Memorial for Emily Mason Ware. November 5, 2013. Photo credit: Karen Lin

A memorial service was held Tuesday for Emily Mason Ware at Grant AME Church. Ware was the second African-American woman deputy sheriff in Los Angeles County. After she retired, she got her degree in education and entered the teaching profession. Ware was 97.

When Ware was teaching at Jordan High School in Watts, she helped set up Project Jordan to help high school graduates who cannot afford to go to college. Wini Jackson worked with Ware for decades, and said Project Jordan offers more than financial assistance to recipients. [Read more…]