Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hometown boy Howard Hamilton, best known as the businessman who owned the Palm Pavilion, died Friday (Feb. 24).
Hometown boy Howard Hamilton, best known as the businessman who owned the Palm Pavilion, died Friday, Feb. 24. Hamilton was a graduate of Clearwater High, where he was part of two undefeated football teams. He went to what was known as St. Petersburg Junior College at the time before earning an engineering degree at Georgia Tech. When he moved back to Florida, he started building homes. Then he went to work at GE using his engineering degree. He worked there about five years before buying the Palm Pavilion in 1964 from the man who owned it 42 years. “I quit the engineering job and stayed over there,” Hamilton said in an interview for an oral history project the city started a few years ago. Many long time residents shared their stories …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The memorial service for the trainer of boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard is scheduled for Friday in Clearwater.
Legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee's funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Countryside Christian Center, 1850 N. McMullen Booth Road. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dundee, who died Feb. 1 at age 90, trained boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. Dundee led an active life despite his age. Dundee had recently visited the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York and National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago. He also visited Muhammad Ali for Ali's 70th birthday, according to the Los Angeles Times' Sports Now blog. Dundee's son, James, told the Times that his father didn't get a chance to talk very much to Ali because the party was so loud. "But with those two ... Muhammad doesn't talk well and Dad…
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The 63 year-old was President and CEO of Suncoast Hospice and was a pioneer in the U.S. hospice movement.
Funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days for 63 year-old hospice pioneer, Mary Labyak, who passed away at her Clearwater home Saturday, Feb. 4. "Mary died peacefully in the loving care of a Suncoast Hospice patient and family care team, her family and dear friends," according to a statement released by Suncoast Hospice. "Mary was a guiding force in end-of-life care and will be greatly missed." According to a Suncoast Hospice spokesperson, Labyak died from complications of cancer. Labyak was the president and CEO of Suncoast Hospice and was highly regarded in her field. At the time of her death, she was the chairperson of the National Hospice Foundation Board of Trustees and has been the recipient of many awards. “Of the…
Friday, September 9, 2011
Hundreds turn out on Friday morning to talk about what the former Tampa Bay Buccaneer meant to them.
Although his body will be laid to rest in the state where he was born, hundreds of people in Tampa Bay gathered on Friday morning to honor the life of Lee Roy Selmon and his impact on the community during a memorial service at Idlewild Baptist Church. Selmon, 56, died on Sunday after suffering a stroke. During the service at the Lutz church, friends, family members and public officials spoke of the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers star and USF athletic director's impact on their lives. They remembered him as a man of integrity and a philanthropist who was devoted to his wife and three children. "You grew to love him," his brother, Dewey Selmon, told the crowd, "and he loved you just as much." Dewey Selmon spoke of their upbringing in Oklahoma, …
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sherri Callahan, 45, died June 2 and left a legacy of leadership in Clearwater.
Sherri Callahan was many things to many people. She was a devoted mother and girlfriend. She was a good friend and a confidant. But to the city of Clearwater, she was a community liaison. Callahan took a large role in the organizing of Clearwater’s Jazz Holiday each year. She took great pride in the four day event. Mayor Frank Hibbard considered her a friend. They spent a lot of time working together preparing for the Jazz Holiday and then more time during it. Hibbard reveled at her unwavering passion and constitution. He remembered poking fun at her at the end of a long day because her hard work had left her looking tattered and worn. “You get taught from a very early age that there are some things you just don’t say,” Hibbard said…
