Skip to main content

Lionell Powell and Leatrice Brickley. Lionel's parents are from Baton Rouge. Both are from…

Close-up portrait of a smiling woman wearing a beaded headpiece and earrings, likely part of a wedding party; the photo shows significant water damage and deterioration along its edges.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Lionell Powell and Leatrice Brickley. Lionel's parents are from Baton Rouge. Both are from families native to Louisiana for three generations.

These photos are of Lionell and Beatrice and their wedding party. The minister was Reverend Herman Brown, gospel promoter and radio announcer. The best man was Kermit Bickham, the maid of honor Laurie Knight.

Original title

Item 26363

Citation

“Lionell Powell and Leatrice Brickley. Lionel's parents are from Baton Rouge. Both are from…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26363.