OBITUARIES
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ROSIE LEE PANNELL
Ro.le Lee Pannell, 82, of
Detroit, I departed th. life on
Thursday, October 18 In Henry
Ford Hoepltal.
Funeral .ervloe. w re held
Thur y, Oct 25 at Swan­
aon Fun Home - orthw t
Chapel.
R e Pannell, wa. born to th
late Erwin and rtha Jane
Texade.
Survivor. Inolude: two
daughter., Oore e and Martha;
two .on.-In-Iaw, Earne.t and
Wille; one .1. r-In-' ,Edwyna;
one brother-'n-Iaw, Amel; 24
grandchildren; 33 great
grandchildren: one great great
grand.on; a ho.t of niece.,
nephew., other relative. and
friend •.
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r ngement. were entru.ted to
Swanaon Funeral Home.
Survivor. Include: one sen,
Henry; one .I.ter, Mary: two
brothre., Joe and King: four
grandchildren, Debor ,Dledra,
Derrlok, and Darryl; five great
grandohlldren, nl ce., nephew.,
m yother relative. and frl nda.
GREGORY
cQUEEN
Gregory McQueen, 30, of
Detroit, MI d parted thl. earth on
Friday, Ootob r 19.
Fun ral .ervlce. were
Thuraday, October 25 at Word of
Faith Chrl.tlan Cent r. Funeral
arrangement. were entru ted to
O.H. Pye, III Funeral Home.
Gregory McQueen, wa. born
o cember 28, 1980 to hi. loving
parent. David Yancy and Mar­
garet McQu en Yancy.
JOSEPH H. NErrLES Survivors Include:' five
Jo eph Nettl .. , 85, of Detroit, broth r. and sisters, David Jr.,
MI died Thur day, O",ober 18. ' Arlette, Kenneth, Glen and
Funeral ervlce. were held R gina. Arlett� pr.eceded him In
Saturday, Ootober 27 af this Journey; HI slgnlflcan other,
Trledstone aapU.t Church. _ C�rla J. Hood, who b!e. d him
Funer I arrangement. were wi h two beautiful ehlldre ,.one
entru.ted to Jet r Memorial daugher, Anita, and one on,
Funer Home. Gregory Jr.; two sisters-in-law,
Joseph Nettles, wa born to Bren.d� and Sharma.yne and
Laurett Wilson-Netti. and Doc Renee, a host of nephew.,
Nettles on September 4, 1925 In nieces, uncle , aunts, cousins
Mo.s Point, Mlssls.lppl. and many friend •.
Survivor Include: a loving
mother, Lauretta James; one BARBARA J. ZOOPER
son, Regl nald N ttles; he was
preceded Indeath by a Iter,
Juanita Nettle yooung; two
brothers, Melvin nd Leo; three
step sister , Catherine, Annl
and Sylvia; two step brothers,
Rev. Abraham Jame and David
Jame ; thr sisters-In-law. one
brother-in-law; three aunts and a
host of niece ,nephew and
other relative and friend . .
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ARDAITHA GINYARD
Ardl tha Ginyard, 67, of
Detroit. MI departed thl life on
Thur d y, October 18.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, October 23 at Morning
View Missionary Baptist Church.
Funerai arrangement. were
ntrusted to O.H. Pye, III Funeral
Home.
Ardaltha . Ginyard, wa. born
April 14, 1 23 In Altheimer,
Arkan a.. Sh as th .econd
of two children born to George
d M linda Gat •
Survivor Includ: her loving
mother, MaUnda Gate.; niece,
Erma; gr at nl c ,Denl. Dor­
len " Linda. Loren, Ch I; great
neph ,Rio rdo and a host of
niece. and neph wand a hOlt
of ot r relatlv • nd friend •.
OLLIE
ITCHELL
Ollie Itchell, 81, wa. born
ne 27, 1928 and dep t d th.
life October. 28. He wa. a native
of And rson, SC, .on of th late
Sam and Ethel Thompson
Mitch II.
