Birmingham Post-Herald, Friday, May 25, 2001 D7 AUTO RACING AP COCA-COLA 600 Rain's worth the wait for Newman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCORD, N.C. A rookie revived the youth movement at the Coca-Cola 600 Thursday night, with 23-year-old Ryan Newman winning the pole for NASCAR's longest race of the year after qualifying was delayed more than two hours by rain. Newman ran a lap of 185.217 mph around Lowe's Motor Speedway, quick enough to hold off heavyweights like Jeff Gordon and Anthony, Mollie M. Arnold, R.Ph., James E. Bloodworth, Cleve Bobo, Charles Henry Bobo, Lonzo Borden, Floyd Bowles, Jesse Wiley Braxton, Deacon Charlie Bunch, Betty Clements, Grace Elizabeth Cobb, Master Sgt.
Walter, Jr. DeVine, Helen Elizabeth Ellis, Haywood Ill Finch, Fred Gallagher, Rodger Deane German-Johnson, Thelma Eloise Glenn, Sophie Gray, Melton "Fireball" Hatcher, James Hawkins, Frederick L. Herring, Rev. Oscar Willard Hobbs, Floy G. Hobson, George C.
Jackson, Bessie M. Johnson, Oliver Keller, Marvin Kelly, Nancy Lee King, Leola W. Lacey, Herbert Lee Lomax-Gardner, Lena Maynor, Eunice Ray Murray, Kearea Shantae Murr, Ruth E. Rice Newell, Ruth Olive Reynolds, Clarence Rickels, Ethel Lee Riley, Patrick Earl Rountree, Ada Holcombe Saunders, Ann D. Setzer, Franklin Ill Sims, Lawrence C.
"Papa" Stanley, William Stephenson, Mary Boykin Swindle, Fred Sr. Sykes, Lucille Thomas, Brenda Joyce Thomas, Washington, "WT" Turner, Yvonne Pope Varner, Clyde Carlton, Jr. Waters, Louise Herd "Big Mama" Williams, Johnny Williams, Kennedy Williams, Clarence, Sr. Wilson, Andrew "Bull" Wilson, Laura Fowler Shepard Wynn, Ella Young, Barry Sam Young, Sadie Moxley ANTHONY, MRS. MOLLIE of Birmingham, AL died Sunday, May 20, 2001.
Funeral will be held Saturday, 11 a.m. at Zion Hill Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Davenport Harris Funeral Home, Inc. directing. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.
Frankie (Therman) Toodle, Birmingham, AL, Mrs. Edna Ferrell, Birmingham, AL; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Black, Jersey City, NJ, Mrs. Murray Lacey, Macon, GA, Mrs. Emma Jefferson, Macon, GA; four brothers, Mr.
L.D. (Clinzie) Matthews, Reynolds, GA, Mr. Earlie (Lucile) Matthews, Birmingham, AL, Mr. Otis Matthews, Jersey City, NJ, Mr. K.C.
Matthews, Jersey City, NJ; three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. A rainbow forms over the backstretch grandstands at Lowe's Motor Speedway during a rain delay in qualifying for the CocaCola 600. Ryan Newman eventually won the pole. Rusty Wallace, 1 both of whom qualified after him. "It's super big for us," Newman said.
"I never imagined it, but the weather conditions helped a lot for the speeds and I had a great race car." Gordon tried his best to knock off Newman, but his speed of 184.900 mph only earned him the second spot. ARNOLD, R.PH., JAMES of Birmingham, passed away May 23, 2001. He was a graduate of the University Of Alabama, class of 1959, and a graduate of Samford University, class of 1962. He was a longtime Ensley businessman and owner of Security Drug Store. Survivors include his son, John Ethan Arnold of Memphis, TN; cousins, Dianne Arnold Lippeatt of West Blocton, AL, Juanita Arnold Owens of Centerville, AL, and Mary Ruth Cawthorn Holmes of Gardendale, AL.
Private graveside services will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2001, 9:30 A. M. at Elmwood Cemetery. Ridout's Elmwood Chapel directing. BLOODWORTH, CLEVE, age 181, of Birmingham, went to join the Lord on Sunday, May 20, 2001.
