The funeral arrangements for singer Teddy Pendergrass have been finalized.
The official public viewing for Pendergrass, who died Wednesday, will be held Friday, Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2800 West Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150, his record company has just announced.
The funeral will be held Saturday, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m., also at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. Interment will follow at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
Mr. Pendergrass’ death comes some 30 odd years after the unsolved murder of his manager and one time lover Taz Lang.
The attractive Ms. Lang was gunned down in front of her fashionable Philadelphia home.
“We were very close, in fact she use to be my girl, Pendergrass told Jet Magazine editor Donald Adderton. “We had dispensed our relationship and went to a business relationship.”
Pendergrass revealed several months after the Lang murder, that he had received several threats that the same thing would happen to him. In responding to the threats, Pendergrass stated to Adderton “I am very sorry to see her go, because she was a very beautiful person. It wouldn’t slow me down, if anything, it spurred me on that much more”.
Pendergrass went on to super stardom and continued until a 1982 automobile accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Pendergrass, according to a release from his publicist, is survived by his mother, Ida Pendergrass; his wife Joan; his children, Teddy Pendergrass II, Trisha Pendergrass and La Donna Pendergrass; daughters from his marriage to Joan, Sherilla Lestrade and Jessica Avila; and grandchildren Montaurius Driane, Desaray Drane, Teddy Pendergrass III, Alana Nida Sky Pendergrass, Gabriel Gomes, Jasmine Lestrade and Jeremiah Sanford. He is also survived by his daughter-in-law, Felicia Pendergrass, as well as relatives Francine Pendergrass, Georger Mouzon and Neverland Dent.
The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to The Joan & Teddy Pendergrass Memorial, P.O. Box 382, Gladwyne, PA 19035.
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My sister in law – Barbara Brown – recently sent me an email from an anonymous author that contained some valuable information on the benefit of eating fruit properly to promote good diet, weight and health. It makes sense to me that fruit has many healing properties and could hold the secret to beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight. These are things we all desire to make our lives better. I appreciate this article and now share it with you.
EATING FRUIT … the right way
The Secret to beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat.
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! *
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining – every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the bathroom etc – actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes – all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice – drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Eating 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene – the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.
Until next time, this is Edna Jane Lorey.
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Mo’Nique did what Mo’Nique does in delivering her acceptance speech for best supporting actress in last night’s Golden Globe win for her oh so realistic portrayal Gabourey Sidibe’s mean mother in Precious. Mo’Nique gave it that personal touch which no doubt moved both the tv viewing audience and the Golden Globe attendees who gave her a standing ovation as she moved towards the podium to accept her Golden globe.
Drew Barrymore, who won a Globe for best actress in a TV movie or miniseries for Grey Gardens, said in her acceptance speech that Mo’Nique’s statements were both inspirational and a tough act to follow.
Mo’Nique dedicated her award to sexual abuse victims, and was one of many who publicly expressed their gratitude to the almighty as well as love for their respective companions, husbands, wives, and other significant others.
Mo’Nique has come along way in her career, including an incident that got her removed from a United Airlines flight on route to New York. Mo’Nique was scheduled to do her stint as the quest co-host on the View after Star Jones made her memorable departure which created a rift between she and Barbara Walters.
Mo’Nique who received some bad press from the airline situation as well as showing her un-shaved legs to the View audience did not not get the gig. However, she has moved on to bigger and better things which includes hosting her own BET talk show.
Febone1960.net congratulates the abundantly talented Mo’Nique on her win and look forward to her Oscar acceptance speech.
Wrap your arms around you Mo’Nique and give a hug to yourself. You deserve it lady!
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