Ahmed Said

Ahmed Ben Said, son of the late Amin Said and Alma Said, was born on December 27, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. He departed this life on February 27, 2015 after a lengthy illness. He fathered one child, his beloved daughter, Saleema Said, who came from a previous marriage with Ms. Joyce Salters of Queens, New York. Ahmed received his General Education Diploma in 1970 while working at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. He received a diploma from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC in 1981; and a diploma from the Academy of Health and Science in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Ahmed worked as an Assistant Manager for Lumina, Inc. in Baltimore, MD from June 1988 to December 1989 and was employed as an Emergency Room Technician from July 1984 to December 1986 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ahmed also worked at the University Hospital Shock Trauma Unit in Baltimore, MD from July 1983 to June 1984. He was employed with the New York City Transit Authority located in Brooklyn, New York from March 1973 to August 1978 in the position of Trackman. Ahmed worked for the Mobil Oil Corporation as a Merchant Seaman in October 1966 and went on to serve six years in the United States Army Reserves from 1980 to 1986 before being honorably discharged as a Helicopter Medic-Evac. Ahmed later remarried back in July of 1997 to Min. E. Devon Wilford- Said, his beloved companion and devoted wife for seventeen years in Baltimore, MD and had spiritually adopted her daughter, Shenia D. Christian and her son, Malachi Jaeden Morris, whom he came to love as his own son. Min. Said was an Associate Member of the First Philadelphia Baptist Church of Baltimore and an Assistant Member of Hallelujah Praise Ministries, Inc. founded by his wife B. Devon Wilford-Said. Ahmed was a Community Activist and Community Builder for many years and actively served on CPHA Board of Governors. He was most recently the former President of Pleasant View Gardens Resident Council, Inc. and a member of the Change4Real org. He leaves to mourn: his wife, Devon Wilford-Said; daughter, Saleema; stepdaughter, Shenia; his beloved grandson, Malachi; a devoted sister, Mrs. Hybea Said and sons, Joshua Adams a.k.a. Lil' Ahmad, Junior and their other siblings; his brothers and younger sister, nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Ahmed Said

December 27, 1947 - February 27, 2015