He was a member of Twenty-Third Street Baptist Church South and retired from Moore Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 12 noon at Street Baptist Church South with burial in George Washington Carver Cemetery. Survivors include: wife, Hazel Bloodworth; sons, Marvis (Michelle) and Raymond (Rubye) of Detroit, MI, Frederick (Jenise), Melvin (Pamela), Cleve III (Ting) and Sherman, Jr. of Sacramento, CA; daughters, Annie Frances, Elizabeth (Cap), Margaret (Paul) and Clevie (Willie) of Detroit, MI, Barbara (Gerald), Glinda (Larry), Debra (Sherman), and LaShawn (Fred); 30 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 2 nephews. Smith Gaston Southside directing. BOBO, CHARLES HENRY, age 73, of Guin, AL, died Monday, May 21, 2001.
Funeral services held Saturday, May 26, 11:00 a.m. from the Norwood Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Beaver Creek Cemetery. Norwood Funeral Home of Guin, AL directing. BOBO, LONZO, age 35, of Bir- mingham, Alabama, died May 18, 2001 in a local hospital. He was employed with the City of Birmingham, and a member of Oak Street Baptist Church (Birmingham).
Funeral service at Oak Street Baptist Church (3224 Virginia Avenue, 35207) will be held Saturday, at 1:00 P.M., with burial in Forest Hills. Survivors: daughter, Malinda Bobo; mother, Dorothy J. Bobo; sisters, Tiwanna Bobo and Dianne Smith; brothers, Reggie Bobo, Grady Bobo, and Aundra Bobo; grandmother, Sarah Bobo. Wren Funeral Home is directing. BORDEN, FLOYD, age 85, of Wylam, AL, died on May 18, 2001.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2001, 12 noon, at Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church, with burial in Brighton Cemetery. Rev. H. W.
Anthony officiating. R. L. Lumzy, 425-1907, directing. Indy From page D1 CART responded by boycotting, stripping much of the luster from the Indianapolis 500, which had a field of rookies and mostly low-profile "I get a little angry sometimes that a lot of great teams and drivers over in the IRL maybe don't get the credit they deserve," IRL driver Greg Ray said.
"Let me tell you something, the Buddy Laziers, the Scott Sharps, the Jeff Wards, Lumpkin From page D1 accidents at speedways, were late additions to the Alabama gang. The location for such recognition couldn't be more fitting. It was somewhere in this neck of the woods where Bobby, Donnie and Red pulled their stocks into a track infield and heard another driver remark, "Here comes the Alabama The name stuck, and became one of the most famous on the circuit. At Charlotte, Bobby and Donnie also left more indelible marks on Winston Cup racing. Red's forte was short tracks, and there probably isn't one in the whole state of North Carolina that he hasn't conquered.
Bobby won six big-time races and three at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which since has succumbed to the almighty corporate dollar and been renamed "Lowe's." BOWLES, JESSE WILEY, age 88, of Bessemer, passed away on May 21, 2001. Graveside Service will be held a at Corenth Cemetery in Wadley, Ala. on Saturday, May 26, at 1:00 p.m. Angwin Mortuary Center's Birmingham Chapel directing. BRAXTON, DEACON CHARLIE, age 72, of Demopolis, Alabama, passed May 22, 2001 in a Birmingham, Alabama medical center.
He was retired from Gulf States Paper Corporation (Demopolis, Alabama). Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 12:00 Noon at the Morning Star Baptist Church (Demopolis, Alabama). Rev. James Dunn, officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens (Demopolis, Alabama).