Funer I .ervlce. were held
Wedne.day, Ootober 24 at
Wordway Church of God In
Chrl.t .. Funeral arrangements
wer entrusted to O.H. Pye, III
Funer Hom.
Survivor include: five
children, Baby Girl itchell (who
preceded him in death), Gaybarll,
Deborah, Ollie, Jr .. and Edna:
one brother Lewi Mitchell
preceded him In death; 5 s sters­
in-law, one brother-in-law; five
grandchildr n. S ·ona. Nakia,
Otto. Jr .. Eric nd Jenif r: other
relativ and frl nds.
MA TTIE SHELTON
attle Shelton. 79,' the
daughter of B ssle Sweatt, wa
born ay 11, 1911 In L banon,
. Tennes e. She departed this
life after lengthy conflnem nt
because of illn on Octob r 20.
Funeral service wer held
Friday. October 26. Fun ral r-
On Wedn .day, Ootober 17.
Christ -our Lord decided It wa.
time to call His daughter. Barbara
J. Zooper. hom to rest.
Funeral services were held
Monday. October 22 at Calvary
Hill Primitive Bapt! t Church.
Funeral arrangements were
entrusted to Jeter Memorial
Fun r I Hom .
Barbara Zooper, wa born to
Moocaney and N dine Poole on
July 31, In Detroit, MI.
Survivor Includ: two son ,
Harry, Jr., and Anthony; a
daughter, Karen; her husband
Harry J. Zooper preceded her In
d ath; -her fath r, Mr. Moncaney
Poole; two grandchildren; three
Iste,.; one broth r; one uncle,
Waiter; nl ces; nephews; other
re,-,Uves and many, many
friends.
JOHN ALLEN
ROGERS
John Roger., 85, of Detroit,
MI departed thl. earth on Friday,
October 111n Harper Hoaplt fol­
lowing a brief mne ••.
Funeral .ervlce. were held
Friday, October 28 at Jeter
Memorial Funeral Home ·We.t
Ch pel.
Survivors Include: one son,
John, Jr.: thr e daughtera, M •
• ella, Carolyn, Patrlola; three
tep children, L erence, Leatha
and AI; mother-In-law, Clem­
miette Poole; one .,.t.r-In·law.
Sandra Coff : two brothe,.·ln­
law, Jerome and Willie; al 0 he
leave. a ho t of grandchildren,
great grandchildren, other r a­
tlve and friend •.
ALBERT D. RYANS
Aibert Ryan., 68, of Detroit,
MI dep rted this life early Mon­
day morning while .Ieeping.
Funeral s rvlces were held
S'aturday. October 27. Funeral
rrangements were entrusted to
Bark dale FuneraJ Home.
Survivor Includ: a devoted
wife, Mattie; 10 children, Martha,
Alb rt Jr., Arthur, Carolyn, Mary,
Regina, Vanessa, Duane, AI­
menla, nd Anthony; hi. fath r,
Arthur: five slste,., Myrtle, Annie,
Ann tt, Su.le, and Bobby: two
broth ra, Harold and Harmly; 10
sl t rs-In-Ia ,thre broth rs-In­
law: 14 grandchildren. four -great
grandchildren; thr .on - n-Iaw
nd two daughters-in-Ia : and a
host of nieces, nephews and
many friend •.
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A New .,,4 l".oro.,,4 Al B.
Sll"�: AI B. Sure knew he
had a lot to prove when he
stared to work on hi ne
album, "Private Times &: The
Whole Nille". The hun y ex­
rapper struck platinum with
his first album, "111 Effect
ModeH, but despite a string of
hit, critics dogged Al aying
he looked good but couldn't
really sing. Well, he's ready
to put that reputation out to
pasture.
AI B. Sure' got a new at­
titude nd he's ready for the
big leagues. Surprisingly
enough, he is the first to
admit, "I never claimed to be
Luther Vandro s. I was a rap­
per from Mount Vernon who
could hold a melody, write
songs and I could do all that
o the r stu ff and I decided,
'hey, this might work."
