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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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