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• Elijah Larry McDuffie
  AKA E. Larry McDuffie
   

  Second child of the late Deacon Booker T. and Mrs. Delia McDuffie
  

  Born in Wedgefield, SC.  E. Larry McDuffie’s parents moved to Savannah, GA from Wedgefield, S.C. when he was just one year  old. He grew up in Savannah. E. Larry attended the local school system, graduating from Tompkins High School and receiving a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Savannah State University, and his Master’s from Armstrong State University. He did further study at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA.
  
  E. Larry music background goes back to his pre-teen years when he started playing the piano at an early age. He started playing without any instructions and was soon playing for his home church. Other churches in the community began to take notice and hired E. Larry to play for their choirs. He spent many years playing for the Rosebud Gospel Singers. They became very popular and traveled throughout the Southeast.
  
  In 1964 E. Larry founded the Savannah Community Choir with over one hundred (100 ) local voices. This choir went on to record more than a dozen national albums, traveled throughout the United States sharing the Gospel Stage with some of the world’s greatest such as: Rev. James Cleveland, Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Georgia Mass Choir, Mississippi Mass Choir, Kirk Franklin, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy and others. The choir is now under exclusive contract to Malaco Recording Company with a new project expected out in the near future.
   
  E. Larry taught school for 28 years and three times he was named Teacher of the Year.  He was recruited into doing radio by the legendary Ben Tucker. Ben was the former owner of WSOK and his morning drive man, who did gospel, left to go to another station. Ben knowing of E. Larry in background in Gospel Music asked him to help out until he could find someone. Well, twenty-four years later, he’s still here. E. Larry hosted the morning show from 4-8:A.M. and then he left to go to the classroom. He did this for more than twenty years. In December of 2007, E. Larry stepped down, after many years as Program Director for WSOK.
   
  E. Larry is a member of a number of organizations and serving or having served on the Board- of Education as teacher representative, American Red Cross, Savannah-Chatham Citizen Advoacy and others. He was the first chairman of the Board for the Georgia Mass  Choir.
  
  E. Larry loves to read and compose music. 
  
  

  Education
  

  Attended the Savannah-Chatham County School System
  

  Graduated from Woodville High School
  

  Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Savannah State University
  

  Attended Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
  

  Armstrong Atlantic State University
  

  Occupations
  

  1970-1976-Mossy Oaks Elementary School (Beaufort SC)
  

  1976-1998-Haven Academy (Savannah, GA)
  

  1997-Present-WSOK-“Joy In The Morning” Morning Drive
  

  1998-Present-WSOK-Program/Music Director
  

  Gilbert Haven Academy
  

  Supervising Teacher
  

  Data Collector
  

  Chairman of several committees
  

  Administrative Assistant to Principal
  

  Developed School’s Exemplary Projects
  

  Instituted Business/Education Partnership with WSOK
  

  Chairman of the Self-Study Committee
  

  Parent Advocacy Teacher
  

  Interim Principal (December –April) 1985
  

  Religious/Civic Affiliations
  

  Founder/Director of the Savannah Community Choir
  

  Founder/Director of Savannah Mass Choir
  

  Founder/Director of WSOK Youth & Young Adult Choir
  

  Established the local chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America
  

  Serves as Chapter Representative of the Gospel Music Workshop of America
  

  National Board Member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America
  

  First Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Mass Choir
  

  NAACP
  

  PUSH
  

  Public Radio Board
  

  1996 Grand Marshal for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Day Association
  

  Board of Directors (Citizen Advoacy)
  

  Recordings
  

  “Stand Up For Jesus”
  

  “One Day at A Time”
  

  “Glad That You Could Be Here”
  

  “Sweet Spirit”
  

  “Alive Forever”
  

  “Come To Me/Satisfaction Guaranteed”
  

  “Goodbye September”
  

  “God Will Hear and Answer Prayer”
  

  “He Care for Me”
  

  “Praise Him”
  

  “I’m Determined”
  

  “It’s Alright Now”
  

  Appearances
  

  United Way Kick-Off
  

  Governor Joe Frank Harris’ Inaugural Ball
  

  Savannah Symphony Orchestra
  

  Telfair Arts Academy
  

  Savannah Arts Association
  

  Georgia Association of Educators Convention(1982)
  

  A Night in Old Savannah
  

  Cancer Telethon
  

  Savannah State University Telethon
  

  Christian Broadcasting Network
  

  NBC Today’s Show
  

  BBC(London, England)
  

  MAJOR CITIES USA
  

  Church Affiliation
  

  St. John Baptist Church, Rev. Matthew Southall Brown, Pastor
  

  Director the following church choirs

  • Sanctuary Choir
  • Young Adult Choir
  • Sons of Zion