The first school in Wabbaseka was named Willie K. Hocker High school and existed until racial integration in the late 1960s at which time it merged with Wabbaseka High School located in a different location.

The lavish, wooden 110-room home was destroyed by fire April 15, 1899, while his son, Willie K. II, was honeymooning there.

" Kansas City ", which was first recorded in 1952 ( as " K. C. Loving ") by rhythm & blues singer Little Willie Littlefield, became a No. 1 pop hit in 1959 for Wilbert Harrison.

In 1964, he sent out the first-ever NBA starting five consisting of an African-American quintet, namely Russell, Willie Naulls, Tom Sanders, Sam Jones, and K. C. Jones.

**** William Kissam (" Willie K ") Vanderbilt II ( 1878 – 1944 )

In 1904, Willie K Vanderbilt set a new Land Speed Record of in a Mercedes at the Daytona Beach Road Course at Ormond Beach, Florida.

While a great part of his life was filled with travel and leisure activities, Willie K Vanderbilt's father put him to work at the family's New York Central Railroad offices at Grand Central Station in Manhattan.

Seeing the potential to solve the safety issue as well as improve attendance to his race, Willie K Vanderbilt formed a corporation to build the Long Island Motor Parkway, one of the country's first modern paved parkways that could not only be used for the race but would open up Long Island for easy access and economic development.

Becoming the first suburban automobile commuter, in 1910 Willie K Vanderbilt began work on the much more elaborate and costly " Eagles Nest " estate at Centerport, Long Island.

Already extremely wealthy from a Trust fund and from his income as president of the New York Central Railroad Company, on his father's death in 1920, Willie K Vanderbilt inherited a multi-million dollar fortune.

His son had inherited his father's love of fast cars and exotic travel and in his memory, Willie K Vanderbilt added a new wing to his Eagle's Nest home in Long Island to house memorabilia, trophies, and souvenirs including those from his son's African safaris.

* The UK airing of this episode is cut to remove Groundskeeper Willie calling the new tractors " shite " ( as " shite " is the U. K. pronunciation and spelling of " shit ").

Nominees for the 47th Grammy Awards ( 2005 ) included The Brothers Cazimero for Some Call It Aloha ... Don't Tell, producer Charles M. Brotman for Slack Key Guitar: Volume 2, Ho ' okena for Cool Elevation, Amy Hanaiali ' i Gilliom and arranger and multi-instrumentalist Willie K. ( born William Kahaiali ' i ) for Amy & Willie Live, and Kealiʻi Reichel for Ke ' alaokamaile.

Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Stables, Shelby Lynne, Me ’ Shell NdegeOcello, Danny Thompson, Duke Robillard, Michael Jerome, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Les McCann, David Hidalgo, Charlie Musselwhite, Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Vince Gill, Leann Womack, Oak Ridge Boys, Jamey Johnson, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Toots Hibbert, Randy Travis, Timothy B. Schmit, Bonnie Raitt, Jars of Clay, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Marva Wright, Asleep At The Wheel, John Hammond, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete, Carl LeBlanc, Billy Preston, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Prince, The Time Jumpers, K. D.

Wealthy summer residents such as Willie K Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor and I. Townsend Burden would occasionally race automobiles of various types there.

Boys no longer bothered learning to bunt and even school kids scorned to `` choke up '' on a bat as Willie Keeler and the famous hitters of another day had done.

It is mirrored by the individual Willie Lohmans, whose ideas and behavior patterns are so dependent and relativistic that they always coincide with those of the individual or group present and most important at the moment.

And so it was over the weekend what with 40-year-old Warren Spahn pitching his no-hit masterpiece against the Giants and the Giants' Willie Mays retaliating with a record-tying 4-homer spree Sunday.

Their secondary hero is another pro, Willie Chisholm, who drank his lunch during another Open and tried to blast his way out of a rock-strewn gully.

Asked Willie at one stage of his excavation project.

`` Nae, man '', said Willie, `` ye must be countin' the echoes ''.

The two top talents of the time, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, have hit the ball harder and more successfully so far this early season than at any period in careers which, to be frank about it, never have quite reached expectations.

Like the Yankees' slugger, Mays, the terror of the Giants, has had seasons that would be considered the ultimate by most players, but not by -- or for -- Willie.

Mays' day came a day earlier for Willie than for the kids and Commies this year.

Like Willie Mays in the outfield.

" Willie " Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died on February 20, 1862.

* 1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball player ( d. 1983 )

" Opponents sometimes referred to him as " Slick Willie ", a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.

BDP members and collaborators included Lee Smith, Scott La Rock, D-Nice, Kenny Parker, Mad Lion, DJ Premier, Channel Live, McBoo, Ms. Melodie, Heather B., Scottie Morris, Tony Rahsan, Willie D., RoboCop, Harmony, DJ Red Alert, Jay Kramer, D-Square, Rebekah Foster, Scott Whitehill, Scott King, Chris Tait and Sidney Mills.

The award's only tie occurred in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell received an equal number of points.

One of the best-known and most successful Lions team toured South Africa in 1974 under the esteemed Irish forward Willie John McBride.

In the 1890s, a powerful and innovative National League Orioles squad included several future Hall of Famers, such as " Wee " Willie Keeler, Wilbert Robinson, Hughie Jennings, Peter Griffin and John McGraw.

The other five are Willie Stargell ( twice ), Roberto Clemente, Harry Walker, Dick Groat, and Frank Thomas.

He is one of ten San Francisco Giants to appear on the cover, along with Kelly Downs, Rick Reuschel, Willie Mays ( nine times ), Alvin Dark, Juan Marichal, Will Clark, Tim Lincecum ( twice ), Brian Wilson, and Buster Posey.

Willie Doherty, a Derry-born artist, has amassed a large body of work which addresses the troubles in Northern Ireland.

The series was notable for Willie Mays ' over-the-shoulder catch off the bat of Vic Wertz in Game 1.

Kuenn, on the other hand, would play only one season for the Indians before departing for San Francisco in a trade for an aging Johnny Antonelli and Willie Kirkland.

After the war, Beaux began to spend some time in the household of " Willie " and Emily, both proficient musicians.

" In her early teens, she had her first major exposure to art during visits with Willie to the nearby Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, one of America's foremost art schools and museums.

Her best known poems are “ Arkansas ” and “ Ozark Mountaineer .” More information about Ms. Willie Kavanaugh Hocker may be found at http :// encyclopediaofarkansas. net

The design was created by Willie Kavanaugh Hocker of Wabbaseka and selected from a field of 65 entries in a 1912 contest.