Publisher’s Note:
The Garland Community, DeKalb, Bowie County and the rest of the world lost a great man last week with the passing of  Colonel Iverson Shavers. He was 101.
This week, to honor and remember him,  we re-print this story from our archives, written by his son Michael Shavers, on the occassion of the Colonel’s 100th birthday in 2017.

A retired Army Lt. Col. and leader in the African American community recently celebrated his 100th birthday with a party at his house just west of De...