Obituaries
Russell
Funeral Home
822 Carl Russell Ave.
722-3459
REDDING
Mrs. Charlie Redding. Greensboro, NC, passed away July
25 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC. He was
born on March 2, 1927. the oldest soh of the late Anderson and
Lillie Mae Redding. He was raised in Juliette, GA where he
attended the public schools and joined St. Peter Rock Church at
an early age. Charlie joined the Army Air Corps in 1945 and
served at posts in Tuskegee, AL and Orlando, FL before being
honorably discharged in 1947. He was united In holy matrimo
ny to Doris Finney of Juliette, GA on Feb. 14, 1947. Charlie and
Doris started their life together in Juliette, GA and were blessed
with the birth of their two sons, Charlie Arthur and George Mor
ris before moving to Jacksonville, NC in 1949. Jacqueline and
Marilyn blessed their union after the move. Charlie was self
employed, working the areas of automotive mechanics, logging
and trucking during his many years in the Jacksonville, NC
area. He joined First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, NC and
gave many years of faithful service to the church before moving
io ureensooro in ivvj. Alter moving 10 ureensooro. cnariie
worked in security at the Piedmont Triad International Airport
until his retirement in 2000. In addition to his parents, his two
sons, four siblings and a stepmother preceded him in death.
He leaves to cherish his memories, his wife, Doris; three
daughters. Jacqueline Mason (Melvin) of Greensboro, NC,
Marilyn Sharpless (Darnell) of High Point, NC and Barbara
Jean Dowdeli of Atlanta, GA; five sisters, Lillie Mae Thomas,
Louise Watley. Bernice Gavins (Claude), Sarah Rucker and
Kathryn Bell all of Atlanta, GA; five brothers, Anderson Red
ding (Mary) of South Bend. IN, Robert Redding, (JbEllen) of
Waterbury. CT, Isaac Redding, Joseph Redding both of Boling
brook, GA and James Redding (Phyllis) of Macon. GA; seven
grandchildren, Melvin II (Sywann), Shelley, Justin. Adrianne,
Christopher. Michelle and Nikki; four great grandchildren; and
a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
The funeral was held July 30 at l2"noon from the First Bap
tist Church. Jacksonville, NC. Rev. Dr. James E. Brown offici
ated. Burial followed at Castal Carolina State Veterans Ceme
tery. Jacksonville, NC. Russell Funeral Home directors were in
charge of the arrangements.
SAMUELS
Mr. Terry Demark "Hennie" Samuels. 2501 Greenway
Avenue. Winston-Salem, passed away July 25 in Winston
Salem. He was born the son of Ophelia Hennie Samuels and
Benjamin (Jackie) Samuels on July 16. 1965. Terry graduated
from East Forsyth High School in 1983 and he was a Baptist by
faith. Terry was a very loving and caring person to all he knew
and he will be missed by all. Preceding him in death are his
paternal grandparents. Rev. Willie and Beatrice Samuels and his
maternal grandparents, Bennie and Aldine Hennie.
Cherishing his memories are his mother. Ophelia Stffnuels
and father, Benjamin (Jackie) Samuels; his three sons, Christo
pher Carter, De'fonzio Willis and Terrell Black; three sisters,
Carol Samuels-Wagner (Tyrone), Beatrice Hennie and Sonya
Bethea Williams; three brothers, Benjamin Samuels (Tammy),
Joshua Samuels. Charles Samuels; aunts and uncles. Maxine
Coleman. Jennie Hennie, Charles Hennie (Pearl), Marilee
Samuels Simington (Carnell) of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Rosevelt Samuels (Ethel), Rev. J. R. Samuels (Margaret), Rev.
Philemon Samuels (Gloria), Timothy Samuels (Cynthia), James
Samuels (Olean); a host of other relatives and friends, a devot
ed friend, Mary Elaine Riley.
The funeral was held July 29 at I p.m. from the St. Stephen
Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Joseph R. Samuels officiated.
Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. Russell Funeral Home
directors were in charge of the arrangements.
SIMMONS
Mrs. Essie Mae Holman Simmons, 135 Frontier Drive,
Kernersville, NC, passed away July 24 at Moses Cone Memor
ial Hospital. Greensboro. NC. She was born on Dec. 23, 1917 in
Winston-Salent to the late Lonnie and Gertrude Foy Holman.
Mrs. Simmons was a lifelong resident of Winston-Salem and
attended the local public schools of Forsyth County. Ms. Essie
ana Mama cssie as sne was Known to everyone, was a nome
maker and enjoyed cooking, baking homemade bread and deli
cious cakes for her family and many friends. Ms. Essie was a
member of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church where she
sang on the Senior Choir and attended the Adult Women's Sun
day School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Deacon Henry L. Simmons, two sons, Cornell Trayham,
Charles Trayham; four sisters. Hortense Holman, Flora H. Lind
say. Marie Clark Verdell, Dollie Mae Mock, a grandson, Lee
Vonne "Leejay" Lester and a nephew. Bobby Mock.
She leaves to cherish her loving memory, two sons, Carl
(Debbie) Simmons, Henry L. Simmons. Jr. both of Winston
Salem; a daughter. Deborah (Charles) Smith of Kernersville: j
nine grandchildren. Kevin Spaugh of Baltimore, MD, Chris j
Acker of Winston-Salem. Reginald (Rhonda) Torrence of Char
lotte. NC, Chad Simmons of Birmingham, AL, Casey Simmons,
Ja'Hen Marlin, Lavunya Marlin. Ian Smith and Joshua Smith all
of Winston-Salem; eight great grandchildren; one sister. Ms. |
Evelyn Williams of Winston-Salem; one brother. Mr. Bradford
Holman of Philadelphia, PA; a devoted nephew. Elder James
Richardson of Jamestown. NC; a host of nieces, nephews, other '
relatives and friends.
The funeral was held July 28 at 4:30 p.m. from the Morning
Star Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Donald Salley officiated. .
Burial followed at Piedmont Memorial Gardens. Russell Funer
al Home directors were in charge of the arrangements.
TURNER
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Mr. Calvin Jonathan "Cal" Turner, Los Angeles, California,
passed away July 22 in Los Angeles, CA. He was born in
Raleigh, NC on Oct. 4. 1942 to Sadie Mae Roundtree. Mr. Turn
er was educated in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools,
graduating from Atkins High School in 1961. He diligently pur
sued his mortuary apprenticeship at Russell Funeral Home
1959), was employed at Ryan Funeral.Home, Peoples Funeral
dome and Harrison and Ross Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA. In
ransportation of human remains world wide, he gained the
espect of his comrades in the profession and the community,
de was awarded the Professional of the Year (1999) by the Cal
fornia Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, Delta Air
Jnes-Flying Colonel Award, Morticians of CA, Inc., served as
reasurer qf the state and local Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fra
ernity and was a member of the National Funeral Directors and
Morticians. He was preceded in death by a special brother,
Thomas Edward Harbor in September, 2002.
He leaves to cherish precious, loving memories, his daugh
er, Lisa Parker of Charlotte, NC; his son, Kevin Turner of
dampton, VA; three granddaughters, Lisa Parker of Charlotte,
9C, Ashley and Devin Turner of Hampton, VA; son-in-law,
\lvin Parker; daughter-in-law, Grace Turner; a special sister-in
aw, Stella Harbor of Winston-Salem; niece, Donice Harbor of
Raleigh, NC and nephew Kerry Harbor of Champaign, IL; a
tost of other relatives and many friends.
The funeral was held July 29 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of
he Russell Funeral Home. Rev. Michael Samuels officiated.
Burial followed af Evergreen Cemetery. Russell Funeral Home
iirectors were in charge of the arrangements.
