May 2, 2001
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Husband, Father and Mentor Dies at 58
Rufus T hom as Fuller was bom
in Fortw orth, T exas on Nov. 19,
1943 to J e ff T urner and Francis
Scott. His stepfather Riley Scott
Sr raised him.
H e com pleted 3 years o f m ili­
tary services. H e m arried and
m oved to Portland in the early
6 0 ’s. In 1969, he was hired as a bus
operator for Rose C ity Bus Co.
and served as the secretary /trea­
surer for local #757 from 1974-
1982. H e m et Ernestine G reen in
1983; they w ere m arried in 1985.
Rufus served on the executive
board at C enter Street. H e was a
Royal R oserain, a m em ber o f the
Black C aucus and attended the
U niversity o f Portland.
R ufus loved fishing, boating,
cam ping and golfing. He was well
know n as a sw eet, gentleperson
w ho treated everyone with respect
and kindness. H e was a good h u s­
band, and father. O ne thing about
Rufus, he alw ays gave good ad-
vice w hether you liked it or not.
Rufus was preceded in death
by his father, his stepfather, his
brother, J.C. T urner and grandson
D eC arlo'I ay lor.
He leaves to cherish his m em o­
ries, his w ife Ernestine; his m other
o f N ew O rleans; a brother, Riley
Scott o f N ew O rleans; aunt M ary
C am pbell o f N ew O rleans; a son,
Steven F uller o f N ew York; four
daughters, B rigitte, A dale, and
C ynthia o f Portland, and D ebbie
o f S e a ttle ; 11 g ra n d c h ild re n ,
Chanay, D avasate, Robert, Deion,
A s y s , F in e s s e , C a rlo s JR ,
T re ’Shaw n, A driaw na, D eshiona
and last but not least Poo-Poo
(C harism a); .3 brothers in-law ; 7
sisters-in-law and host o f nieces,
nephew s and friends.
Rufus Thomas Fuller
Young Life -Volunteers greet participants in the 2001 Portland Central Young Life Banquet. The Saturday
program included skits, music and discussion about Young Life and the role of Christ in daily life.
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Metro/Sports
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Blazers Lose First Round in Sweep
It’s difficult to believe that, at one
time this season, the Los A ngeles In k ­
ers actually feared the Portland Trail
Blazers.
ShaquilleO ’N ealhad25pointsand
15 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant added
22 points as the Lakers com pleted a
three-game sw eep o f the Trail Blazers
with a 99-86 victory on Sunday.
The Lakers, w ho began their drive
to repeat as cham pions by w inning the
final eight gam es o f the regular season,
will play the Sacramento-Phoenix win­
ner in the second round.
Portland, m eanw hile, lost for the
sixth straight tim e and 17th time in 25
games. The team with the highest pay­
The Los Angeles Lakers were too much for the Trail Blazers as they
roll in NBA history— $89.7 million —
rolled to a 3-0 game victory to end the season for Portland.
faces an offseason o f uncertainty.
Coach Mike Dunleavy could be fired,
him. A hook shot by A rvydas Sabonis
Stoudamire and Steve Smith each
some players could be traded, and
a minute into the fourth quarter got
scored 25 points for the Blazers, and
even general m anager Bob W hitsitt’s
Portland within 79-74,b u tO ’Neal made
Rasheed W allace had 13 rebounds but
jo b isn’t safe.
two straight hooks to push the lead to
was a m ajor disap­
“ I felt like w e had
nine. The Blazers missed six o f their
p o in tm e n t on o f­
too many challenges,
too many obstacles to
‘It just wasn’t a fense, m issing 15 o f first seven shots and started to hear
19 shots.
boos from the Rose Garden crowd.
overcom e,” said Scot­
fun season,’-P o rt­
Derek Fisher’s 3-pointermade it 87-
The Lakers beat the
tie Pippen, whose goal
land Trail Blazer Blazers the same way 74 with 9:01 left. O ’N eal, w ho in his
o f a seventh title was
recent biography said he “ow ns” the
they did the first two
thwarted by jealousies,
Scottie Pippen
7-foot-3 Sabonis, provided the icing
gam es — by getting
th e d e p a rtu re o f
with a dunk that bounced o ff Sabonis’
the ball to O ’Neal, al­
Shawn Kemp for drug
head. Bryant added a playoff career-
though he didn’t see it m uch early on.
rehabilitation and a season-ending
high nine assists, and Fisher had 17
O ’Neal had ju st two shots in the first
injury to Bonzi Wells.
points.
quarter — nine fewer than Bryant —
“This is the w orst— the worst thing
Davis was suspended for throwing
and three rebounds.
I ha ve ever had to deal with throughout
an elbow at the Lakers’ RobertHorryin
O ’Neal returned to dom inance in
m y career,” Pippen added. “ It just
Game 2, and A ugm on was punished
the second hal f, however, and the B laz-
w asn’t a fun season for us. The out­
for com ing o ff the bench during the
ers — without suspended Dale Davis
com e o f it was ju st a testam ent to what
altercation.
and Stacey A ugm on— couldn ’ t handle
we had been dealing with all season.”
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The lakers kept Portland from reach­
ing the NBA finals last year by rallying
from a 15-point deficit in the fourth
quarter to win Game 7 o f the conference
finals. But the Blazers took two o f four
games from L.A. in the regular season,
and until their slump, Portland seemed
a good m atch for the Lakers.
The Blazers led early Sunday, and
Stoudamire scored eight points in the
first4 l/2m inutesofthesecondquarter
to boost theB lazers’ lead to six, but the
Lakers started getting O ’Neal the ball.
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got the bal 1 deep against Sabonis .spun
away from W allace’sdouble-team and
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Bryant hit three straight shots to
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com pared with 1 -of-2 for the Lakers.
After missing 10 o f their first 15
shots, the Blazers m ade four o f their
next five. A 3-pointer and longjum per
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26-20.
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