Remains will repose, at the church, on Saturday beginning at 11:00 A.M. Survivors include his loving wife, Annye Braxton of Demopolis, two loving daughters, Cassandra B. (Idennis) Holley of Pelham, and Karen A. Braxton of Homewood, three grandchildren, Dondrea Bailey, Dondra Bailey Bailey and Idennis Braxton Holley all of Pelham, four brothers, William (Bee) Braxton and Haywood (Inez) Braxton of New York, NY, Robert (Earnestine) Braxton of Bessemer, and Hobart (Georgianna) Braxton of Demopolis, three sisters, Rosa (Joe) Hunter of Uniontown, Mary E. Green and Barbara Ratliff of Demopolis, brother-in-law, Will Moore, Sr.
of Demopolis, a host of other relatives and friends. Larkin Scott Funeral Directors of Demopolis, Alabama entrusted with arrangements. BUNCH, MRS. BETTY 71, of Pleasant Grove, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2001. She was a member of Ensley Baptist Church for over 40 years, where she donated her time working in the church office, she is a former member of the Belview Heights Neighborhood Assoc.
She is retired from United States Steel. She is preceded in death by her husband, Bill Bunch. She is survived by daughters, Donna Bunch Bottsford (ED) of McCalla, Renee Bunch Dempsey (Johnny), a also of McCalla, and Beth Bunch Poer (Jon) of Pleasant Grove; grandchildren, Evan Bottsford (Jennifer), Kaylyn Poer, Andrew Bottsford, Jason Adkins, Brandon Adkins, Joshua Poer; and great grandchildren, Mallory, Alana, and Adrian Bottsford. 'The family, of Mrs. Bunch would like to thank the nurses and staff of M.I.C.U.
II C.IC.U at Baptist Princeton hospital. Visitation will be Friday, May 25th, between 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Elmwood Chapel. A Chapel service will be Saturday, May 26th, at 11:00 at Elmwood Chapel with interment at Elmwood Cemetery with Elmwood Chapel directing, 251-7227.
CLEMENTS, MRS. GRACE ELIZABETH, Mrs. Grace Eliza- these guys are tenacious. These are damned good racers. And I don't think you can just say it's one series or the other.
There's a lot of great guys here. A lot of great guys there too. Bringing them all together only makes it better for everybody." Some on the IRL side feel the CART teams and drivers are showing weakness by coming back to the Brickyard in increasing numbers. Without Indy, the CART series lacks a showcase event. But team owner Roger Penske, a 10-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and owner of the entries driven by defending CART champion Gil The Children's Charity event is one of many side attractions that anually surround the running of the Coca-Cola 600, a Winston Cup race second only in prominence to the Daytona 500.
As if time does stand still, it was at Charlotte Speedway where Donnie Allison completed a famous "double," and where Tony Stewart will attempt to be the first driver to do it back-to-back. Allison raced in the Indianapolis 500 and the World 600 on the same weekend. The difference is that Stewart did it on the same day, and is shooting for a repeat Sunday. To put this feat into to some sort of perpective, when it's around high moon Sunday evening, Stewart, if successful, will have driven 1,100 miles, or traveled approximately 1,698 miles, counting flying from Indianapolis to Charlotte. This total is about the equivalent to driving from Birmingham to Billings, in a single day.
Stewart has done it before, barely, finishing ninth at Indy and an exhausted fourth at Charlotte. DEATHS DEATHS Survivors include her son, Samuel W. Webb, Sr. of Homewood, and her brother, James K. Wilson; and grandchildren.
Mrs. Clements was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Services are under the direction of Ridout's Valley Chapel (879-3401) in Homewood. COBB, MASTER SGT. WALTER, age 68, of Birmingham, died May 21, 2001.
He was retired from U.S. Army. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m. at Bushelon Chapel with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Survivors: wife, Cornelia B.
Cobb; daughters, Aquelia Plump and Thalia Brooks; son, Edward Davis; mother, Estella B. Cobb; sisters, Mary Alice Cobb White and Mary E. Cobb Lomax; brother, Johnny E. Cobb; six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bushelon Funeral Home directing.
GLENN, MRS. SOPHIE, age 91, of New York, N.Y., died Tuesday, May 15, 2001. Graveside services and burial will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 1 p.m. at New Grace Hill. Poole Funeral Chapel directing.
DeVINE, MRS. HELEN ELIZA- BETH, age 79, of Birmingham, AL, died on May 24, 2001. Preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Lecil DeVine. Member of Hillview Baptist Church. Lovingly remembered by: sons, Jerry W.
