MCKEY
Denise Mcltey "Meady,"
passed away Wednesday,
December 10. 2008. at Carolina
Medical Center.
Charlotte, N.C.
Funeral serv
ices were held at
3 p.m. Friday,
December 19
2008. at the
Russell Funeral
Home Chapel.
Online condo
lences mav he
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made at www.russellfuneralser
vice.com. Russell Funeral direc
tors were in charge of services
and arrangements.
SCALES
Tiffany Layetta Scales was born
on December 19, 1972 in
Winston-Salem, N.C. to Toney
and Saundra Scales. Tiffany was
called to eternal rest and peace on
December 12, 2008.
She grew up embraced with
biblical teaching surrounding her.
She was one with a humble spirit
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heart. Tiffany
was known
everywhere she
went by the spir
it of joy she car
ried with her,
and her smile
will always be
remembered by
her family and
friends.
Tiffany attended the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools
and worked with children at the
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In Mkmokiam
Forsyth County Stokes Mental
Health Center until her health
declined.
A son, Anthony Lamont Scales
and her grandmother, Doreen
Scales, preceded Tiffany in death.
She leaves to cherish many
dear memories her mother,
Saundra H. Scales; her father,
Toney (Ada) Scales of Virginia;
one daughter, LaQuanda Nicole
Scales; one son, Erin Joseph
Scales; two sisters, Tarror
Demetrice Scales and Tekia
Shanee Scales; five aunts. Retha
M. Hill. Beatrice (Gordon)
Bridges, Brenda Reeves,
Parthenia (Robert) Galloway, and
Priscilla (Preston) McFarland;
two uncles, Tyrone (Vera) Scales
and Clarence Hill; her grandfa
ther, Tommy (Shirley) Scales; a
God-father, Calvin Blyther;
devoted friend and God-mother of
Erin Scales, Phahedra Kirkwood;
devoted cousin, Anthony Hill; and
a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, and other loved ones.
Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. Saturday, December 20,
2008, from the Voice of Truth
Ministries. Reverend Parthenia
Galloway officiated. Interment
followed in Evergreen Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made
a t
www.russellfuneralservice.com.
Russell Funeral directors were in
charge of services and arrange
ments.
SMITH
Mr. Lewis Wilion Smith. 90,
of 2536 Amhurst Street, was born
in Wilkinsville (Gaffney), S.C. to
Lewis Wilton and Maggie
Jefferies Smith. He passed away
on Wednesday, December 17,
at Wake
Forest University
Baptist Medical
Center.
In 1941 he'
was united in
marriage to
Elizabeth Gwyn
Smith. To this
' union three chil
dren were born - two of which
died in infancy.
He served in the US Army dur
ing WWII and loved to tell every
one about his experiences in the
Battle of the Bulge and other cam
paigns. He retired from R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company in
1980 as a machine operator. He
led a simple life and was friendly
to everyone.
When St. James A.M.E.
Church was located on Seventh
Street he served as the sexton. In
the early 1960s St. James moved
to its present location and Lewis
volunteered to take care of the
lawn. He served for many years
on the Trustee Board before he
was designated Trustee Emeritus.
In addition, he loved to trim lawns
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for some of his neighbors and
friends. His greatest love was
baseball, along with football and
basketball. Lastly, he believed
that young people should pursue
an education and take advantages
of opportunities available to them
In addition to his parents he
was preceded in death by his wife.
Elizabeth Smith and his son,
* -Lewis F. Ingram.
He is survived by his daughter,
Vicki (Ward) S. Miller; a daugh
ter-in-law, Emma Ingram of
Winston-Salem, N.C.; two grand
sons, Lewis (Ola) F. Ingram, Jr.
and Tony (Angie) Ingram of
Winston-Salem, N.C.; three great
grandsons, Lewis III, Justin, and
Tony. Jr. of Winston-Salem. N.C.;
one sister-in-law. JoAnn (Roscoe)
Hines and one brother-in-law,
Samuel (Celia) Gwyn of Mt. Airy,
N.C.; and a host of nieces,
nephews, other relatives, and
friends. We are especially grateful
to a close family friend. Dr.
Donna Durham-Pierre for her
counsel and unwavering support.
Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. Monday, December 22.
2008. at St. James A.M.E. Church.
Rev. Benjamin F. Humphrey, Jr.
officiated. Interment followed in
Evergreen Cemetery. Online con
dolences can be made at www.rus
sellfuneralservice.com. Russell
Funeral directors were in charge
of services and arrangements.
WOODRUFF
On December 11. 2008, God
dispatched His angels to take our
beloved mother, grandmother, sis
ter, and friend, to her heavenly
home. Mrs. Sallie Odessa
Woodruff was born November 12,
1917 to David and Lizzie Yokley
in Davie County. After her
father s passing, her mother later
married Albert Raper.
She was preceded in death by
her husband,
Sanford, Sr.; two
brothers, Clyde
and Frank
Yokley; one sis
ter, Alberta
Lindsay; four
children, Betty,
Carolyn, Willie,
and Regina; and
a great grand
daughter. Jasmine Fletcher.
