{"id":323673,"date":"2015-01-18T16:24:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T22:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=323673"},"modified":"2015-01-19T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T22:24:47","slug":"deckard-honored-after-24-years-of-tyler-naacp-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=323673","title":{"rendered":"Deckard Honored after 24 Years of Tyler NAACP Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/01\/dekard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/01\/dekard-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dekard\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-323709\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; Friends, family, supporters, and colleagues turned out by the dozens Sunday to honor Ernest Deckard, who recently stepped down after 24 years as president of the Tyler NAACP.  A service and luncheon for Deckard were held at New Generation Baptist Church.  Proclaiming January 18 &#8220;Ernest Deckard Day,&#8221; Mayor Martin Heines called the 85-year-old Deckard &#8220;a man of honor and directness.&#8221;  Keynote speaker and City Councilman Darryl Bowdre said Deckard &#8220;set a standard for leadership of the NAACP,&#8221; giving  it &#8220;stability, tenacity, and purpose&#8221; that allowed the group to navigate &#8220;turbulent times.&#8221;  Bowdre added, &#8220;One reason we didn&#8217;t have a Ferguson (Missouri) was because we had Ernest Deckard.&#8221;   Other dignitaries on hand included City Councilman Ed Moore, County Commissioner JoAnn Hampton, and Police Chief Gary Swindle. <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>When his turn came to speak, Deckard thanked everyone and added that he&#8217;ll continue his involvement in the association, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m not going anywhere.&#8221; Deckard has a long list of affiliations, awards, and certifications to go along with his NAACP leadership.  Among other things, he&#8217;s led the local A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Tyler Organization of Men.  Cedrick Granberry was recently sworn in as Deckard&#8217;s successor at the NAACP.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tylerpaper.com\">Tyler Morning Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Friends, family, supporters, and colleagues turned out by the dozens Sunday to honor Ernest Deckard, who recently stepped down after 24 years as president of the Tyler NAACP. A service and luncheon for Deckard were held at New Generation Baptist Church. Proclaiming January 18 &#8220;Ernest Deckard Day,&#8221; Mayor Martin Heines called the 85-year-old &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=323673\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deckard Honored after 24 Years of Tyler NAACP Leadership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 01:07:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323673"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384861,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323673\/revisions\/384861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}