My Mother's HomePage

This is my mother, Phyllis Thelma Greenfield Harrod. She was born on July 16, 1918 in Washington, DC to Thelma Louise Jones and Vincent Marshall Greenfield. (Her sole sibling, Vincent Hugh Greenfield, died in the 1970s - his grandchildren can be found on the Vincent M. Greenfield FPS HomePage.) She currently resides in Washington, DC with my father (Dennette Arthur Harrod, Sr. ), my sister (Phyllisolive Harrod), and her son (Vincent Ratliff).

Mom & Sis in 1943.

Formal portrait from 1972

Mom spent the 1971-72 school year on an exchange program for Jr. High School Guidance Counselors at Clark AFB in the Philipines. The formal portrait from 1972 was taken for her birthday. (This is the dress in which she wished to be buried.) While there, she had an audience with Imelda Marcos -- the First Lady served Mom's tea with her own hands!

Mom is also a shutter bug, and I plan to add a lot of her snapshots over time. For now, you can see some of her pictures of Famous People:

• Count Basie and my father (Nov'76) - 'Nuff Said!
• Col. Guion Bluford (Mar'84) - the first black American in space
• Gen. Colin Powell (Nov'92) - the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mom died on 2000-12-08 at the age of 82. She is survived by myself, my sister (Phyllisolive Harrod), and her son (my nephew, Vincent Dennette Ratliff).

Pictures of my mother with famous people …

"Count" Basie - Mom & Pop stayed on his Caribbean island for a weekend in the 1970s

15 November 1995 - "Tipper Gore (Vice President's wife) in Pink Suit … and PGH in black party sweater at Joint Forces Officer's Wives luncheon."

Yellow Brick Road: The path to the Mother of all Virtual Realities.

• Dennette's Homeboy Page: This is where it begins …
  • Vincent M. Greefield FPS HomePage: My maternal grandfather and his progeny.
  • Arthur Albert Harrod FPS HomePage: My great-grandfather (he shaved his head daily, too!).
    • Capt. Dennette Harrod's Family HomePage : One parent of this child.
    • Dennette Jr's Nuclear Family HomePage : Another parent of this child.
    • Mom & Pop's HomePage: Yet another parent of this child.
      • My Mother's HomePage: YOU ARE HERE.

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