2018 Birmingham neighborhood elections

The 2018 Birmingham neighborhood elections were held on October 30, 2018 to decide leadership for Birmingham's 99 neighborhoods.

With the exception of Central Park and Inglenook, where questions about candidate qualifications had yet to be resolved, the results of the neighborhood elections were certified by the Birmingham City Council on January 8, 2019. Newly-elected officers were sworn in on January 11.

• Airport Hills Community
  • Airport Highlands: President Prude Fuller (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Chris Evans (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Simetta Hamby (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Brownsville Heights: President Harry Giddens (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Amos Webber (unopposed); Secretary Annetta Pruitt-Moore (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Brummitt Heights: no result
  • Maple Grove: President Janette Threatt (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Connie Grant (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Brenda Daniels (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Penfield Park: President Willie Biggs (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Edmond Hullett (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Darren Dill (incumbent, unopposed)
• Brownsville Community
  • East Brownville: President Gwendolyn Cook Bibb (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Theresa Mack (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Jamice Carter (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Roosevelt: President George Crear (unopposed); Secretary Kenya Embry (incumbent, unopposed)
  • West Brownville: no result
• Cahaba Community
  • Overton: President Anita Abrams (incumbent, unopposed); Vice President Carson Franklin (unopposed); Secretary Sernaylia Pickens (unopposed)
• Crestline Community
  • Crestline: President Dottie Miller (def. write-in Barbara White 22-1); Vice-President Elizabeth Murray (unopposed); Secretary Barbara White (incumbent, def. write-in L. Moore 14-1)
  • Eastwood neighborhood: President Leigh LaChine (unopposed); Vice-President Elaine Kinnaird (unopposed); Secretary Teri Wright (def. Brian Yarborough 2-1)
• Crestwood:
  • Crestwood North: President Frank McCrory (incumbent, def. Darrell O'Quinn, Brian Keller & Charles McCrory 38-1-1-1); Vice-President Cathy McCreless (def. Lucy Bonds 38-1); Secretary Darby Valentini (def Shawna Green 34-1)
  • Crestwood South: President Kayla MacNeil (unopposed); Vice-President Elizabeth Murray (unopposed); Secretary Steven MacNeil (unopposed)
• East Birmingham Community
  • East Birmingham neighborhood: President Deborah DeRamus (incumbent, def. Terry Boyd 6-5); Vice-President Daniel Felder (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Terry Boyd (unopposed)
  • Inglenook neighborhood: President Gwen Webb (def. Qua'Shawndra Pettway 16-1); Vice-President Maleak Pettway (def. Ricardo Cook and Joe Norris 8-1-1); Secretary David Van Williams (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Kingston: President Lillie Cole (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Lovie Crawford Jr (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Ellarine Stroud (incumbent, def. Sharon Bracy 3-1)
  • North Avondale: President Zachary Watkins (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Robert Norton (unoppposed); Secretary Deborah Watkins (incumbent, unopposed)
• East Lake
  • Brown Springs neighborhood: President Vicki Sigers-Harris (unopposed); Vice-President TaWanda Ford (unopposed); Secretary Vicki Leonard (unopposed)
  • East Lake neighborhood: President Richard Drake (def. incumbent Aaisha Muhammad 31-20); Vice-President Gloria Knight (def. Anthony Sims 49-1); Secretary Bernadette Kendrick (def. Michelle Sims 48-1)
  • Gate City: President Wilma Davis (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Michael Johnson (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Eloise Crenshaw (unopposed)
  • North East Lake: President Victoria Ruduloph (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Gloria Cook (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Pat Cornelius (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Wahouma: President Robert Walker (unopposed); Vice-President Pat Johnson (unopposed)
  • Zion City: President Carl Davis (unopposed); Vice-President Alberta Hubbard (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Irma Hatcher-Martin (incumbent, unopposed)
• East Pinson Valley
  • Apple Valley: President Larry Butler (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Renea Zinnerman (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Bridlewood: President Eleanor Burks (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Echo Highlands: President William Harden Jr (def. incumbent Ken Johnson 31-1); Vice-President Angela Jenkins (unopposed); Secretary Samatha Matthews (def. Barbara Curtis, Carlene Williams, Gwen Welch 6-1-1-1)
