Ashe Will Be Buried in Richmond Following Service at Ashe Center
Arthur Ashe’s death cut short his reacquaintance with the city of his birth, where strict segregation he experienced as a child left him bitter as an adult.
“Just when Arthur was starting to reinvolve himself with Richmond, we lost him,” said Archie Harris, who supervised the building of the Arthur Ashe Center, a youth sports arena in Richmond.
Ashe died Saturday in New York from pneumonia related to AIDS.
Ashe will be buried in Richmond on Wednesday, after a service at the Arthur Ashe Center.
Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, a childhood friend of Ashe’s, will deliver a eulogy.
Ashe’s body will lie in state at the Executive Mansion, the governor’s official residence, tonight.
Ashe’s survivors include his wife, Jeanne-Marie Moutoussamy, and their daughter, Camera Elizabeth. Neither has tested positive for HIV.
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