Obituaries

Therese ‘Terry’ Pounds (Joiner): 1927-2024

Therese “Terry” Pounds (Joiner), 97, of Montclair, NJ died peacefully surrounded by family at Mountainside Hospital on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend, Terry was born a ‘survivor,’ having lost her mother who died soon after her birth in 1927 in New York City. She subsequently lived all over the world as a self-described “army brat” after her father, Colonel Talley Dosier Joiner, remarried and reclaimed “his little Therese” from her aunts who raised her until she was six. After graduating from Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, Terry briefly attended college at Trinity, DC, then decided to go to Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in NJ. The skills she learned there served her well at her first secretarial jobs in Manhattan, then later at Montclair Kimberly Academy in Montclair where she worked for almost twenty years in the Office of External Affairs. She was proud of her mastery of the rules of English grammar, and many relied on her to proofread their letters. After the death of her husband in 1978, Terry set up a Montclair chapter of THEOS, a nationwide non-denominational support group for widowed men and women. She ran the group for approximately ten years and created friendships from that work that lasted until her death. She was also involved with the Friends of Barnet and the Montclair Fine Arts Festival.

Terry was predeceased in death by her husband, Donald Pounds, her son Richard, her beloved companions, Arthur Jones and Fred Berinato, and her sisters Lucy and Claire. She is survived by her son Donald Pounds and his companion Patrice Holtzer, daughter Mary Pounds Sisler, daughter-in-law Bette Pounds, sons James Pounds (Bethany) and Thomas Pounds (Liljana), daughter Virginia Pounds, sons Michael Pounds (Catherine) and John Pounds. She was the proud grandmother of sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren: Katy, Austin, Colleen, Connor, Jordan, Jason, Jeremy, Natalie, Anika, Evan, Noah, Ben, Eli, Max, Harper and Nolan; Scarlett, Emma, Carson, Peyton and Wesley. She is also survived by a large extended family and countless friends.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 9 at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 30 N. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042, followed by interment of ashes at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Upper Montclair.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Terry’s name to The Release Recovery Foundation at: https://donate.hakuapp.com/donations/new?fundraising_effort=in-loving-memory-of-therese-terry-pounds.

Rashad Lamar Petty

02/14/1979 - 10/18/2024

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Obituary For Rashad Lamar Petty

Rashad Lamar Petty, 45, passed into his new life on October 18, 2024 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Rashad was born on February 14, 1979, and was the second son of Adria Allen and Dwight Petty Sr.

Rashad was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. His mother ensured that Rashad had the best education possible by hand selecting the schools that had programming to support his education. Rashad attended Ryder, Oakdale, and Start High School, and graduated from Libbey High School in 2001. His favorite subject was Geography and he had an affinity for all things relating to maps. He was an excellent student and well loved by his teachers. Upon graduating, Rashad was employed at Bittersweet Farms until his passing. During his time there he did many jobs. He was a groundskeeper, tried animal husbandry, and worked with wood. Rashad had many friends, but his special friends were Melanie and Patty P. Rashad was known as a bit of a ladies’ man, always taking time to kiss women on the hand.

His love for Geography extended into his adventures with his mom. Together they took lots of road trips and went to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Atlanta, Las Vegas, California and their yearly trips to Kings Island and Cedar Point. Rashad not only took road trips but would also venture out of the house to explore around the city, at a very young age. He would often be found walking miles away from home until a family friend, or his mom would retrieve him and bring him back home. Rashad was also an active swimmer, you could find him and his mom at local hotels, the beach or Toledo City pools swimming for hours on end. Swimming made him happy.

Rashad was baptized at St. Paul’s AME Zion at the age of 12. He was an avid church attender, and he said his prayers regularly.

Rashad was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Julia Allen, maternal grandfather, Whitley Allen, his paternal grandmother Alice Mays, his uncles’ Kenneth Allen and Michael Smith, and aunt Pamela Gipp. He is survived by his mother, Adria Allen, father Dwight Petty Sr., his brother Dwight Petty Jr., sisters, Taylor and Sydney Petty, nephew Dwight Petty III, nieces Savannah and Kameron Petty, and a host of cousins and special friends.

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