On October 23, 1973, a group of Alpha Kappa Alpha women, residing in Pompano Beach, Florida, organized themselves under the leadership of Soror Mary Dean Alexander Kyle. With the help of Sorors Millicent Sworn, Katherine Evans and Mary Cooper, an interest group was chartered at the Harris Imperial House on Saturday, December 14, 1974. Also on this day, The City of Pompano Beach declared Kappa Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day in Pompano Beach. This was the first chapter chartered by Soror Norma Solomon White, newly elected South Atlantic Regional Director and eventual 25th Supreme Basileus.
Kappa Kappa Omega Charter Members (in Alpha order):
Soror Darlene Allen | Soror Sheila Bennett | Soror Shirley Browdy | Soror Diane Brown
Soror Tonya Collier * | Soror Mary Cooper | Soror Shirley Dancy | Soror Debra Duggins
Soror Kathryn Evans * | Soror Dolores Hadley * | Soror Gladis Johnson | Soror Mary Dean Alexander Kyle *
Soror Carolyn McDougal | Soror Cynthia Poitier | Soror Hattie Ruth Pompey * | Soror Deborah Roberts
Soror Millicent Sworn | Soror Betty Thigpen | Soror Kotelia Walker | Soror Judy Wilson *
* Deceased
First Officers of Kappa Kappa Omega
President – Mary Dean Alexander Kyle | Vice-President – Mary Cooper | Recording Secretary – Cynthia Perry
Assistant Recording Secretary – Kathryn Evans | Corresponding Secretary – Millicent Sworn | Treasurer – Kotelia Walker
Historian – Deborah Roberts | Hostess – Hattie Ruth Pompey | Ivy Leaf Reporter – Carolyn McDougal
Parliamentarian – Tonya Collier | Membership Chairperson – Shirley Browdy | Sergeant-at-Arms – Darlene Allen
Kappa Kappa Omega Lineage
“Nine Planets” – 1975
“Earth” – Bernice Bailey | “Saturn” – Minnie Campfield | “Mars” – Karen Kyle Crockett* | “Mercury” – Cassandra Davis
“Uranus” – Dorothy Davis | “Neptune” – Louise Dudley | “Jupiter” – Carolyn Gainey | “Venus” – Shirley Lamar
“Pluto” – Nellie Poitier*
“The Excellerating Ivies” – 1976
Ida Bragdon | Gloria Daniels | Gail Droze | Nadine Hart
Catherine Lamar | Gloria Lang | Betty Moore | Patricia Randall Gwendolyn Roberts
“The Tu Lips” – 1977
Carlotta Blatch | Shirley M. Lamar
“The 22 Revelations” – 1981
Carolyn Cook* | Marianne Davis | Vernice Gibson | Sharon Goodwin
Clementine Grant | Patrice Hankerson | Latrecia Holloway | Berenda Haywood
Rethema Ivy | Janice Johnson | Sylvia Lewis | Doris Love
Brenda McCall | Eloise McCoy | Barbara McCutcheon | Angela Prince
Rosanna Quann* | Jeanette Robinson* | Opra Robinson | Iris Taylor
Ernestine Williams | Bessie Yopp*
“Rosebuds” – 1985
Linnell Baker | Cassandra Clayton* | Babette Davis | Sheila Gibson
Ernestine Hargrove | Patsy Mills* | Claudia Thomas | Davette Wright
“Pink Pizzazz” – 1987
Maude Adderly | Ivie Calloway | Shirley Davis | Taunya Dix
Beverly Duronsolet | Theresa Gordeen | Bettye Larkins | Geraldine Swain
Helen Walker
“Fantasy Five” – 1991
Robin Carey | Sabrina Colston | Bernadette Lewis | Dorothy Mathis
Leatrice Sullivan
“The Elegant Eleven” – 1994
Allison Brooks | Lisa Clark | Jonience Frazier | Jeanette James
Betty Jones | Ann Lee | Ruby Mosely* | Arquilla Perry
Constance Phillips | Bessie Showers | Andria Sullivan
“The Enchanted Ivies” – 1997
Carolyn Brooks | Maria Clark | Arnetta Davis | Ann Dismuke
Karen Garcia | Velma Gay | Beatrice Gibbons | LaTunya Gibbs
Michelle Green | Tia Haywood | LaNetta Henry | LaJill Holloway
Angela King | Bettye McDonald | Katie Moncrief | Gloria Myrick
Stephanie Permenter | Kimberly Robinson | Bresha Shaw | Betty Somerset
Dione Trawick | LaShawn Tukes
“Phenomenal Nine” – 2004
Karen Blake Smith | Mavis Brown | Wendy Gay | Shemetria Hughes-Sullivan
Tina Kelly | Ursula Mathis-Dennis | Yolanda McCoy | Te’Anka Pinder
Stacy Spates
“The 10 Pearl-fected Personas” – 2012
Tamyra Edwards | Gia Goodman | Shaakira Hardy | Rachelle Marion
Jemilla Montgomery | LaKisha Sanders | Karen Stokes-Dozier | Beverly Swann
Shamilia Thomas | LaToya Wright
“3 Dimensions of PEARLfection” – 2014
Andrea Black | Andrea Knowles Hill | Porsha Session
“Kritically AKACLAIM” – 2016
Lillian Bentley | Vanessa Wilson | Shantelle Forman | Terri Kelly
Courtney Martin | Shawana Smith | Tawana Young
“P.S.A.L.M.S. 23” – 2019
Tawanna Allen | Nichole Anderson | Tovakesha Barber | Sophia Brown
Terri Burns-Davis | De’Chan Callaway | Chanteleina Chance | June M. Cole
Paula DeWitt | Letia Gale | LaQuetta Henry-Rogers | Atina Johnson
Merline Latortue | Denise Lundy Coates | Candice Odom | Kisa Permenter
Brittany Roberts | Jukila Robinson | Claudia Seymour | Teighlor Smith
Teresa Whigham | Charlene Williams-Jackson | Diedra Yard