Reminiscent of pre-pandemic events, the Tuskegee Room of the Proud Bird Event Center was filled to capacity for a brunch hosted by Inglewood Cemetery Mortuary and Inglewood Park Cemetery. The gathering was held to honor and recognize ministers’ wives and ministers’ widows (MWMW) throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
We sat down with First Place Winner of the Pure Photography category, Sabra Marie, to learn more about what inspired her to participate in the competition.
“Cemeteries are a place of so many different emotions for people,” said Sabra. “They represent the end of life…a final resting place. But they can still be very beautiful. There are so many stories buried there. I saw this contest as an opportunity to honor those stories and bring life to them through the eyes of the angels. Looking at them, the angles had stories to tell too.”
Contest is open to all at historic cemetery. Two $500 first place prizes will be awarded.
After six years of major renovations and seismic retrofitting, the iconic landmark at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Grace Chapel was re-opened on Monday. The historic Grace Chapel was built in the early days of the cemetery. Its completion was announced in the Los Angeles Daily Times on Oct. 30, 1907 and reported to be a ¾ replica of a church in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Free Nov. 2 lecture covers wills, trusts and planning ahead