COLUMBIA, MO -  Caption reads, "Practice does it!  Andmembers of the Negro Community Chorus hold rehersals twice weekly under the direction of Rugh Redd, who is her own accompanist in the absence of her brother, Rohn Roland.  At present they're working on a group of Easter songs to be sung at the sunrise service Easter Sunday at the Boradway Baptist Church."  Ruth Lankford (Redd) PAILLET (1917-1993), oldest daughter of Reverend Ernest S. REDD, Sr. and Doshia O'Nina (Johnson) REDD, accompanies the Negro Community Chorus of Columbia, Missouri.  She was the sister of the musician John Roland REDD a.k.a. Korla Pandit http://digital.hannibal.lib.mo.us/b7220.htm, Frances Elizabeth (Redd) HERNANDEZ PEPO (pictured 3rd from left in light colored sweater), James REDD, Ernest "Speck" REDD of Des Moines, Pauline Marie (Redd) WILLIAMS, and Dorothy (Redd) CLOUD.  The Redd famiily moved from St. Louis in 1922, when Rev. Redd became the minister at the Eighth and Center Street Baptist Church in Hannibal.  Ruth graduated from Poro College in St. Louis, and with the help of Mrs. Annie Malone, left St. Louis having already been hired to star in the 1939 movie, "Midnight Shadow."  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031648/
While in California, Ruth was hired by Max Factor to work in the makeup department, where she met, and later became roomates with, Beryl June DeBeeson, who later married John Roland REDD, Ruth's brother. Adrian PEPO, the son of Frances Elizabeth (Redd) HERNANDEZ PEPO, was lead singer for The Platters from the 1970s to the 1990s.  http://www.celebritydirect.org/platters/groups.htm

Redd, Ernest S.

Redd, John Roland, 1922-1998.

Pandit, Korla.

Pepo, Frances Elizabeth Redd.

Redd, James.

Pandit, Beryl June DeBeeson.

Negro Community Chorus (Columbia, Mo.)