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Bliley Funeral
Homes9 Central Chapel
Richmond, Va
BERTOZZI
Alfio "Sonny" Giuseppe Bertozzi of Richmond passed away
an Monday, July 28, 2003. He was born on March 16, 1939. A
proud Italian and lifelong Richmonder, Sonny graduated from
Benedictine High School in 1957. Building on the foundation
left to him by his father, Alfredo and mother, Adele, he built
very successful businesses in contracting, building supplies and
real estate.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Alfio, and is survived
by his loving partner, Phyllis Simmons; a sister, Orietta
Bertozzi Pollard; two sons, Anthony Joseph, his wife, Malinda
and daughter, Brittney, and Vincent Paul, his wife, Cherie and
son, Brenley; and a nephew, Alfred Edward Pollard; and many
loving friends.
Sonny served in the Air National Guard and was a longtime
member of St. Bridget's Church, the Bull & Bear Club, Her
mitage Country Club and Willow Oaks Country Club.
His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Homes' Central
Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., where the family will receive
friends on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a Christian
Wake service being held at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Bur
ial will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Bridget Catholic
Church, 6006 Three Chopt Rd. Entombment will follow in Mt.
Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Benedictine
High School and the American cancer Society.
One-on-One tb
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used to be good. Well. I had j
good skills, but not good ath
leticism (Both laugh.) That t;
was kind of my downfall. I t
could shoot real good, but I
had slow footwork. I was real- n
ly good until I got to high j
school, and then everyone else 0
started getting better. t,
Anthony: Do you have a j,
favorite NBA basketball play- j
er? t|
Tolly: No. because most c
of the players in the league are a
younger than me now. (Both
laugh.) I can't look up to them ^
now. That's really what it boils
down to. 1 mean, in the 80s it r
seems lik<Jhe NBA was full of t
grown men. Now. they're all a e
lunch of kids. I'm just 28, but
he NBA is 25 and under.
Both laugh.) I'll cheer for the
ocal guys. Like, I'll cheer for
osh (Howard) next year.
Anthony: Give me youf
ake on the Kobe Bryant situa
ion.
Tolly: It's unfortunate. I
nean, I don't look at him any
lifferently. I mean, cheating
m your wife isn't good, but
le's not the first person to do
t. And, he won't be the last. I
lon't think he raped her. I
hink it will all boil over.'The
ommon man can look at Kobe
nd see that he's not perfect.
Anthony: What are your
lobbies?
Tolly: My hobbies are....
lot a lot. I guess it's going to
he gym and running. I consid
:r myself to be like a comput
er whiz. I like to teach myself
different things on the comput
er. I have a couple of programs
that I play around with. And.
sometimes I'll write some
commercials for my moms'
business. I also like DVDs. I
like movies.
Anthony: What's your
personal life like?
Tolly: Boring! (Both
laugh.) I don't do much. Peo
ple think that I am busier than
I am. My friends say, 'I was
going to call you. but I figured
you were busy.' I mean, people
think that TV is a two-day
preparation. (Both laugh.) It's
a job. But. the thing that I get
more, and it's also the reason
that I wanted to get on TV is
when an old. white lady comes
up to me and says that I saw
you on TV or I watch you.
That's a great compliment,
because that is the biggest gap
between people: an old. white
lady and a young, black man.
That makes me feel like I'm
doing a good job. Not saying
that I wouldn't think that any
way, but that kind of reassures
me.
Anthony: What's your
favorite movie?
Tolly: Right now it's
"Ali." When I saw the pre
views for it I didn't think Will
Smith would be able to play
the part. Every time it comes
on HBO I watch it.
Anthony: A lot of people
want to be sports broadcasters
when they get older or whatev
er. How hard is your job?
Tolly: Not hard at all. It's
probably hard to get a job
doing it. But. the job isn't
hard. I just go to work to have
fun. You have to give the
information to the people, but
I try to do it having fun. I don't
go in and tell myself that I
have to be "Mr. Broadcaster."
