A pair of services remembering the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held this Monday in Gloucester and next Sunday, Jan. 21 in Mathews.

In Gloucester

Gloucester Union Relief Association of Missionary Baptist will hold its annual MLK observance on King Day, Monday, Jan. 15, beginning at 2 p.m. at the First United Baptist Church, White Marsh.

Cardiologist Dr. Keith Newby of Sentara Health Services, Norfolk, will be the program’s speaker. Shirley Cooper of King and Queen will give an overview of King’s life.

The Rev. Larry Arrington of First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena, is the event chairperson and committee members are the Rev. James Harris of Bethel Baptist Church and Maxine Trower of the First United Baptist Church.

In Mathews

The Mathews NAACP will hold its annual event in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 21, beginning at 3 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 3601 Buckley Hall Road, Cobbs Creek.

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