DeVine, Albany, GA, Timothy L. DeVine, Adamsville, Jon K. DeVine, Adamsville, and Brian F. DeVine, Hoover; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and brother, Harry Freeman, Vestavia. Graveside services will be Saturday, May 26, 2001, 1p.m., at Crestview Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Crestview Memorial Funeral Home directing. ELLIS, HAYWOOD Ill, age 32, of Birmingham, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, departed this life Friday, May 18, 2001. He was founder and CEO of The Ellis Foundation; and employed with JCCEO; he attended First Baptist Church, Kingston.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 26, at 1 p.m. from Davenport Harris Funeral Home, Rev. T. N. Miller officiating, with burial in Zion Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his parents, Haywood and Carolyn L. Ellis, four sisters, Ms. Wanda J. England, Ms. Eunice Davis, Ms.
Kimberly E. Ellis, Ms. Shanika Ellis; brother, Mr. Micheal J. Martin; uncle, Mr.
Jeffery (Queen) Martin; two aunts, Mrs. Blache (David) Freeman, Mrs. Archie (Ferrow) Dorsey Scandrick, a special friend, Mr. Ellis Fowler; numerous relatives and friends. DavenportHarris Funeral Home is directing.
beth Clements, age 81, of Homewood, died Thursday, May 24, 2001. Graveside services will ANNIVERSARY be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 26th, at Elmwood Cemetery. de Ferran and Helio Castroneves this year, disagrees. "I don't think it gives the IRL any more ammunition because we're here for one race," Penske said. It's just the biggest open-wheel race in the country, if not the world.
"We've had F1 champions come here to race and it shows how big this event is," said Michael Andretti, a CART driver and veteran of 11 Indy 500s. "I think that is why you are seeing it happen." As NASCAR continues to steal ratings and fans from open-wheel This raises the question why NASCAR would allow it since taking a critical hit over safety after Dale Earnhardt's fatal accident at Daytona. This has to be an example of a driver pushing himself to the limit, the possiblity of fatigue causing a wipeout being ever present. Stewart had a close shave last year. He was so fatigued at the end of the Charlotte run that he had to be helped from the car and carried by stretcher to the track care center.
Can NASCAR survive another tragedy, one it could have avoided? Allison knows all about racing pitfalls. He was able to get in the fast lane at Indianapolis by begging legendary driver and car owner A.J. Foyt to "let me drive at Indy." Foyt did, and Allison did. In 1970, this Indy fledgling finished fourth, still the best of any NASCAR driver. He was named the rookie of the race.
To show it was no fluke, Allison returned the next year and was sixth to take the checkered flag. FINCH, MR. FRED, age 89, of Birmingham, died Saturday, May 19, 2001 at a local hospice facility. He was a native of Grove Hill, AL. He retired from American Cast Iron and Pipe Company after 27 years of service.
He leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Eula M. Finch; daughter, Doris (Leon) Roberts of Chesapeake, four grandchildren, Joy Rogers of Birmingham, Toni (Curtis) Marshall of Norcross, Edwin Evans of Birmingham, and Dwight Evans of Mobile, a godson, Henry Allen (Annette) Lewis; four great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Elouise Hill, and Anice Lyles; one brother-in-law, Charles Lyles. A host of relatives, nieces, nephews, and friends. The services will be held at Wayman Chapel Church in Suggsville, AL. on Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 1:30 p.m.
The burial will be at Cedar Fork Cemetery. Poole Funeral Chapel, Inc. directing. GALLAGHER, MRS. RODGER DEANE, age 77, of Birmingham, was born October 31, 1923.
She departed this life Tuesday, May 22, 2001. She was a member of Jackson Street Baptist Church, Woodlawn. Family Hour is Friday, May 25, 2001 from 7:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Smith Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 12 noon at Jackson Street Baptist Church with interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Hiram and Willie, and a brother, Alford Stone. She leaves to cherish her memory: five sons and three daughters, Perry (Delois), Gerald (Barbara), Kenneth, Barry (Lewanna), Reginald, Deborah (Jerry), Reva, and Muriel; 14 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren, all of Birmingham; brother, Charles Stone of Birmingham, AL; sister, Betty Stone of New York; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Smith Gaston Southside directing. GERMAN-JOHNSON, THELMA ELOISE, age 43, of Louisville, Kentucky died May 16, 2001. She was a Human Resource Manager with Coca Cola Enterprise, Inc.