She is survived by two sons,
Sanford Woodruff, Jr. and Durkin
Woodruff; three brothers, Charlie
(Lenora) Yokley. Roosevelt (Gail)
Yokley, and James (Lillie) Raper
of New Haven, Connecticut; one
sister. Hazel Moore of Lexington,
NC; 18 grandchildren, and a host
of great grandchildren, great,
great grandchildren, nieces,
nephews, cousins, and extended
family.
A celebration of her life was
held at 2 p.m. Friday, December
19, 2008. at Galilee Baptist
Church. Reverend Robert E. Lee
McGowens delivered the eulogy.
Interment followed in Evergreen
Cemetery. Online condolences
can be made at www.russellfuner
alservice.com. Russell Funeral
directors were in charge of servic
es and arrangements.
Civil rights leader James Bevel dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The
Rev. James L. Bevel, a
prominent figure in the
civil rights movement
whose legacy was clouded
by an incest conviction has
died, a relative said. He
was 72.
Bevel died Friday, Dec.
21 in Virginia after a fight
with pancreatic cancer, said
a daughter, Chevara Orrin,
who lives in Winston
Salem, N.C. He was recent
ly released on bond while
appealing a 15-year prison
sentence.
Bevel was a top lieu
tenant to Martin Luther
King Jr. and architect of the
1963 Children's Crusade in
Birmingham, Ala. But in
April, a jury convicted
Bevel of incest for having
sex more than a decade ago
with a then-teenage daugh
ter.
Bevel served several
months of his 15-year sen
tence before he was
released in November on
bond while appealing.
Prosecutors opposed
Bevel's release.
A Baptist minister.
Bevel was a leader in the
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and
the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee,
two of the stalwart organi
zations that led efforts in
the 1960s to desegregate
the South. Decades later, he
also helped organize the
Million Man March.
"Jim Bevel was Martin
Luther King's most influen
tial aide," civil rights histo
rian David J. Garrow said.
Bevel fought to deseg
regate downtown
Birmingham stores,
prompting police to
respond with fire hoses and
attack dogs against peace
ful protesters. He also ral
lied young people in the
city to get involved in civil
rights demonstrations -
something King and other
advisers objected to.
On May 2, 1963, chil
dren marched from the 16th
Street Baptist Church, and
600 were arrested on that
first day of demonstrations.
After the news media high
lighted police commission
er Eugene "Bull" Connor's
violent treatment of the
children, public opinion
began to shift in favor of
the civil rights movement.
Two years later. Bevel
was a key figure in the
march from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama's
capital. The demonstration
was spurred largely by the
killing of a young protester
by an Alabama state troop
er. The chain of events and
police violence that was
KRT Photo
James Bevel was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
captured on national televi
sion ultimately culminated
in the passage of the 1965
Voting Rights Act.
Bevel also was active in
the anti-war movement and
greatly influenced King,
who Bevel encouraged to
confront the Vietnam War
more directly.
After King's assassina
tion in 1968, Bevel helped
lead many of King's unfin
ished efforts, such as a
demonstration to support
striking sanitation workers
in Memphis.
In the decades after
King's death. Bevel aligned
himself with fringe move
ments. In 1992, he was vice
presidential running mate
to political extremist
Lyndon LaRouche, who at
the time was in a federal
prison for a tax conviction.
Bevel was * born to
sharecroppers on Oct. 19,
1936, in Itta Bena, Miss.,
one of 17 children. He had
stints in the Navy and grad
uated in 1961 from
Nashville's American
Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Bevel married four
times. He fathered 16 chil
dren with nine women,
Orrin told The Associated
Press.
His legacy in the civil
rights movement was
clouded when he was con
victed in April by a
Loudoun County, Va.,
judge for having sex more
than a decade ago with ope
of his daughters, Aaralyn
Mills, who was a teenager
at the time. Prosecutors
said the assault occurred irr
Loudoun County, when
Bevel was working closely
with the Virginia-based
organization led by
LaRouche.
The Associated Press
does not usually identify
alleged victims of sex
crimes, but Mills and Orrin
have agreed to be identified
publicly.
The four-day trial divid
ed members of Bevel's
large family, with relatives
testifying for both the pros
ecutor and defense. He was
sentenced in October.
At that time, prosecu
tors revealed at least four
other daughters had made
similar allegations against
him. The victims hoped for
an apology and some rec
onciliation, but Bevel
mocked the notion of an
apology.
Orrin, who said she did
not testify at Bevel's trial,
said she was molested by
her father when she was 12.
On Saturday, she told The
Associated Press she's still
processing her "very com
plicated" feelings about his
death.
She said Bevel's recent
conviction does not detract
from his work in the civil
rights movement.
"I am very proud to be
the daughter of a man who
contributed so much to the
world through his civil
rights work. I am equally as
devastated and disgusted by
his pedophilia," Orrin said.
"Both of those feelings
reside in the same soul, in
the same space of my
heart."
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