  • Pine Knoll Vista: President La Shaun Harris (unopposed); Vice-President Phyliss Holyfield (unopposed); Secretary Jackie Williams, Patsy David LaDeidra Wilson (1-1-1 tie)
  • Sun Valley: President Johnny Hawkins (incumbent, def. Ron NeSmith 28-27); Vice-President Albert Burge (def. Robert Bulter 36-17); Secretary Marie NeSmith (incumbent, unopposed)
• Ensley
  • Dolomite: President Alfred Thomas (incumbent, def. James King 104-58); Vice-President Sammuel Wyatt(incumbent, def. Margaret Beard and Lester Watts 147-2-2); Secretary Armelia Harville (incumbent, def. Selena Steele 116-47)
  • Ensley neighborhood: President George McCall (incumbent, def. Johnnie Walton, Kenneth Richardson, Ronald Hall 100-1-1-1); Vice-President Ronald Hall (incumbent, def. Kenneth Richardson 76-37); Secretary Doris Smith (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Oak Ridge: President Theresa Williams (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Jessica Russell (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Sherman Heights: President Oliva Johnson (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Betty Thomas (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Tuxedo: President Marine Coleman (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Shirley Brown (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Shirley H. Brown (def. Teresa Hunter 3-2)
  • Wylam: President Leroy Lassiter (def. Michelle Etheridge 14-4); Secretary Clarence Agee (unopposed)
• Five Points West
  • Belview Heights: President Sherry Lewis (def. Vicki Moore and Diane Cain 40-1-1); Vice-President Johnny Gunn (def. Bernard Kincaid and Victoria Raby (40-4-1); Secretary Loretta Waites (def. Allean Carboni and Candie Hardy 67-3-1)
  • Bush Hills: President Walladean Streeter (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Dora Sims (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Myra Tarver (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Central Park: President Vickie Moore (def. incumbent Susan Palmer 56-49); Vice-President Antoinette Johnson (def. Victoria Raby, George Rutledge, C. Hardy 44-41-2-2); Secretary Candance Hardy (def. Brenda Ward 43-38)
  • Ensley Highlands: President David Eldridge (def. F. Gerrell Jones and Antwain Womack 14-2-1); Vice-President Wayne Wilson (def. Faye Jackson 15-1); Secretary Joyce Christian (unopposed)
  • Fairview: President Adlai Trone (def. Dwight Hampton 29-14); Vice-President Dwight Hampton (incumbent, def. Anthony Caldwell, Gerri Robinson, Rose Walker 7-3-3-3); Secretary Simonetta Perdue (incumbent, def. Caren Hampton, Candy Hardy 28-8-1)
  • Green Acres neighborhood: President Robert Littleton (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Angel Jackson (def. Victoria Raby 8-2); Secretary Arthur King (def. incumbent Shevetta Elder 8-2)
• Grasselli
  • Grasselli Heights: President John Wilson Jr (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Marthella Jackson (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Ruby Wilson/Annie Potts (10-10 tie)
  • Hillman: Gwendolyn Calhoun (unopposed); Vice-President Hosea Lewis (unopposed); Secretary Crystal Lewis (unopposed)
  • Hillman Park: President Celeste Whitaker (def. incumbent Jim Boyd 5-1); Vice-President Celeste Whitaker (1 write-in); Secretary Willie Smith Sr (unopposed)
  • Industrial Center: President Valera Elder (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Pattie Lee Love (unopposed); Secretary Stephanie Shepherd (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Tarpley City: President Rosalind Young (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Dorothy Cunningham (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Shirley Larry (incumbent, unopposed)
  • West Goldwire: President Cheryl Scott (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Geralyn Pickens (incumbent, unopposed)
• Huffman community
  • Huffman: President Theodore Deboro (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Mike Lewis (def. Larry Amos 20-1); Secretary Tina Johnson (incumbent, def. Dorothy Crosby and Joan Burrough 5-3-2)
  • Killough Springs: President Rashanda McNeal (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Fred Jackson (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Shonda Johnson (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Liberty Highlands: President Doris Clanton (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Sophia Clanton (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Spring Lake: President Wiley Short (def. incumbent George Lee Jr 14-4); Vice-President Rosalind Short (def. Wiley Short and Rodney Ford 16-1-1); Secretary Valaida Gentry (unopposed)
• Northside
