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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

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Ben Tucker Funeral

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Friday, March 22, 2013

It’s OVER! Guess Which Celeb Couple Just Called It Quits?!?

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The two have been dating for two years — though they made a point of keeping their relationship private.

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