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Mary Wilson April 21, 1941 — Dec. 19, 2020
Mary Frances Wilson was born April 21, 1941, to the late Willie Lee Smith and Geneva Kerns Smith, in Greenville, South Carolina. Mary entered into rest on Dec. 19, 2020, at the age of 79.
She graduated from Sterling High School. Shortly after she met the love of her life, Weir W. Wilson, whom she married in April 1963. They were blessed with two sons, Stanley and Duran. Weir was in the Air Force, which allowed them to live in several states, with extended stays in Turkey and Japan.
Mary was an avid believer in education, undertaking various studies over the course of 20-plus years. She completed two degrees while maintaining a full-time job, raising two sons and supporting a military husband.
She held various job titles before returning to Civil Service. While employed at Travis Air Force Base, she was promoted to supervisor of the Accounting Department. She would eventually retire as a Military Pay Technician of the 60th Comptroller Squadron on Jan. 5, 2012, after 37 years of Civil Service Duty.
Mary was an avid sports enthusiast and enjoyed gardening, bowling and softball as some of her favorite pastimes.
Mary never took her blessings from the Lord for granted. She regularly sang his praises at Mount Calvary Church in Suisun City, California, Prince of Peace Church in Dixon, California, and Harvest Church in Vacaville, California, before moving to Sacramento and enjoying the last five years fellowshipping at Harvest Church in Elk Grove, California. Surviving to cherish fond memories are her sons, Stanley Wilson (Yvette) and Duran Wilson (Ellen), Elk Grove, California; three grandsons, Gregory Ashe Wilson (Drew), Sterling Heights, Michigan, Andre Wilson, Elk Grove, California, and Christopher Wilson (Patty) Elk Grove, California; sister, Annie Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada; brothers, Sylvester Smith Greenville, South Carolina, David Smith (Dorothy), Piedmont, South Carolina, George Smith (JoAnne), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Richard Smith, Greenville, South Carolina, James Smith (Earlene), Columbia, South Carolina; along with a host of other relatives and dear friends.
She is proceeded in death by her husband, Weir W. Wilson; father, Willie Lee Smith; mother, Geneva Kerns Smith; and brother, William Robert Smith.
Viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 13, 2021. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 14, 2021, both at Thompson Rose Chapel, 3601 5th Ave., Sacramento, California. Service will also be streamed on Facebook: Thompson Rose Chapel LLC 916.445.3038.
Interment will be private at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery.
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n Greater resistance to the common cold. n Better psychological and physical well-being. n Better cardiovascular health and reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease. n Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress. n Being optimistic doesn’t mean ignoring the negative.
“It’s not completely just focusing in on the positive but trying to counterbalance the automatic bias toward the negative. And there are good things to be had out there. There are good things that we can expose ourselves to that can help to increase that sense of positive emotions in our life. It does take work, and sometimes it can be hard to find,” says Dr. Sawchuk.
If you find yourself struggling, reaching out for help is an important step.
“One of the dubious things about when we become more anxious, stressed or more depressed is that tendency to withdraw that tendency to pull back or even change in how we think, such as, ‘You know what, it’s never going to get any better’ or ‘Why even bother reaching out? I’m not going to get any help anyway,” says Dr. Sawchuk. “Always know that there is help to be had out there.”
“Start off, whether it be with a close friend or family member that you trust. If you’ve got a primary care provider, reach out to them, too. And they can help in terms of air traffic control to get you connected to those resources because that’s the No. 1 thing. There are treatments available that can be helpful.”
Ringing in the new year may not automatically make the pain of 2020 go away, but there is hope that 2021 will bring new opportunities.
“Try to stay as optimistic as you can and look forward in terms of being able to reach out for things that can be helpful. Trying to maintain an upbeat positive attitude is extremely important. You can be optimistic, and you can also be realistic at the same time,” says Dr. Sawchuk.
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“It was basically like a puzzle . . . to figure out: ‘How do I make this thing work?’” her mom told The Times. (The mother did not want to be identified, an effort to help her daughter maintain a bit more anonymity on the internet.) “I kept telling her, ‘They have patterns. You could just buy a pattern; it’d be so easy.’ ‘No, Mom. No, Mom. This is not how I do it. I’m gonna figure it out myself.’ And she taught herself how to sew.”
From there, Rose grew a following first on cosplay forums, then on Instagram dressing as everyone from Deku (“My Hero Academia”) and White Diamond (“Steven Universe”) to Disney princess Belle and 20th Century Fox’s Anastasia.
