Gloucester Virginia NAACP

Who We Are

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Executive Committee 2024- L-R Kathleen Kellar, Lourdes Travies-Parker, PhD, Pamela Griffin-Armstead, Deloris Stokes, Velma Benns, Natalie Johnson, Pamela Garner. Not in pic: Dianne-Carter deMayo, Dr. Elizabeth Webster, Charlene Galvez.

GLOUCESTER NAACP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2025-2026

Officers

President - Pamela Griffin-Armstead
Vice President - Natalie Johnson
Secretary - Kathleen Kellar
Assistant Secretary - Allison Wilson
Treasurer - Pamela Garner
Assistant Treasurer - Melissa Southworth

Active Committees and Chairs

Criminal Justice - Velma Benns
Education - Lourdes Travieso-Parker, Ph.D.
Health - Natalie Johnson
Legal Redress - Kathleen Kellar
Chair of Membership - Allison Wilson
Political Action - Dr. Elizabeth “Ella” Webster
Youth Works - Dianne Carter deMayo

The Gloucester, VA NAACP History

The Gloucester County Virginia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on March 13, 1939. The founding branch president at the time of the charter signing was local funeral home director G. Nelson Carter Sr. Carter bailed local civil rights pioneer Irene Morgan out of jail after she was arrested in Middlesex County, giving rise to the legal end of segregation in interstate transportation. Carter’s wife, Miriam, was the first Black woman to attend William and Mary Law School. Their granddaughter, local teacher and attorney Dianne Carter de Mayo, is an active member of the Gloucester NAACP today, and an alumna of William and Mary.

The History of the NAACP