Neighborhood Activist Of Lower 9th Ward Dies
Times Picayune 12-28-1996

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George Ethel Warren, a community activist in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward for
the past 40 years, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home. She
was 78.

Mrs. Warren held a long list of positions with community groups, including
president of the Citizens Voter Education Association, financial secretary of
the Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Council and a board member of Total Community
Action.

Throughout her volunteer career, she often appeared and spoke at meetings of
government agencies, particularly the New Orleans City Council.

Mrs. Warren was elected a delegate to the state's 1973 Constitutional
Convention and ran several times for the state House of Representatives, most
recently in 1987.

A native of Utica, Miss., Mrs. Warren graduated from Hinds County High School
in Mississippi, attended Jackson State College and taught for three years in
the Hinds County school system.

In 1939, she married Edward Warren and moved to New Orleans, settling in the
Central City area and soon becoming active in several civic, educational and
political organizations.

After moving to the Lower 9th Ward in 1953, she focused her volunteer efforts
on issues that related to the area of the city sandwiched between the
Industrial Canal and St. Bernard Parish.

She also was active in the Republican Party and was a member of the Republican
State Central Committee.

Mrs. Warren was a member of the League of Women Voters, the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Urban League of Greater
New Orleans, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Tulane Memorial Baptist
Church and Christian Unity Baptist Church.

She also was active in the parent-teacher associations at Carver and Lawless
senior high schools and Edison Elementary School. She was on the advisory
board of the Juvenile Court judges of Orleans Parish.

She received the YWCA's award for outstanding cooperation and the NAACP award
for outstanding black achievement.

Survivors include two daughters, Aniese Warren Stewart and Vera Warren
Williams; a sister, Vera B. Davis; six grandchildren; and three great-
grandchildren.

A wake will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Tulane Memorial Baptist Church,
3601 Paris Ave. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Dismissal will be Tuesday at
10 a.m. at Christian Unity Baptist Church, 1700 Conti St. Burial will be in
Providence Memorial Park. Blandin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.