Honoring and recognizing Bernice Dobbins-Sharpe for a lifetime of love and community-building, on the occasion of her 100th birthday this June 4, 2025.

Honoring and recognizing Bernice Dobbins-Sharpe for a lifetime of love and community-building, on the occasion of her 100th birthday this June 4, 2025. WHEREAS, Ms. Bernice Dobbins-Sharpe, a life-long West Philadelphian, is an integral part of her community’s fabric, and has been for a century. Her parents, George and Laura Dobbins, moved to Philadelphia from Essex County, Virginia during the Jim Crow era; and WHEREAS, Ms. Bernice attended Martha Washington Elementary School and is a proud member of West Philadelphia High School’s class of 1943, where she was a member of the Glee Club, Treble Clef Club, and Leaders Club. She focused her studies on home economics; and WHEREAS, Ms. Bernice is the loving mother of two daughters, Sheila and Juanita, as well as the loving grandmother of nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and seventeen great great grandchildren; and WHEREAS, After high school, Ms. Bernice followed in her father’s footsteps to work at the Postal Service for a decade. She then went on to work as a nurse at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital for 31 years, specializing in pre-and-postnatal care. She caught a lot of babies. Her favorite part of being a nurse was “being able to help the people”; and WHEREAS, Ms. Bernice has been an active member of Philadelphia Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist Church since she was a child. She has followed her faith in a lifetime of service, and devoted herself to the improvement and enrichment of her communities, her neighborhood …