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Remembering Reggie : Sacramento-area panhandler, beloved by many, dies at age 65
Sacramento Bee 4 hrs ago Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee
May 20 Community members are sharing an outpouring of love and paying respects to Reggie Wortham, a staple of Sacramento County s Arden Arcade area, who died last week. He was 65.
Wortham, a military veteran born and raised in the Sacramento area, was known for panhandling at the busy intersection of Howe Avenue and Alta Arden Expressway and others nearby for the past two decades.
Wortham died May 13, according to his daughter, Regina Newman. If you are from Sacramento you have seen or know Reggie, Newman wrote in a GoFundMe page, raising money for her father s memorial services. Reggie would talk to anyone and knew no stranger.
Under the careful management of Ramsey Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Inc. in Arden-Arcade, the remains of Dewayne James Jr. and his brother Sa’Quan Reed-James were transported back to their hometown of Monroe, Louisiana, on Dec. 15.
The bodies of Sa’Quan Reed James, left, and Dewayne James Jr., right, have been flown back to Monroe, Louisiana for burial. The two brothers were shot and killed at Arden Mall Nov. 27.
Dr. Anthony Ramsey Wallace, president and CEO of Wallace Funeral Home, said the brothers, who only been in Sacramento for less than two years, will be buried on Friday, Dec. 18.
The funeral home received custody of the pair on Dec. 3, “And then we dressed them up and casketed them,” Wallace said.