Spouse
Percy Leroy Heath ( He was a clarinet player, a weekend clarinet player with the Elks . . . with
the independent, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which is a segregated Elks. It's a
black organization)
Children
Percy Leroy Heath April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath 1926-2020
Albert "Tootie" Heath May 31 1935
Percy Heath met Mona Brown, a visual artist, whom he married the next year. She was white, and her parents refused to attend the couple's wedding; after the marriage, they stopped speaking to her. Eventually she and Mr. Heath moved to an apartment in Corona, Queens, where they would live for more than 50 years. She survives him
Percy Leroy Heath ( He was a clarinet player, a weekend clarinet player with the Elks . . . with
the independent, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which is a segregated Elks. It's a
black organization)
Children
Percy Leroy Heath April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath 1926-2020
Albert "Tootie" Heath May 31 1935
Percy Heath met Mona Brown, a visual artist, whom he married the next year. She was white, and her parents refused to attend the couple's wedding; after the marriage, they stopped speaking to her. Eventually she and Mr. Heath moved to an apartment in Corona, Queens, where they would live for more than 50 years. She survives him
Spouse
Percy Leroy Heath ( He was a clarinet player, a weekend clarinet player with the Elks . . . with
the independent, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which is a segregated Elks. It's a
black organization)
Children
Percy Leroy Heath April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath 1926-2020
Albert "Tootie" Heath May 31 1935
Percy Heath met Mona Brown, a visual artist, whom he married the next year. She was white, and her parents refused to attend the couple's wedding; after the marriage, they stopped speaking to her. Eventually she and Mr. Heath moved to an apartment in Corona, Queens, where they would live for more than 50 years. She survives him
Percy Leroy Heath ( He was a clarinet player, a weekend clarinet player with the Elks . . . with
the independent, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which is a segregated Elks. It's a
black organization)
Children
Percy Leroy Heath April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath 1926-2020
Albert "Tootie" Heath May 31 1935
Percy Heath met Mona Brown, a visual artist, whom he married the next year. She was white, and her parents refused to attend the couple's wedding; after the marriage, they stopped speaking to her. Eventually she and Mr. Heath moved to an apartment in Corona, Queens, where they would live for more than 50 years. She survives him
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