Overtime: Mom would be proud! (Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Celebrating Women Awards)

LADIES RULE…2024 CELEBRATING WOMEN AWARDEES As I said to the 150-plus people in attendance at the 50th consecutive Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Celebrating Women Awards…but the first newly named “Delores J. Neal Celebrating Women Awards”…”You all may think that you had the greatest mother in the world, and understandably. But I did in fact have the greatest mother in the world!” I echoed those feelings on Saturday, July 27, at the fabulous Riverside Landings Event Center. I was blessed to pay recognition to my mom, affectionately known by family and friends as “Neda”…short for her middle name, Juanita. DELORES J. NEAL AND HER BABY BOY…BILLY! As would be the case with you and your mother, I could go on for days about the tremendous love I had for my mother and all she meant to me and countless others. But neither time nor space will allow for it. Just know that you would never meet a better God-loving Baptist woman, and if you needed anything at any time, “Neda” was your girl.& AND YOU ONLY NEEDED TO HAVE SAT IN ONE SUNDAY DINNER OF CORNBREAD GREENS, YAMS, MAC & CHEESE, POTATO SALAD, FRIED CHICKEN AND EGG CUSTARD PIE TO KNOW...