Still. after his first outing
in the potlight.Al decided to
get on it vocally. He spent the
tast three years working with
vocal coaches and it shows
on hi new album. Al credit
Quincy with helping him find
his potential a a vocali t.
"A a producer, he's in-,
credible", says AI.' He lets
you do what you can do, and
omctimes he let you do
thi ng you' don't know you
can do. All of a sudden you
get thi' whole .new thing
going on that you never knew
you had."
Along with strengthening
hi vocals, AI B. Sure
stretched out a a songwriter
and producer on' his new
album. You can hear
Quincy' influence on AI in a
streamy duet pairing AI with
Diana Ros , who AI say
"was the right flavor.
SHE ROLLED WiTH it.
She's a traight up profes­
sional, and he sounded deli-
NOVEMBER 11·17, 1
MICHIGAN CI1'IZEN PAGE Zl
From th, PP&T (P,opl,.
Places & ThiIlKS) Pil«:
Johnny Gill i living larger
and larger with every pa silll
d y. His p latinum albuifl
generated three b ck-to-back
number one hit, and now
Johnny's winding down the
European leg of Janet
J cksou's Rhythm Nation
Tour ..
Harry Belafonte ha aced a
deal with New Line Cinema
m develop and produce
movies through hi Harbell
Production _ Belefonte, who
built a career ta ing African­
American and Caribbean folk
music to the world, i al 0 a
pioneer in movie and TV.
With hi music how,
"Tonight 'Wi th Harry
Belafonte", he became the
first BI ck to win an Emmy
Award.
From Our Feedback Line:
Whatever happened to
Shalamar and could there
ever b a reunion of the
group. including ori inal
members Howard Hew u,
Jody Watley and 'Jeffrey
Daniel? Well, a to a
reunion, forget that
pipedream
Howard and Jody are
livi ng lar c a 010' arti 1 ,
and Jeffrey, who ju t rei a ed
an album i trying to do the
am .
Meanwhile, the new
Shalamar has an album out
called "Wake Up", but
nobody e e ms to excited
about it to 'wake up, and th
trio' not even on the chart.
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cious on it." Alas, w th the
supersuccess of hi debut
album, Al B. Sure e
uperstar overnigh nd he
found that long wi b II the
fun, fame had it's 0 n side
tao.
Ladies started co i gout
of the woodwork try ng to
cozy up to Al 's ba�ic book.
Then in March of '89 a fan
accused him of trying 0 rape
her in a hotel room. That
ca e was later dropp d for
lack of evidence.
AI came through hi trial
by fire barely burned, ut he
did learn a lesson or t o. He
took some of what he larned
and wrote about it n his
Single I ca ll ed
"Misunderstanding",
According to Sur , the
song is about people eeing
only a slice of the pie Says
Sure, "sometime yo.u rpeet a
woman and she know who
you are already and orne­
times it' a big g me. which
we won't mention any name t
about how many times that's
happened in the medi and
(print.
But I thi nk in the brid c of
the record, I slip it ov rand
ay, 'can you tell me w y you
need diamond, and yo need
pearl and I got to buy 'em'.
Sometime nice guy get
taken advantage of in at it
taken in the ense th
stupidity, in tead 0
being ni�e."
Today, AI ha
grown into a new Ie el of
maturity that he's succe sful­
ly een able to translaf into
mus ic. Hi record :.lling
ability combined wi hi
good look make him ure
bet to continue to It ve
thriving musical caree , and
there shouldn't I be
misunder tanding thi time
around.
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Dorian Harewood (I), Ke hia Knl ht Pulliam, (center),
Phylici R had (rt), he d the II- t rca t reprl Ing their
rol from the popul r BC mu it I peci I "Polly." The
equel, 'Polly Comin' Hom,e,!' center on the reunion or
the joyful 12-ye r-old orpb n Polly nd her Au t Polly.
The World Premiere Movie ill b tdec t und y,
ovember 18 (7-' p.m. NYT). ,.
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