About Madeline

About Madeline

I grew up in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase. Natchitoches is well known for its meat pies and plantation homes. My parents were Lester Philip and Josephine Levy Lieber. They owned a clothing store called Lieber's, Inc. which was located on Second Street. The store was founded by my grandfather, Mendel Lieber and uncle, Jacob Lieber. The pictures on the right are Lester and Josephine Lieber.

Click here for my family tree and other family information.

Click here for William Buchanan's family information.

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I graduated from Natchitoches High School, a school in the Natchitoches Parish School System. In Louisiana, counties are called parishes because of the influence of the Catholic Church in the state. I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Library Science Secondary Education from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches and a Master of Science in Library Science degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I have also taken courses in reading from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

I have been a library media specialist and third and fifth grade teacher in Louisiana, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Virginia, as well as in Alabama. I retired from public education in 2003. I am the webmaster for CrossBridge Church of Christ, Hannah Home Shelby Ladies' Auxiliary, and Fight 4Life Fitness and Boxing Ministry.

I am a member of two chapters of the Red Hat Society - The Southern Nut Cakes and the Scarlet Ladies. I am president of the Beta Lambda chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.

August 28, 1971 Wedding Day	I am married to William C. (Bill) Buchanan, who retired as Director of Learning Resources at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham. We have one son, Charles Philip Buchanan, who is an editor in the Office of Periodicals and Publications at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Take a look at the Levy/Lieber family tree and the Charlie Dee Buchanan family tree.	August 28, 1996 25th Anniversary
October, 2006 Summer Palace Beijing, China	Christmas, 2006	Charles's Art Show "See Block City" January, 2007
Charleston, South Carolina with Brian Ralph and Bev Campbell from Sydney, Australia April, 2007	Honduras, 2007	Mount of Olives, Jerusalem November, 2007
Venice, Italy Overlooking the Grand Canal November, 2007	Bear Lake, Utah June, 2008	Going through the Panama Canal February, 2009
Red Hat Bama Belles Luncheon February, 2009	Taormina, Sicily May, 2009	On the Crown Princess Western Mediterranean Cruise May, 2009