Memorial portrait unveiled of Te’Ore Xi
Terry, victim of senseless gun violence
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
On Monday, May 31,
family, friends, and other
loved ones of the late
Te’Ore Terry gathered at
the CVS Pharmacy on 4th
Street to celebrate his life
and legacy with the un
veiling of a memorial por
trait at the entrance of the
store where he worked for
many years.
At around 8 a.m. on
Sunday Feb. 14, offi
cers with the Winston-
Salem Police Department
(WSPD) found Terry, 35,
lying face down with a
gunshot wound in a park
ing lot on Coliseum Drive.
Officers on the scene
reported that Terry was
robbed of his keys and
jewelry.
Those who knew him
well described Terry as
“the heart and soul of the
downtown CVS.”
Shortly after his mur
der was made public, Su
san Pollock, who lives
downtown and knew Terry
from her many visits to the
CVS on 4th Street, initi
ated the memorial project.
She said, “Te’Ore was
such a lovely individual
and I wanted to honor his
personality and good na
ture. He made everyone
happy with whom he came
in contact with and I hope
this memorial will give his
friends and family some
comfort in their sorrow.”
Initially, a group of
artists agreed to create a
mural in Terry’s memory
Photo by Tevin Stinson
A memorial portrait of Te’Ore Terry is unveiled at the CVS on 4th Street earlier this week. Terry, described as “the heart and soul of the down-
town CVS, was murdered earlier this year.
in the downtown area, but
organizers couldn’t find
any available space, so
they decided to go with a
portrait of Terry instead.
Local artist, Kim
Thore, started by drawing
several different portraits
of Terry and his mother
chose which one she liked
best. The finished product
is a 50”x40” vibrant graf
fiti-like picture of Terry
located near the entrance
of the CVS. Funds raised
through a GoFundMe page
set up in Terry’s honor
made the portrait possible
and funds that were left
over were presented to the
family during the unveil
ing.
Thore said she hopes
the portrait helps re
mind people of how spe
cial Te’Ore was. “When
I found out the news, I
didn’t have any words to
express my grief, so as
an artist, I started paint
ing portraits of him and
someone shared it with
his mom, who I had met
a year earlier but didn’t
know she was Te’Ore’s
mother,” Thore continued.
“The general consen
sus with everyone who
knew him as this wonder
ful man who was nice to
everyone ... I feel Te’Ore’s
presence every day. I feel
that there’s someone smil
ing at me with that big,
beautiful smile he had and
I hope by this memorial,
people will know what a
wonderftil man he was.”
Left to cherish Terry’s
memory are his mother
Velma Elizabeth Ter
ry; four brothers, Troy,
Te’von, Darrell, and Doug
las; and two sisters, Tori
and Cori. After the por
trait was unveiled, Terry’s
mother took a moment to
admire the vibrant portrait
of her son. While wiping
tears away from her eyes,
she said, “It’s beautiful ...
it looks just like him,”
At the time of pub
lication, no arrests have
been made in the murder
of Te’Ore Eugene Terry.
Anyone with information
on this case is encouraged
to contact the WSPD or
Crime Stoppers at 336-
727-2800.
Juneteenth Celebration brings culture and community together
SUBMITTED ARTICLE
Triad Cultural Arts will
present a Juneteenth week-
end celebration throughout
Winston-Salem June 17-
19, with events culminat
ing in an all-day festival in
Biotech Place and Bailey
Park on Saturday, June 19.
The weekend will start
with the opening of Ow
ens Daniels’ “When the
Revolution Comes: Photo
graphic Works,” 6-8 p.m.,
Thursday, June 17, in the
Arboreal Gallery, Milton
Rhodes Center for the
Arts, 251 N. Spruce St.
The Opening Ceremo
ny of the Juneteenth Cel
ebration will be at noon on
Friday, June 18, at St. Phil
ips Church, Old Salem, on
Facebook and YouTube,
and another channel to be
announced.
Also on Friday at 8:30
p.m., Aperture Cinema
will present a screening
of “Miss Juneteenth” at
MUSE Winston-Salem,
226 S. Liberty St.
The Saturday, June 19,
Juneteenth Festival in the
Innovation Quarter will
be both inside at Biotech
Place, 575 Patterson Ave.,
and outside in Bailey Park,
445 Patterson Ave. Regis
tration is required at www.
triadculturalarts.org be
cause of COVID-19 pre
cautions.
Biotech Place will be
hosting events from noon
to 5 p.m. They include
performances, panel dis
cussions, and heritage
demonstrations.
Bailey Park events will
run noon to 7 p.m. and in
clude vendors, displays,
music and food.
Here’s the schedule so
far:
*Noon - Opening pro
gram with Libation by Dr.
Felecia Piggott Anderson,
Greetings from local and
state officials, history,
and performance of Ne
gro Spirituals and Gospel
songs by Sophia Feaster
Lawrence and Mae Burner
from the North Carolina
Black Repertory Compa
ny’s “Mahalia.”
* 1 p.m. - Early Black
Builders of Salem led by
Old Salem interpreters
Joel Cook and Ben Mas
terson. The Winston-Sa
lem Youth Symphony will
perform an excerpt from
work by 18th-century
Black violinist, composer,
swordsman, and activist,
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier
de Saint-Georges.
* 2 p.m. - Cultural
Health & Wellness - Black
skin care, heart health and
maintaining emotional
well-being. Dr. Brenda
Latham-Sadler will mod
erate. Panelists include Dr.
Rechelle Tull, chief resi
dent in Dermatology, Dr.
Jamy Ard, Epidemiology
and Prevention, and Brock
M. Grace, MS, LCMHC.
* 3 p.m. - Poetic Jour
ney through Civil Rights
to Black Lives Matter.
Hear from the youth and
teens from our commu
nity, featuring Authoring
Action, a dynamic group
of young transformative
creative writing and spo
ken word artists.
* 4 p.m. - All That Jazz
- Billie Holiday’s songs
will be performed by local
jazz vocalist Janice Price.
Interactive conversation
with Dr. Fran Oates along
with performances by oth
er smooth jazz artists.
Juneteenth sponsors
include: Presenting Spon
sors: Food Lion, City of
Winston-Salem; Gold
Sponsors: Ralph Lauren,
Reynolds American, In
novation Quarter; Silver
Sponsors: Wells Far
go, Inmar Intelligence;
Bronze Sponsors: Wake
Forest Baptist Health,
Hanesbrands, Winston-
Salem Urban League;
Patron: Allegacy Fed
eral Credit Union, Kilpat
rick Townsend; Special
Thanks: Old Salem, Aper
ture Cinema, and Artzen-
stuff Creative.
Admission is free with
COVID-19-required reg
istration at https ://triad-
culturalarts.org/index.php/
juneteenth-2/ . Celebra
tion-goers will be required
to use the provided seating
in Biotech Place due to
COVID restrictions. For
more information, visit
www.triadculturalarts.org.