There are 2 article(s) tagged O.C. Pleasant:

• December 2018

  • O.C. Pleasant Jr. was a great man, husband, father, brother, mentor, community leader and Memphian

    Ocie Cleveland “O.C.” Pleasant Jr. always offered a quip and a smile upon an encounter. When expressing the standard Southern inquiry as to his well-being, he would simply reply, “I’m pleasant.”

    By Roshun Austin December 13, 2018

  • Pleasant led Election Commission through changes, challenges

    In three decades on the Shelby County Election Commission, 24 of them as chairman, O.C. Pleasant oversaw changes from lever voting machines to electronic machines to touch-screen machines and dodged an attempt to introduce punch-card voting in local elections.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018