  • Central City: President James Sullivan (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Sheleta Purifoy (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Jacqueline Gray Miller/James Finley/Erica Robbins (1-1-1 tie)
  • Druid Hills: President Amie Evans (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Edward Eaton/Terry Moore (1-1 tie); Secretary Janet Maycock (unopposed)
  • Evergreen: President Kerry Woodruff (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Juliette Dowdell (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Fountain Heights: President Bonderia Lyons (def. Darell Braxton 66-1)
  • Norwood: President James Clark (def. Barbara Thomas-Goudy, Mary Jean LaMay, Marrilyn Everhart, Jessica Bennett 59-51-14-6-1); Vice-President James Clark (def. Mary Jean LaMay, Lillie Everson, Faye Wilson 9-8-5-3); Secretary Mary Jean LaMay (def. Marlyn Everheart, Barbara Goudy, James Clark, Alisha Stallings 11-4-4-3-1)
• North Birmingham
  • Acipco-Finley: President Catherine Evans (def. Madie Booker, Webster Thomas II, Kevin Powe 75-17-7-4); Vice President Tammy Smith (def. Madie Booker, Webster Thomas (63-15-4); Secretary Marsha Forest (def. Dedrick Evans, Kevin Powe 17-12-1)
  • Collegeville: President Vivan Starks (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Chester Wallace (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Drucilla Royal (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Fairmont: President Rondal Mitchell (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Harriman Park: President Willa Cole (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Calvin Owens (unopposed)
  • Hooper City: President Anthony Douglas (unopposed); Vice-President Carl King (unopposed); Secretary Eula Jackson (incumbent, unopposed)
  • North Birmingham neighborhood: President Jimmie Coleman (incumbent, def. Anna Brown, Ronald Barnes 31-2-1); Vice-President Ronald Barnes/Ronald Davidson (1-1 tie); Secretary Katie Shelton (def. Ronald Barnes 26-6)
  • Central Pratt: President Cynthia Hildreth (def. incumbent Eric Hall 18-14); Vice-President Joseph Black (def. Linda Lavender 15-1); Secretary Elenor Hall-White (incumbent, unopposed)
  • North Pratt: President Michelle Perkins (incumbent, def. Clarence Ford 75-49); Vice-President Reginald May (def. incumbent Arlean Alexander 15-8); Secretary Bridget May (unopposed)
  • Sandusky: President Junita Brew (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Kim Williams (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Jalissa Hunter (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Smithfield Estates: President Ellen Spencer (incumbent, def. David Russell 50-1); Vice-President Patricia Johnson (unopposed); Secretary Carol Kennedy (unopposed)
  • South Pratt: President Richard Harris (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Lillie Files (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Queen Stratland (unopposed)
  • Thomas: President Alonzo Darrow (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Shirley Gibson (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Deidra Johnson (incumbent, unopposed)
• Red Mountain community
  • Forest Park-South Avondale: President Jeff McGhee (unopposed); Vice-President Jay Smith (unopposed); Secretary Elizabeth Crawford (unopposed)
  • Highland Park: President Elizabeth Sanfelippo (def. incumbent Alison Glascock and B. Hassinger 288-68-1); Vice-President Jessica Powers (def. incumbent Carl Sosnin 187-60); Secretary Judy Jones (def. Elizabeth Sanfelippo & Alison Glascock 23-6-3)
  • Redmont Park: President Jay Reid (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Cathy Adams (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Debra Lewis (def. Brandon Hill, Chris Christie 17-1-1)
• Roebuck-South East Lake
  • Roebuck: President Becky Wallace (def. Sharon Wilson and Vicki Watts 14-1-1); Vice-President Connie Sides (def. Natasha Ivory 11-6); Secretary Chuck Hines (def. Sharon Wilson 16-1)
  • Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck: President Frank Hamby (incumbent, def. Ronald Rutledge 18-1); Vice-President Matt Burke (incumbent, def. Everett Wess 16-1); Secretary Ryan Schumacher (unopposed)
  • South East Lake: President Willie Wooten (def. Demitri Carpenter 39-1); Vice-President Ronald Crenshaw (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Valerie Davis (incumbent, def. Demitri Carpenter 6-1)
• Smithfield community
  • College Hills: President Madelyn Welch (unopposed); Vice-President Henry Lewis (incumbent, def. Lelia Snelson 41-34); Secretary Rolanda Copeland (unopposed)
  • East Thomas: President Thomasine Jackson (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Cassandra Morgan (unopposed)
