Bess M. Parker-Grant

Background

Parker-Grant, Bess M. was born on March 12, 1947 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Gus and Eldora (Young) Parker.

Education

Student, Paul Lawrence Dunbar Business School, Baltimore, 1965.

Career

Clerk-typist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1965-1970; inventory clerk, Levenson & Klein, Baltimore, 1970-1971; secretary, State Maryland Committee on Human Relations, Baltimore, 1971-1984; recruiter, United States Naval Reserve, Baltimore, l984-88; recruiter-in-charge, United States Naval Reserve, Baltimore, l988-.

Membership

Member choir St. Francis Xavier Church, Baltimore, 1979. Reading tutor Brehms Church Baltimore, 1985, school advisory Parent-Teachers Association Northeast Middle School Baltimore, 1985. With United States Navy, since 1984.

Member National Association of Female Executives, Federal Reserve Association, Fleet Reserve Association, NCOA (vice president).

Interests

• Avocations: bowling, sewing, sports, knitting, shopping.

Connections

Married Reuben Ellis Brooks, January 3l, l97l (divorced January l987). Children: Sean O'Neal, Reuben Ellis Junior. Married Vincent P. Grant, September 28, 1989.

Father:

Gus Parker

Mother:

Eldora (Young) Parker

Spouse:

Reuben Ellis Brooks

Spouse:

Vincent P. Grant

child:

Reuben Ellis Junior Parker-Grant

child:

Sean O'Neal Parker-Grant