Meeker

Devereaux is honored by his lifelong home

As an interracial couple, Devereaux and his wife, Muriel, experienced prejudice, but “we knew that God put us together,” she said.
MEEKER I If someone had reason to be bitter, it might be Charles Devereaux.
After all, growing up as an African-American in Meeker, he was one of the few blacks in a town that was overwhelmingly white.
“His family were the only ones (African-Americans) in Meeker for a long time,” said Devereaux’s wife, Muriel.