By State Representative, Leon D. Young Last week was an eventful week on many fronts. Our community was both stunned and saddened by the untimely passing of Betty Jean Gillespie, the restaurant … [Read more...]
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Speed Queen matriarch Betty Gillespie dies at 73
By Lynda Jones, Editor Betty Gillespie, the matriarch of Milwaukee’s most famous barbeque restaurant, Speed Queen died on Tuesday May 18, 2010 at the age of 73 years-old. Her son, Giovonni … [Read more...]