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	WORD PICTURE OF PERRY SID JALOESON
	   AN]) HIS HOME. ~


	Mi‘~. Jarnison is about 51211 and weighs 130 pounds. Except. for a slight limp, caused by a broken bone that did not heal, neoessitating the use of a cane, he gets around in a lively manner, He takes a walk each morning and has a smile for everybody.

	Mr. Jamison is an elder in the Second Baptist Church and possesses a deep religious nature. In his conversation there crops o~t the facile use of such words as “eventually“, “~enera1t!~, “accessible“, and the like. He has not been engaged in xrtanuallabor since 1907. Since then he has made his living as an evangelist for the colored Baptist church.

	Mr. Jeznison says he does not like to travel around without something mor e than a verba 1 word to certify who and what he is • He produced a certificate from the 8lllinois Theological Seminary“ awarding him the degree of Doctor of Divinity ~nd dated Deöember 15, 1933, and signed by Rev. Walter Pitty for the trustees and S. Billup, D. D., Ph. D.) as the president. Another document was a minister‘ s license is sued by the Probate court ofJefferson county authorizing him to perform itiarriage ceremonies. He has his ordination certificate dated November 7, 1900, at Red Mountain Baptist Church, Sloss, Alabama, which certi~ fies that he was ordained an elder of that church; it is signed by Dr.

G.	S. Smith, Malerator. Then he has two letters df recomn~endation from churches in Alabama and Chicago.

	That Mr. J&~nison is a vigerous preacher is attested by other mmisters who say they never knew a man of his 8~: tO pI!eaoh like he does,

	Mr. Jemison lives with his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Co*es, whose husband is a WP~, worker • Als o lIving in the house is the daughter ‚ s s on, employed as a iabore~ and his wife. Between them all, a rent of ~28.OO