Wynton Marcel Bellamy, affectionately known as ''Winnie'', son of two proud parents, Theresa and Willie Bellamy Jr., was born on July 23, 1985, in Incirlik, Turkey. He departed this life on March 2, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Winnie attended Baltimore City Public Schools. He also participated in the R.O.T.C. Program at Walbrook Senior High School and later continued his education in the Youth Opportunity Program YO!, where he received his Maryland High School Diploma. Winnie found employment as a teenager at Auntie Anne's Pretzels, McDonald's Corporation and Burger King. As an adult, Winnie began to pursue a career in business by attending classes at B.C.C.C. Liberty Heights Campus. Winnie made numerous friends wherever he went, and with his charming smile people knew he cared about them. Winnie loved to dance, crack jokes and listen to Cash Money, and his favorite drink of choice was sweet iced tea. In his spare time he spent quality time with his daughter whom he affectionately called his ''Fat-Fat.'' He leaves to cherish: his mother and father, Theresa and Willie Bellamy, