Martin Luther King Jr.'s first grandchild expected
There will be new reasons to celebrate at Saturday night's Salute to Greatness dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Agencies |
ATLANTA: There will be new reasons to celebrate at Saturday night's Salute to Greatness dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
There also will be a salute to the expected spring birth of King's first grandchild.
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the revered civil rights leader, is expected to announce that he has been married for almost two years to Arndrea Waters and the two are expecting a daughter late this spring.
The joyous announcement is especially welcome after the King family lost Coretta Scott King, the widow of King, and their eldest child, Yolanda King, in the last two years.
Coretta Scott King made her last public appearance at the dinner two years ago before she died of cancer three weeks later. Yolanda King died last May of an apparent heart attack.
``In light of the devastating losses that our family has suffered with the passing of Aunt Coretta and Yolanda, this is great news that a grandchild of Martin Luther King is coming into the world,'' Isaac Farris Jr., president and CEO of the King Center and a first cousin of the King children, told the media.
``Our legacy continues.'' King III married Waters shortly after his mother's death, but the wedding was not made public.
King III was the first of Martin Luther King Jr.'s four children to marry, and he will be the first to have a child.
The awards dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The publicist for the event, Kent Matlock, confirmed the marriage and the pregnancy to the media.
There also will be a salute to the expected spring birth of King's first grandchild.
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the revered civil rights leader, is expected to announce that he has been married for almost two years to Arndrea Waters and the two are expecting a daughter late this spring.
The joyous announcement is especially welcome after the King family lost Coretta Scott King, the widow of King, and their eldest child, Yolanda King, in the last two years.
Coretta Scott King made her last public appearance at the dinner two years ago before she died of cancer three weeks later. Yolanda King died last May of an apparent heart attack.
``In light of the devastating losses that our family has suffered with the passing of Aunt Coretta and Yolanda, this is great news that a grandchild of Martin Luther King is coming into the world,'' Isaac Farris Jr., president and CEO of the King Center and a first cousin of the King children, told the media.
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``Our legacy continues.'' King III married Waters shortly after his mother's death, but the wedding was not made public.
King III was the first of Martin Luther King Jr.'s four children to marry, and he will be the first to have a child.
The awards dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The publicist for the event, Kent Matlock, confirmed the marriage and the pregnancy to the media.
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