Sylvia Woods lauded as humble trailblazer at Mt. Vernon funeral
Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | Bedelia Woods leaves Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon after the funeral service for her mother, restaurateur and Harlem icon Sylvia Woods. (July 25, 2012)
Videos
'The Queen of Soul Food' Sylvia Woods remembered
Evening Newscast for Jul 20, 2012
Sylvia Woods, who started Harlem restaurant, dies
Sylvia Woods remembered
Recent notable deaths
Web links
More on this story on News12
"Soul food queen" Sylvia Woods was remembered Wednesday as a woman of humble beginnings with a vibrant spirit whose kitchen was a gathering place for New York's civil rights movement and a whistle-stop for the political elite.
"Our children need to know that God can take a woman from South Carolina ... wrap an apron around her and lift her up to where governors would stand in line," thundered...
