelda Cubit
2006-2009 Gwen Bell*
2010-2013 Sekema Harris Harmon
2014-2017 Cynthia Reese
2018-2021 Brenda Youmas
2022-Current Tanya G. Allen
*Deceased