Our Five Pearls

	Arizona Leedonia Cleaver Stemmons was the first president of Alpha Chapter and the first Grand President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She encouraged the first group of young women to join her in organizing Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. In 1933, she accepted a position with the Philadelphia Department of Public Assistance. A staunch church worker, she was in charge of the Sunday School Teachers Training Class of Saint Simon, The Cyrenian Church, in Philadelphia. Her triumphant life ended in March 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	Viola Tyler Goings was one of the co-founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and a Life Member. After graduating from Howard University with a teaching degree, she taught in Smithfield, North Carolina, and later accepted the position of Assistant Principal at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Maryland. After years of service to the sorority and her community, her triumphant life ended in 1983 in Springfield, Ohio.
	Myrtle Tyler Faithful was the second Grand President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and the blood sister to Founder Viola Tyler Goings. An Ohio teacher of mathematics and English for some years, she always had an active interest in community affairs. She raised two daughters, both of whom are Zetas. Her triumphant life ended on April 21, 1993.
	Fannie Pettie Watts graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. She pursued postgraduate studies in social work and housing at New York University. She was the Social Investigator for the Department of Social Services in Brooklyn, New York, and the director of the Cradle Roll Division of Brooklyn’s Nazarene Congregational Church. After years of service, her triumphant life ended in 1995.
	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, she earned a degree in music from Howard University. She earned her Master’s in music from Columbia University, New York, in 1938, 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. After being a pioneer through her life and career, her triumphant life ended in January 1978.

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