{"id":21646,"date":"2021-10-02T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=21646"},"modified":"2021-10-02T09:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:31:47","slug":"jerry-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=21646","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Jerry Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=71765#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-71765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Bird\" class=\"wp-image-71765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jerry Bird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jerry Bird was the national promoter and founder for <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=99719\">Gay USofA Pageantry<\/a> and was based out of Houston, Texas.  We sadly lost Jerry on August 31st, 2021.  We salute the leadership that was Jerry Bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/46663973_2560026820689292_905338544325656576_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/46663973_2560026820689292_905338544325656576_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Bird\" data-id=\"119354\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/46663973_2560026820689292_905338544325656576_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=119354\" class=\"wp-image-119354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/46663973_2560026820689292_905338544325656576_n.jpg 314w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/46663973_2560026820689292_905338544325656576_n-255x400.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jerry Bird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Bird\" data-id=\"71765\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=71765\" class=\"wp-image-71765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/23795174_1527983203985197_2404591629305273579_n-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jerry Bird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jerry Bird: Captured Moments<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Bird and Coco\" class=\"wp-image-21658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1011194_290908351060372_287760129_n-326x213.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jerry Bird and Coco<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Douglas, Jerry Bird and Carmella Marcella Garcia\" class=\"wp-image-21644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n-326x285.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10635825_10152735300718460_9171832274628469049_n-700x611.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Maya Douglas, Jerry Bird and Carmella Marcella Garcia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Bird was the national promoter and founder for Gay USofA Pageantry and was based out of Houston, Texas. We&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=21646\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> In Loving Memory of Jerry Bird<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[22,9],"class_list":["post-21646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-in-loving-memory","tag-texas","wpcat-77-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}