AC Phoenix, December 1988 Page 2 RUSSELL FUNERAL HOME “DEDICATED TO SERVE YOU BETTER” Phone: (919) 722-3459 Martin Luther King Drive at Carl Russell Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 FLORRIE S. RUSSELL - C,\RL H. RUSSELL, JR. - CEDRIC L. RUSSELL - CHRISTOPHER W. RUSSELL - EDWARD B. RUSSELL - CARMEN RUSSELL BONHAM - THE RUSSELL FAMILY & STAFF Happy Holidays from the Staff of Russells Funeral Home. (trown^ Drugs I i i D©[ro[ptD®[rii [p®©[pi(i S i Open 365 Days A Year Service, Selection & Savings Seasons Greetings Christmas 1988 "The Family" Last Years "Expressions 1987" was so successful that we decided to do likewise with 1988. See Page 19. Clarence "The Legend" Gaines enters the 1988 Basketball Season with less than fif teen victories every from his 800th victory. See "The House" and the Rams on page 16, The MEAC Basketball season is off and running, but before they get to far Phoenix Staff writer Nathan Ross-Freeman has a review for you 'on "The Balance" of the league this season. See Page 17 for more C.E. Graham, 90, has not let age stop him from doing the things that he likes best...cutting hair. For that reason he has been chosen AC Phoenix Senior Citizen of the Year. See Page 13 for more. On The Cover Kenneth, Gwendolyn and Kenya Rocker are gearing up for the holiday season. The Rockers, minus son Kenneth Terrance who is stationed in Norfolk, Virginia in the U.S. Navy, have been chosen "Family OfThe Year" by the AC Phoenix Staff. Photo by M.A. Pharr Phoenix Publisher Rodney J. Sumler Editor Malcolm Pharr Staff Writers Nathan Ross- Freeman Dennis Schatzman Account Executives Tanya Wiley, Malcolm Pharr, Brenda Nance, Photographer Malcolm Pharr