member of the Army National Guard, last serving as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was a member of Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Kutztown. John received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Leba- non Valley College, Annville and a Master’s Degree in Music from Trenton State College, NJ. A music teacher in public schools for over 40 years, he first taught at Lebanon Catholic Parochial School, Leb- anon, where he also served as church organist. He moved to New Jersery, teaching and directing the marching band in South Plainfield School District, South Plainfield, NJ. John moved to the Bridgewa- ter-Raritan Regional School District, Bridgewater, NJ for the majority of his career, retiring from full -time teaching in 1990. After several more years as a substitute teacher, John and Eleanor moved to PA. In his spare time John enjoyed playing clarinet with the Ringgold Band, Laureldale, PA, and saxophone in the Windjammers Unlimited Band, Sarasota, FL. John cherished his family, was devoted to his loving wife, Norrie, and supported her pursuit of bache- lor’s and master’s degrees. He loved playing his saxo- phone, sharing good jokes, going camping, playing golf, listening to and playing jazz and classical mu- sic, and rooting for the NY Yankees and the Read- ing Fightin’ Phils. John loved people and easily made friends, whether just for the moment or for a life- time. His open personality was a loving lesson for his children who enjoy sharing fond family memories.
Richard “Dick” Graham Richard Graham passed away
on October 20, 2018. Richard, age 83, beloved husband of Shirley (nee McHugh) Graham served in the US Army National Guard. He was the former instrumental music di- rector and later served as substitute
teacher at Overbrook High School in Pine Hill, NJ. During his long career in music education, he won numerous awards with his marching and jazz band.
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Richard took his award-winning marching bands to Disney World to perform in the Magic Kingdom Parade for over 10 years. In the early 1970’s New Jersey began to form its own chapter of the National Association for Jazz Education. Richard helped or- ganize its formation and eventually became its first member. He later was elected to the State Board as Secretary. In 1990 he won the Outstanding Jazz Educator Award and in 2003 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, both from the As- sociation. He was the only educator to receive an honorary life membership in the organization. After retiring from teaching, he became the NJ State Jazz Festival Chair. The NJ Association for Jazz Educa- tion named the Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award, to pay tribute to him, and to the fact that his band consistently won the sight reading award. Richard was twice named the winner of the NJ Jazz Education Achievement Award. Throughout the 1980’s, Richard led the Overbrook High School Jazz Band to numerous state championships in the New Jersey State Jazz Festival, as well as being a finalist in the Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Band Festival (the largest one-day high school jazz festival in the world.) He won the Distinguished Educator award from NJMEA in 2015. Richard was a mem- ber of the Clementon Lions and was coordinator of the Leo Club at Overbrook High School.
Winston Hughes Winston Hughes passed away
on Wednesday October 3, 2018, at Regency Rehabilitation and Nurs- ing Center in Somerset, N.J. Win- ston was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. on January 10, 1934. He resided in Perth Amboy throughout his
youth, and then attended Virginia State University. At Virginia State, he became the co-founder and co- director of the Omega Choraleers, a popular singing group from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. It was his
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