T. J. Huddleston, Sr.

T. J. Huddleston, Sr.

T. J. Huddleston, Sr. (June 1, 1876—?) was a prominent African American entrepreneur and community leader in Mississippi. He owned dozens of funeral homes in Mississippi. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-leon-finney-sr-06apr06,1,2983816.story Founded Leon's Bar-B-Q - Employees, Mississippi, Woodlawn Organization - chicagotribune.com ] ] He was the grandfather of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, Mayor Henry Espy of Clarksdale, Mississippi and great-grandfather of Mississippi Representative Chuck Espy (D - Clarksdale).

Huddleston was also the father of Leon Finney, Sr. (1916-2008), the founder of a popular barbecue chain in Chicago, who in turn was the father of Leon Finney, Jr. (1938-), a prominent Chicago minister and current president and CEO of the Woodlawn Organization. The Chicago and Mississippi branches of the family retain political ties. [ [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=60616&last=FINNEY&first=LEON NEWSMEAT ▷ LEON FINNEY's federal campaign contribution search results ] ]

Biography

T(homas) J(efferson) Huddleston, Sr. was born on June 1 1876. [World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] , Humphreys County, Mississippi at http://www.ancestry.com]

In 1924, Huddleston founded the Afro-American Sons and Daughters, a fraternal organization in Yazoo City, Mississippi. [http://www.visitmississippi.org/itineraries/themes_african_american_timeline.asp Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau: African-American Heritage Timeline] Four years later, he built and operated the Afro-American Hospital in Yazoo. It was Mississippi's first hospital owned and operated by blacks. [http://www.visitmississippi.org/itineraries/themes_african_american_timeline.asp Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau: African-American Heritage Timeline]

Huddleston's children with his wife Patience included:

* Carrie Huddleston
* Fontaine Huddleston
* Ethel Huddleston
* Lula Huddleston
* T(homas) J(efferson) Huddleston, Jr., (March 2, 1909—May 10, 1990) ) [Social Security Death Index [database online] , Thomas J. Huddleston at http://www.ancestry.com]
* Willie Jean Huddleston, (October 22, 1914—September 1985) [Social Security Death Index [database online] , Willie Espy at http://www.ancestry.com] mother of Mike Espy and Henry Espy.

References

External links

* [http://www.visitmississippi.org/itineraries/themes_african_american_timeline.asp African-American Timeline] at [http://www.visitmississippi.org/ Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau]


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