Mrs. Helen Alexander Fagan celebrated her 90th Birthday on November 12, 2013. Mrs. Fagan
is the proud mother of 16 children who grew up in Bessemer, Ala. All graduated from
college. Mr. and Mrs. Fagan worked diligently hoping for a better life for their children. Mr. Dan Fagan, Jr. worked for Hinkle Roofing. Mrs. Helen Fagan worked at Canaan Baptist Church Kindergarten, Bessemer for 35 years and she still volunteers at the church’s school, and still drives.
Thirteen of their 16 children finished Tuskegee, one UAT, one Clark and one Lawson State.
Those that finished Tuskegee are: Rosalind, Dan III, Wilma, Phoebe, Barry, Ovetta, Jeffrey, Wilamenia, Myrna, Tawanda, Stephen, Cary (Twin) and
Gary (Twin). Mary Lyn finished Clark Atlanta, Beverly, Lawson State and Harold, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Seven of the Sixteen children were present at their monthly family meeting on Saturday December 28, 2013.
