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4-THE CAROLINA TIMES - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016
MRS. V. RENEE’ WILLIAMS
Final rites for Mrs. V. Renee’ Williams were held Nov. 27 at Bur-
they Memorial Chapel. Rev. Sterling Freeman officiated. Interment
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
She was born Feb. 10, 1950 in Concord, a daughter of the Mrs.
Leona Mills Wilson and the late David Wilson. She died Nov. 22.
She attended public schools in Kannapolis. She graduated from
North Carolina Central University in 1972. She received a Master of
Instructional Technology in 1977.
She worked for the N.C. Black Lawyers Association and The
Conservation Fund.
Surviving are her husband, Harold Williams; two sons, Vincent
Williams, Leesburg, Va. and Blake Williams Frederick, Md.; a grand
daughter, Genevieve Michelle Williams, Leesburg, Va; a sister, Ms.
Teresa Wilson, Durham; two brothers, Ronnie Wilson and David
Wilson, both of Kannapolis.
Arrangements by Burthey Funeral Service.
MRS. MILIE RICHARDSON LEE
Final rites for Mrs. Milie Richardson Lee were held Dec. 4 at An
tioch Baptist Church. Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery.
She was born May 1, 1920 in Johnston County, a daughter of the
late Arch and Mrs. Lucy William Richardson. She died Nov. 28.
She attended Johnston County Public Schools.
Surviving are three daughters, Mses. Virginia Lee, Shirley Elliott
and Dorothy Lee; six sons, Clee A. Lee, Sr., Kenneth Lee, Steven
Lee, James Lee, Calvin Lee and Willie Earl Lee; sixteen grandchil
dren; thirty-eight great grandchildren; and twenty great great grand
children.
Courtesy of Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home, Inc.
ELDEE LEONUSE BROWN, JR.
Final rite for Eldee Leonuse Brown, Jr. were held Dec. 2 at St.
Joseph A.M.E. Church. Rev. Ronald L. Owens officiated.
He was born July 6, 1943 in Jonesville, Fla, a son of the late Dr.
Eldee Brown, Sr. and Mrs. Claronell Trapp Brown. He died Nov. 24.
He was a graduate of Hillside High School in 1960. He received
a bachelor of Arts Degree in 1964 from Morehouse College. He was
honored as a 50-year Gold Tiger of the Morehouse College Alumni
Association.
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Church News
Friendship Fellowship Center
Friendship Fellowship Center, 801 Gilbert St., will host a Sunday
Gospel Concert Dec. 11, at 4 p.m..
Scheduled groups perfonning are:
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North Carolina Central University
Department of Art
Awarded $10,000 From Duke Energy
Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded North
Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) Department of
Art $10,000 to enhance technology instruction in key art
classes.
The funding from the Duke Energy Foundation is part
of the organization’s support of workforce development
and economic development initiatives.
The funds will be used to purchase Apple computers
to support the curricula in the visual communications
concentration.
“NCCU’s College of Arts and Sciences and the
Department of Art are extremely pleased to receive the
generous gift of $10,000 from Duke Energy,” said Carlton
Wilson, Ph.D., dean of the NCCU College of Arts and
Sciences. “Students who desire to become creative artists
need the appropriate technology that will allow them to
fully express themselves. Duke Energy’s investment will
enhance student success.”
NCCU’s Department of Art offers three concentrations:
visual communications, studio and art studies. Students
are trained to become well-rounded artists, designers and
teachers.
The Art Department has made maj or contributions to the
campus throughout its history, including commissioning
of the 1956 bronze statue of Dr. Shepard that now stands
at the main entrance of the campus, which was created by
faculty member William Zorach.
“We are proud to support the NCCU’s Department of
Art. This gift demonstrates our commitment to equipping
more student with the skills needed to compete in an
emerging sector of our economy,” said Indira Everett,
Duke Energy’s district manager.
In July 2016, the Duke Energy Foundation also awarded
NCCU with $135,000 to support a Three-Plus-Two
Bachelor of Science Dual Degree program in physics and
electrical engineering in partnership with North Carolina
State University (NC State).
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education, law, business and the arts. Founded in 1910
as a liberal arts college for African-Americans, NCCU
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Practical Bible Principles for Life
The Word Of
Life To A Dying
World
By J. L. Caldwell, Pastor
New Jerusalem
Baptist Cathedral
Read: John 1:9; ITimothy
6:16
A well- known General
was once quoted saying,
“I am convinced that suc
cess in battle depends upon
the preparation made be
fore D-day and H-hour.”
Anything that is important
requires preparation, or it
won’t have the meaning,
power and result it is meant
to have. This is true of ev
ery area of life-not only the
military-where men and
women develop policies
and make decisions.
Christmas stands for the
coming of Christ to the
world that He died to save
and rose again to rule. He
comes, of course, continu
ally to the hearts of those
who are ready to receive
Him. Christianity simply
focuses on this fact by em
phasizing it during Christ
mas Advent. But there is
another side to this Christ
mas Advent. This same
Christ Who comes in love
also, sooner or later, calls
all of human society to an
accounting. This is also a
real part of the Christmas
celebration. To make an
accounting for our lives is
a part of Christmas that is
almost lost today.
The early church was not
too concerned about ob
serving any anniversary of
the birth of Christ until the
second century (325 A.D.)
It was the resurrection of
Christ which the church
was following. Both the
dating of Christmas and
the Epiphany-twelve days
later seemed to have been
designed to compete with
the pagan sun-god festi
vals, or Winter Solstice
observance, which were
being celebrated annually.
The Christmas season was
located in the church cal
endar year as an attempt to
take over social leadership
not only from pagan sym
bolism but also from pagan
practice. Today this take-
over struggle seems to still
be going on. Advent as a
season of preparation for
the observance of Christ
mas seems to have been
developed as a parallel to
Lent as the preparation foi
Easter. Therefore we have
a season of preparation
before Christmas, which
is the Advent season- the
first four weeks in Decem
ber before the 25th of the
month.
One’s best preparation
tool to use to prepare for
Advent is the Bible. We
all have Bibles and we all
read the Bible in certain
ways and gain certain in
terpretations from it. How
ever, from the standpoint oi
Christian faith, the Bible is
The Word of Life to a Dy
ing World. It is God’s word
ofjudgment on man’s pre
tensions and God’s gift ol
a powerful hope to change
the situation here, now and
forever. The Bible is more
than God’s judgment on the
human situation, but the
word and hope in life for
all human situations. The
bible’s real purpose at Ad
vent is to help us see that
while we may be caught
in mess of human contriv
ing, God does not leave us
helpless but comes with the
outreach of invincible love
to those who are ready to
receive him.
At Advent season we use
God’s Word, as His diag
nosis of our personal, spiri
tual illness alone with the
world’s problems which
has death at the end. Un
less we let the Great Physi
cian diagnose our problem,
we cannot be ready to ac
cept the remedy that He,
God, offers.
We know and some have
heard of our spiritual condi
tions since Adam. Whether
you believe or not believe,
it is best to play it safe and
let the Great Physician ex
amine us along
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