Family Hour will be on Friday from 7:00 P.M.8:00 P.M. Funeral service at Petty's Chapel AME Zion Church (Bessemer, Alabama) will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 11:00 A.M. David L. Knight officiating. Burial at Highland Memorial Garden.
Survivors: husband, Charles R. Johnson of Louisville, KY; daughter, Carrie L. Haynes of Wichita, KS; son, Herman R. A. Haynes of Jacksonville, NC; mother, Carrie German; father, Thomas R.
German, Jr. both of Bessemer, racing, CART and the IRL have talked about working toward compromise on issues in which their stances differ greatly. Progress has been slow. "I have no belief that it's going to come back together," said John Barnes, who owns the car driven by 21-year-old IRL points leader Sam Hornish Jr. "There's no reason for it.
They have a successful racing series. We have a successful racing series. They're like channel 8 and we're channel 6." The cost of building and testing an extra car prevent more CART teams from trying the Indy 500. Scripps Howard News Service "Doing what Tony is doing, I think the problem they have and the one I probably would have had is mental fatigue more than physical fatigue," Allison said. "In an Indy car, you're sitting on the edge all the time.
You know if something goes wrong, and you crash, you're going to break something. "In a stock car, if you do crash, you're pretty sure you're not going to get broken up. "It'll definitely be taxing, as it was for Tony last year. It's going to be tough. Those Indy guys run wide open.
It seems there always is a bad wreck." Of course, Steward will go for the "double," regardless and hope. NASCAR might even be saying a prayer. Former Sports Editor Bill Lumpkin's column appears each Friday in the Birmingham PostHerald. Bill Lumpkin can be reached at sisters, Thomasine German of Wichita, KS, and Rhonda G. Randall of Ratcliff, KY; brothers, Fredrick L.
German of Bessemer, AL, and James D. German of Bardstown, KY. R. L. Lumzy Funeral Home is directing.
GRAY, MELTON age 70, of Moody, died May 23, 2001. He was a veteran of the Korean War where he served two tours of duty and was retired from Pressure Cast Products with 37 years of service. Services will be Saturday, May 26th, at 10:00 A.M., Graveside, with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens Trussville. Visitation at the funeral home will be from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Friday.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Lillian Gray; daughter, Patricia Smoot; sons, Don Gray and Glenn Gray; sister, Evelyn Broadhead; brother, Garlen Gray; five grandchildren, Derrick, Colton, Alicia, and Emily Gray, and Miranda Smoot. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home Trussville is directing. Jetterson Memorial Funeral Home Gardens Trussville-322-0544 Authonzed Brown-Service Funeral Home "We help you plan for tomorrow. HATCHER, MR. JAMES, age 71, of Bessemer, died Thursday, May 17, 2001.
He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and a retiree of U.S. Steel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Survivors: a loving and devoted wife, Mrs.
Ola M. Hatcher; two daughters, Charnita Monday and Helen Hatcher; two sons, Lorenzo (Karen), and Earnest Hatcher; four step children, Pamela, Barbara, Eric and Luther Glenn; one sister, Rosie Lee (George) Rayford; mother-in-law, Ethel Cook; 24 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Roberts Funeral Home Chapel directing. HAWKINS, MR. FREDERICK age 24, of Hanceville, Alabama, died Sunday, May 20, 2001.
He was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church (Colony, Alabama). The family will receive visitors on Friday, May 25th, from P.M., at Arrington Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service, from the church, will be held Saturday, May 26th at 2:00 P.M., with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Tamia Hawkins; mother, Ms. Renetta Fields; fathers, Mr.
Frederick Twitty and Terry Fields; sisters, Tarita and Mercedes Fields; brothers, Alexander and Brandon Twitty; grandparents, Mrs. Ophe- 100 ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY.