“But I don’t consider my main account, @crescentshay, to be a cosplay account because there’s so much more to cosplay than just making a costume and putting it on,” Rose said. “It’s a really, really tightknit community.”
She amassed a sizable following, mostly among the cosplay community she came up through. In August of last year, her main @crescentshay Instagram account had 41,500 followers.
Then she joined TikTok last summer, and her first viral project – “Beauty and the Beast”-inspired shoes – took off “when TikTok was From Page A3 effective financing mechanisms,” the statement said.
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For information on the workshop agenda and workbook, call 916834-3177 or send an email to cwc@cwc.ca.gov. a baby,” Rose said. “It was before TikTok was cool.”
Those “Disney shoes” feature tiny clay roses encased in clear heels. Inspired by the brand Irregular Choice, known for its ornate embellished heels, the project blew up in September 2019, reaching 1.5 million likes and 8.9 million views on TikTok.
“I had been doing this whole crafting thing online for a while, but it had never really taken off in the mainstream,” Rose said. “And then all of a sudden, it wasn’t just me and my cosplay friends watching my stuff; it was everyone.”
After the Disney shoes, her following more than doubled in a month.
When she went viral on TikTok, she became the only cosplayer some users followed. They followed her expecting more mainstream design or crafting and were bewildered by her cosplay content. This sparked a “bit of a life crisis.” Between October 2019 and January 2020, she lost almost 10,000 followers.
“There came this point where I was like, ‘OK, do I want to be a cosplayer? Or do I want to be more mainstream?’ ” Rose said. “Because I feel like with cosplay there’s a limit to how much you can show your art to people, because it is kind of a niche.”
After reaching more than half a million followers on Instagram and 2.7 million on TikTok, Rose has separated her main from her “side” account (which still boasts ing this week. The various open to the public and done via teleconference. They include: Authority, 6 p.m. Monday, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com. of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: www.co.solano.ca.us. trict Governing Board, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Travis Education Center, 2775 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield. Info: travisusd.org. n Rio Vista Planning Commission, 6 p.m. 11,800 followers). There, she posts more personal updates: herself, her friends, her aerial acrobatics hobby and her cosplay looks.
“That divide really helped me, because it’s hard to put yourself online,” Rose said. “And in this way, I have created a little bit of a separation between my art and myself.
“You try your best not to care. But numbers hurt. And it’s weird when it doesn’t just feel like people don’t like your work but they don’t like you.”
Rose leans perhaps the most heavily on the shoulder of her therapist. She “lucked out,” she said, by starting therapy about half a year before her first viral moment. In fact, she ducked out of this interview for a moment to reschedule an appointment.
“Every week, I would talk to my therapist and be like, ‘This is going viral. And I feel really terrible,’ ” Rose said. “It’s cool to have someone that you trust, that’s levelheaded, to be like, ‘Why does this matter?’ And to ground you again.”
Now, with a handful of viral creations under her belt, Rose has built up a support system: friends, family, co-workers and connections in the digital media industry. Her No.1 supporter? Her mom, who also photographs most of Rose’s projects.
“I feel so much more comfortable doing the shoot with her, because behind the camera, she’s always like, ‘Go! You look “Like, ‘Oh, my gosh, stunning! Do a twirl!’ It’s so funny because I edit through all the audio of the video she takes, and it’s all her just shouting encouragement.”
Rose’s mother and father, who sometimes plays a supporting role in her work, approve of her side hustle. As a college senior, Rose’s last six months of classes have gone virtual, so – like many others in her situation – she has moved back in with her family, which is part Iranian, part Chinese and part Lithuanian.
Her parents also support her postgrad plan: to try out being a full-time content creator and artist, at least for a year. Rose knows herself, she said, and knows she can hustle her way back into the corporate world if need be.
“I’m a realist enough to the point where I don’t know if this is going to be a forever thing,” she said. “And I’m always keeping my options open to come back to a more stable job. But I know I’d regret it if I didn’t try it.”
Week: Government meetings
government meetings are n Suisun-Solano Water n Solano County Board n Travis School Disbeautiful!’ ” Rose said. Wednesday, City Hall council chamber, 1 Main St. Info: riovistacity.com. n Solano Transportation Authority Board, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Suisun City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www.sta.ca.gov. n Solano County Board of Education, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Solano County Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. Info: www.solanocoe.net. n Solano County Civil Service Commission, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: www.co.solano.ca.us.
The Suisun City Planning Commission meeting is canceled.
