Everett-Christmas-Obituary

Everett Thomas Christmas

Newark, New Jersey

Age 88

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DIED
December 2, 2022
AGE
88
LOCATION
Newark, New Jersey

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Memorial Service is on Saturday, January 14th Everett 88, passed away on December 2, 2022, in Garner, North Carolina. Everett was born in Montclair, NJ and proudly lived, loved and worshipped there until retiring to North Carolina, after a long and distinguished career in the YMCA. Everett is...

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I'm so sorry. I'm Jesse Alexander's eldest son and I'm sharing the news that my father just passed away yesterday. I understand that they were good friends.

Everitt was not only a great person but also an outstanding athlete at Montclair High . He and Thelma were a great pair and will both be long remembered . I spoke to Everitt last Spring about visiting the One Love tennis program for kids in Wilmington, NC founded by Lenny Simpson, a former American Association tennis star who also eventually played on the regular tennis tour. I am proud to have been a classmate of Everitt and Thelma. George Cass, MHS class 1953

Christmas Family: Everett was six years older than me, so he was one of my Montclair High School sports heroes. As an All-State football center, he was a leader on an MHS state championship team. He also was a guard on a very good MHS basketball team. As an adult, I got to play football against him in the Essex County Touch Football League and against him in YMCA basketball tournaments. Because I was active in YMCA, I also was very familiar with Everett's YMCA work and...