By Margaret Hicks
Staff Writer
mhicks@TheOklahomaEagle.net
In a race for Tulsa Public Schools District 3 school board seat, Pastor Jennettie P. Marshall defeated incumbent Dr. Lana Turner-Addison in a run-off. Marshall captured 52.35% of the votes, 502 to 457. Turner-Addison, the president of the board, was elected to that seat in April of 2005.
When asked to comment on her victory Marshall had this to say: “It’s 11:59 on our clock of destiny and the citizens of District 3 dispatched the message on Thursday that we will no longer accept being academically disenfranchised and socially outcast as evidenced by the decisions made concerning our schools!
We are looking forward to positive change and envision opportunities for academic excellence in all schools.” #WERISEUPFORCHANGE
About Jennettie P. Marshall
Marshall is the founding Pastor of Living Sanctuary Evangelistic Ministries (LSEM). LSEM is a multicultural, non-denominational ministry focused on “ministering beyond the walls to reach the multitudes.” The ministry is active in prison outreach, community seniors’ programs, nursing homes and the community’s children and youth outreach activities.
In 1994, after completing her Masters’ thesis, established and incorporated RECLAIM INC., which specializes in serving as a vehicle of change and redirection for families, juveniles and adults that have fallen into the state system of welfare and/or criminal justice. Marshall previously served as Senior Pastor of Snowden Chapel and Macedonia Christian Methodist Episcopal Churches.
Marshall’s academic accomplishments include; Associates of Arts in Political Science (Tulsa Junior College), Bachelor of Science in Corrections (Langston University), Masters of Science in Business Management (Southern Nazarene University), and an Associates in Applied Science in Funeral Service (Dallas Institute of Funeral Service). Marshall also attended Phillips Theological Seminary and is completing her seminary course work through Andersonville Theological Seminary.
Marshall has served her community through her employment, ministerial duties, funeral service duties and volunteer work through various agencies throughout the local and state levels of government. She has received appointments to various boards and committees by government officials, law enforcement officials, education officials and the private and community sector. She served on the Mayor’s Goals for Tomorrow Task Force, the Mayor’s Committee on Homelessness, the City Community Service Advisory Council, The Tulsa Police Department and Sheriff’s Department Gang Task Force, The Governor’s Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis, the Governor’s Committee on Homelessness, The Governor’s Committee on Mental Health, The Tulsa Public Schools No Child Left Behind Program, The Tulsa United Way Funds Distribution Committee, Palmer Drug Abuse Program Board of Directors and Advisory Board of Directors, Varrick-Timothy Childcare Center (Officer and Lifetime Board Member) and Supporters of Families with Sickle Cell to name a few.
Marshall is retired from the State of Oklahoma after being employed in various professional capacities within the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services. She also served the City of Tulsa as a Police and Fire Chaplain where she received emergency disaster response training and hostage negation training. Marshall is a volunteer with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Department.
She holds memberships with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC., Phi Beta Lambda, Langston University Alumni Association, Southern Nazarene University Alumni Association, The Oklahoma State Embalmers and Funeral Directors Association (Past President), National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association (Past National Chaplain, current District Governor (Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri))
Marshall is the proud mother of three children, DeAndrae Sr., LaKesha Caraway and LaToya (deceased), and grandmother of twelve grandchildren.
