Editor’s note: Clara Johnson welcomes contributors to her weekly Shout Outs column. Send yours to bliving@thefacts.com.
Shouts of eternal love and get-well prayers to a compassionate and warm-hearted woman of God, Julia Hall. Julia is an amazing parishioner at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and the Rev. Joseph Mayes is the anointed shepherd. Julia is an educator and veteran of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department who was the first African American female deputy in our county.
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Clara Johnson is a resident of Brazoria. Contact her at bliving@thefacts.com.
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