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*Lottye Burns, of Cedar Hill, whose husband, Lewis Burns, grew up in Pelham, walks out of a field of sunflowers after posing for a photograph taken by her husband on Sunday, May 27, 2012. The land owned by Pelham residents is now leased to farmers for crops including cotton and corn. This summer was the first time residents remembered sunflowers being grown there.*
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*The oldest Pelham resident and native, Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Gee Beaty, 95, sits in her kitchen in the trailer she lived in next to her nephew, Frederick Carruthers, shortly before her death in April.*
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*Pastor Tony Kea, of Killeen, has lunch with his family including Micah, 3, left, and Izaiah, 1, at the home of Pelham resident Ted Brackens after the Easter service at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Pelham.*
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*Sharmaine Carter attends the 107 year anniversary celebration of Brown Chapel A.M.E Church, one of two operating churches in Pelham. Carter is from Killeen where the pastor of the church comes in from for services every week.*
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*Zaniah Kea, 6, plays with her brother, Jo'vaune Kea, 12, outside the church where their father, Tony Kea, of Killeen, came to lead the service with his mother, Pastor Rosa Kea, for the Easter service at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Pelham.*
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*Micah Kea, 3, the son of pastor Tony Kea, of Killeen, Pelham, sticks his tongue out at his friends while Yvonne McNeil-Weaver, a descendant of the Cook family, speaks during the Easter service at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Pelham.*
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*The oldest Pelham resident and native, Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Gee Beaty, 95, prays with Pastor of Rosa Kea, right, of Killeen, and her son, Tony Kea, left, during the Easter service at AME Brown Chapel. The next day, an explosion in Aunt Bea's trailer critically injured her and she passed away a week later.*
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*Helen Louise Amison, of Milford, crosses one of two main roads in Pelham after attending the Easter service at Wesley United Methodist Church. Area churches rotate Sunday services.*
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*All related by marriage or blood, Elayne Porter Robinson, from left, Alva Jean Porter, Darlene Holloway and Catherine Porter take care of business during the monthly Pelham Community Activity Committee meeting at the Pelham Community Center on March, 13, 2012.*
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*Catherine Porter holds a historic photo of her husband's family farm in Pelham, at their home in Pelham on August 12, 2012.*
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*Donnie Joe Hightower, the step-son of Pelham native Mallord Parks, entertains himself on a summer day in Pelham on July, 11, 2012.*
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*Pelham native Frederick Carruthers takes down a flag after the Memorial Day activities in Pelham on Sunday, May 27, 2012.*
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*Mayor Julián Castro, holding his daughter, Carina, 3, is surrounded by supporters at the send-off party for his trip to the Democratic National Convention at the St. Paul Community Center in San Antonio on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.*
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*Mayor Julián Castro, left, with his brother, Joaquin Castro, look out at the expanse of Time Warner Cable Arena as they are interviewed during preparations for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.*
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*An onlooker records video of Mayor Julián Castro on an iPhone as he is interviewed at Time Warner Cable Arena before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.*
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*Diane Sawyer jokes with Julián Castro as he gets a little makeup for her interview with him for ABC World News at the Nascar Hall of Fame before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.*
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*Julián Castro takes a break from rehearsing his keynote speech with his wife, Erica Castro, and their daughter, Carina, 3, in their hotel room a few hours before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.*
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*Julián Castro, center, and his brother, Joaquin Castro, right, get ready to appear on CNN's morning news program Starting Point with anchor Soledad O'Brien, left, at the CNN Grill during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.*
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*Julián Castro laughs with Alice Germond, the Secretary of the Democratic National Committee, left, the morning after his keynote speech during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.*
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*Saralee Trimble helps her son, Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, get out of their van upon their arrival at Dury's Gun Shop in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Trimble was looking to buy his own hunting rifle, since he's been borrowing one, for hunting trips with wounded warriors.*
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*Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, works with therapists during an occupational therapy session at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.*
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*Army Pfc. Kevin asks his mother, Saralee Trimble, to put a shrinker on his leg quickly as he is in more pain from his recent surgery as she helps him get ready for the day in the small room they share at Powless Guest House at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.*
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*Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, adjusts his myoelectric upper limb prosthetic for occupational therapy at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.*
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*Saralee Trimble watches as her son, Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, shops for a hunting rifle at Dury's Gun Shop in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.*
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*Saralee Trimble and her son, Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, meet for lunch in their two room hotel room at the Powless Guest House at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.*
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*Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll, IA, on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.*
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*Republican presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry's shadow is cast on the flag behind him as he answers questions during a meet and greet at The Gigglin' Goat in Boone, IA on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.*
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*Republican presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry takes a moment to himself as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal speaks and introduces him at a campaign event at Nationwide in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.*
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*Republican presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry waits offstage to speak while Marcus Luttrell introduces him at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll, IA, on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.*
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*Rhodena Matthews, kisses her grandson, Braylon Nelson, 2, who was paralyzed in a road rage accident, at his home in San Antonio on Friday, June 29, 2012.*
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*Children swim and people watch fireworks from the Hilton Palacio del Rio pool during the Stars & Stripes over San Antonio inaugural event on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.*
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