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Arizona Cleaver
StemonsArizona Cleaver Stemons was the first basileus of Alpha Chapter and the first
Grand Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.
Inspired by Charles Taylor and A. Taylor, fraternity brothers
of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, she encouraged the first group
of young women to join her in organizing Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority.
Arizona Cleaver
Stemons was a Life Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and held
membership with Beta Delta Zeta Chapter in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She was responsible for chartering
numerous undergraduate and graduate chapters throughout
the United States. Her triumphant life ended in
March, 1980 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Viola Tyler Goings
Viola Tyler Goings was one of the co-founders of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated and a Life
Member. Flushing, Ohio was the birthplace of Viola, who at the end of her high school career, became a coed
at Howard University.
After graduating from Howard University
with a teaching degree, she taught in
Smithfield, North Carolina and later accepted the position of
Assistant Principal at the Cambridge High School
in Cambridge Maryland. She married and later
moved to Springfield, Ohio pursuing her career as a teacher.
Her triumphant life ended in March, 1983 in
Springfield, Ohio
Myrtle Tyler Faithful
Myrtle Tyler Faithful was the second Grand
Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated,
blood sister of Viola Tyler, and a Life Member.
An Ohio teacher of mathematics and english for some
years, she always had an active interest in community
affairs. Her triumphant life ended on April 21,
1993.
Fannie Pettie Watts
Fannie Pettie Watts is one of the co-founders
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She is credited with
organizing Omicron Beta Chapter in Brooklyn. She
graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Education. Her post-graduate studies in
social work and housing were pursued at New York
University. She was the Social Investigator for the Department
of Social Service in Brooklyn, New York and Director of
the Cradle Roll Division of Brooklyn's Nazarene
Congregational Church. Her triumphant life ended in
1995.
Pearl Anna Neal
Pearl Anna Neal, exhibited early a degree of
excellence in music and attended the Lincoln Academy in Kings
Mountain, North Carolina. Upon completion of her studies at the
Academy, she entered Howard University where she earned a
Degree in Music. She earned her Master's Degree in Music from
Columbia University, New York, in 1938, thus becoming the
first Black woman in this state to earn this degree. She did
further study at the Julliard School of Music in New York. Her
triumphant life ended in January, 1978 in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
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