HOWARD CLEMENT, 1934-2016: Beloved Bull City civic, civil rights icon passes away
During the civil rights era,
He was born in
After graduating from
"I was saddened to learn of the death of
"I will always remember
"My husband was a wonderful, kind gentleman,"
Former
"For someone that was not a blood brother, he was about as close as one could be to me," said Tabron who was spending time with the late
Tabron met
"I never knew him to shout or not to maintain a level of poise, even if something may have touched him greatly. With him, there were no high highs or low lows," Tabron said. "He presented himself so well, that he could get a point across in a way that was assertive and not harsh and he taught me."
Former
Campbell he will never forget
"He had a wonderful smile," Campbell said. "Hard to predict. We wouldn't always agree, but by the end of the conversation, he would have this big smile his face and there was nothing to do but smile back at him. One of his main strengths, he could disagree without being disagreeable. That is not always the vase with people in political life."
State Sen.
N.C. Central University Coordinator of University Archives and Instructor of Public History
Watts can recall when Clement moved to
"He never drove. If you served on a board with him, then chances were he would ask you to drive him to meetings. I was happy to do it and chat with him about matters of the day," Watts said. "He was an extremely interesting guy. He grew into his stature. He was a black Republican when that was against the grain."
Watts said
Mayor
Bell said in that moment he was a bit deflated.
"He was honest, I had been here no longer than four years and I was talking about running for the
"He was involved in the
He also remembered
"He didn't hesitate to tell you what he thought, how he thought," Bell said. "He was very, very open."
Bell said
"He was around with the civil rights era and he transitioned into the era that we're into now," Bell said. "And he did it with ease."
Mayor Pro Tem
"I think that he was a strong
She remembers
Cole-McFadden also recalled
"He was very much into sports, especially college basketball. When games were on that he was into, we knew conversations could be had but words should be at a minimum," Tabron said.
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