I'm just myself. If they want to
continue to pay me for talking
then that's fine with me.
Anthony: Which high
school team is the best in the
area?
Tolly: Well, you can't talk
about football without men
tioning Carver. They seem to
be the cream of the crop. Park
land is usually pretty good, but
they lost two of their players.
So, that's hard to say. West
Forsyth surprised me last year.
They have a good running
back. I don't know. It's hard to
tell with football. You don't
know who's coming back or
who's moving up from JV.
But. until somebody beats
Carver, they're the team to
beat.
Anthony: All right let's go
into free association. Bob
Hope.
Tolly: Dead. (Pause.) He
was funny, but not really
funny.
Anthony: (Giggles.)
Dream date."
Tolly: She picks up the
bill. <?_
Anthony: (Both laugh.)
Winston-Salem State Rams.
Tolly: "Bighouse" Gaines.
That was the reason 1 came to
Winston-Salem State. I was
lucky enough to be in his bas
ketball class during my fresh
man year.
Anthony: NBC.
Tolly: Paycheck.
Anthony: Jaimie Foxx.
Tolly: What happened to
his show?
Anthony: Stuart Scott.
(SportsCenter anchor.)
Tolly: How can I say this?
He tries too hard.
Anthony: One final ques
tion. Who's the best athlete
you've seen since you've been
in Winston-Salem?
Tolly: I would have to
name three. Richard Huntley,
Orande Gadsden and Josh
Howard. Richard was the
strongest football player that
I've ever seen in college, and
Orande used to catch every
thing. Josh Howard was able
to do some amazing things on
the basketball floor this year.
Anthony: OK. That's it.
Tolly. Thanks for the time,
man.
Tolly: No problem.
SURPRISE!
The Greensboro Children's Museum surprised an Asheboro woman and her four-year-old nephew when they became
the museum's 499,999th and 500,000th visitors earlier this week. Ethan Baker, from Apex, and his aunt, Hope Hay
wood, looked surprised as museum staff members sprinkled confetti over their heads and then presented them with a
cake, a gift basket, a certificate for a one-year membership and a bouquet of helium balloons.
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Old Town
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age group, while the Lakers,
led by Tyrone "Cowboy"
McLaurin, tiptoed by the Nets
last week.
Little Lakers 21, Little
Spurs 18 ? George Moore
poured in 10 points, while
Jared Smith and Kyle Jones
combined for the other 11
points to lead the Little Lak
ers over the Little Spurs.
Michael Butler, Shantel
Psalm and the hot-shooting
guard, C.J. Tyson led the Lit
tle Spurs. Tyson finished with
a game-high 14 points.
Little 76ers 30, Little Nets
27 ? Eric Sinclair drilled in
19 points, while Kyle Onuma
and Angel Rinard combined
for eight points to lead the
Little 76ers over the Little
Nets, 30-27 in the centers'
blacktop league. Brandon
Forney also contributed to the
76ers win. The Little Nets
were led by Sam Daley. Steve
Osbey and Connor Sullivan.
Daley finished with eight
points, Osbey had six points,
while Sullivan and George
Moore combined for 13
points.
In the 13-16 age group, it
was show time for Nets guard
Tyrone "Cowboy" McLaurin.
McLaurin led the Net charge
with 28 points over the Lak
ers,
McLaurin, a former Mt.
Tabor Spartan, will suit up for
the Carver YellowJackets next
season. He showed a little bit
of his game when he helped
his team to the win last week.
Dimitrius Shore and Don
Skipwith also had outstanding
games for the Nets. Dearon
"Deacon" Smith and Ervin
"Fatty" Moser led the Lakers
in a losing effort.
In the final game of the
week, the Spurs beat the
76ers. Stephon Royster and
John Lovette led the Spurs in
the game. The 76ers were led
by Chris Butler, Ray Pehn,
along with Jake and Jess
Claffe.