  • Enon Ridge: President Adrienne Reynolds (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Vera Juett (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Tommie Wooden-Medlock (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Graymont: President Willine Body (incumbent, def. O. Williams and Frank Bell 47-2-1); Vice-President Yolanda Brown-McHoward (def. incumbent Eloise Hardy and Onoyemi Williams (34-14-1); Secretary Betty Miles (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Smithfield: President Pat Davis (def. incumbent Wayne Blanding and Al Lewis 133-17-2); Vice-President Leola Ray Scott (incumbent, def. Arnee Odoms 44-25); Secretary Ruthie Johnson (incumbent, unopposed)
• Southside community
  • Five Points South: President Robert Foster (def. Jaquice Reynolds 12-1); Vice-President Victoria Hollis (unopposed); Secretary Karia Greene (unopposed)
  • Glen Iris: President Scott Capps (incumbent, def. write-in Max Rykov 22-2); Vice-President Jean Marie White (unopposed); Secretary Rob Burton (unopposed)
  • Southside: President Irene Johnson (incumbent, def. write-in Jaquire Reynols 48-25); Vice-President Jaquire Reynols (def. Rose Crowder, Patricia Love, Quessy 20-1-1-1); Secretary Jaquire Reynols (unopposed)
• Southwest Birmingham
  • Garden Highlands: President Harriette Littleton (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Robert Carlisle (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Michelle Carlisle (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Jones Valley: President Sandra Grayson (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Percy McGowan (unopposed)
  • Mason City: President Brenda Vaughn (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President John Ford Sr (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Oxmoor neighborhood: President Julius Oliver (incumbent, def. write-in Madeline Green 34-18); Vice-President Madeline Green (def. Jason White, Lonney Malone 3-1-1); Secretary Sallie White (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Powderly: President Kerrick Jordan (def. incumbent Veronica Johnson 56-19); Vice-President Laverra Coming (unopposed); Secretary Larry Johnson (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Riley-Travellick: President Arthur Sullen (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Beverly Ochuba (def. write-in Beverly Owens 3-2); Secretary Edna Henry (def. Felicia Hacket 3-2)
• Titusville community
  • North Titusville: President John Harris (incumbent, def. Shelia Mitchell 35-11); Vice-President Keith Williams (def. Michael Broadnax and Shelia Mitchell 23-2-1); Secretary Delanie Hampton/Beverly Varner (1-1 tie)
  • South Titusville: President Jason Freeman (def. Iva Williams, Danny Clay, Lathia Banks and Roderick Palmer 26-15-7-4-2); Vice-President President Lavon Beard (def. Danny Clay, incumbent Jason Freeman, and Latonya Millhouse 21-6-3-2); Secretary Thomasene Shambray (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Woodland Park: President Dorothy Scott (def. Palmerlita Brown 18-2); Vice-President Maxine Butler/Iesha Byers (1-1 tie); Secretary Palmerlita Brown (incumbent, unopposed)
• West End
  • Arlington-West End: President Deloris Clayton (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Lois Billiups (unopposed); Secretary Karen Dawson (unopposed)
  • Germania Park neighborhood: President Evanne Gibson (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Willie Cade (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Barbara Andres (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Oakwood Place: President Sharon Watford (def. Nell Allen and Mildred Cain 20-13-8); Vice-President Mattie Nichelson (def. Jessie Hubbard, Gloria Field and Mildred King 27-8-2-1); Secretary Nell Allen (def. Joan Black, Gloria Field, Connie Watson, and Sharon Watford 26-7-3-1-1)
  • Rising-West Princeton: President Carol Ann Watkins (def. Hattie Williams and Namonia Alford 39-36-8); Vice-President Costella Adams-Terrel (def. incumbent Hattie Williams and Namonia Alford 58-4-1); Secretary Cynthia Morton (def. Betty Blue 59-4)
  • West End Manor: President Debra Mays (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Valerie Clark (def. Dora Mae Barnes and Dennis Young 23-14-1); Secretary Mary Polnett (incumbent, unopposed)
• Woodlawn
  • East Avondale: President Doris Jones (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Oak Ridge Park: President James Hill (def. Yolanda Flowers (21-2); Vice-President Cassandra Pullom (def. incumbent Barbara Merchant and Ruby Waller 11-11-3); Secretary Yolanda Flowers (def. incumbent Cassandra Pullom and Amber Flowers 10-4-4)
  • South Woodlawn: President Arnold King (incumbent, unopposed); Vice-President Vanessa Jones (incumbent, unopposed); Secretary Cassandra Allen (incumbent, unopposed)
  • Woodlawn: President Valencia King (def. write-in Jennifer Oestrike 67-1); Vice-President Jennifer Oestrike (def. Joe Daniels and Jason Avery 6-1-1); Secretary Johnny Williams (incumbent, unopposed)

External links

• 2018 Birmingham neighborhood elections results at birminghamal.gov