Ep 11 - Black & Missing in Tennessee

In this episode, we discuss the mysterious disappearances of Dr. Cherryl Pearson, Alice Mae Sullivan, and Veda Lou Powers.

BE FOREWARNED: There's lots of banter and lots of cussing. It went off the rails and the ADHD ADHDed.

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Sources

Dr. Cherryl Pearson:

• Devine, J.K. (2002, January 8). Jackson family searches for missing daughter. The Jackson Sun.
• Devin, J.K. (2002, January 22). Police continue search for doctor. The Jackson Sun.
• Semien, J. (2003, March 23). Probe in missing doctor case stalls. The Commercial Appeal.
• Wolff, C. (2006, January 4). Parents’ pain. The Commercial Appeal.
• Stafford, R. (2006, May 11). Inside Dateline: No answers in a daughter’s disappearance. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12731901
• Bailey, C. (2010, December 7). Lakeland bones not of missing Bartlett doctor. The Commercial Appeal.
• Action 5 News. (2012, February 16). Missing doctor Bartlett’s only cold case.
• Rankin, K. (2016, February 29). The Disappearance of Dr. Cherryl Pearson. ABC24.
• Marie, E. (2020, July 26). Cherryl Lamont Pearson, 37: Vanished after taking phone call. Our Black Girls. https://ourblackgirls.com/2020/07/26/cherryl-lamont-pearson-vanished-after-taking-early-morning-phone-call/
• The Charley Project – Cherryl Lamont Pearson

Alice Mae Sullivan:

• Easton, J. (2014 March 25). For 27 years, Gallatin couple asks: Where is Alice? The Tennessean.
• Luxen, E. (2022, June 14). Mother of TSU student missing for 36 years pleads for answers. News Channel 5 Nashville.
• The Charley Project - Alice Mae Sullivan

Veda Lou Powers:

• Ellis, K. (1984, April 10). Foul play believed involved in 1982 disappearance. The Tennessean.
• Marie, E. (2018, July 19). Veda Lou Powers, 29: Devoted mother, vanishes on her way home. Our Black Girls. https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/07/19/missing-veda-lou-powers/
• Rains, S. (2023, May 26). ‘It was unusual’: 41 years after Nashville mom vanished, police are still looking for clues. WKRN News 2.
• Luxen, E. (2023, May 8). More than 40 years after her mother disappeared, a grieving daughter calls for information on the case. News Channel 5 Nashville.
• The Charley Project - Veda Lou Powers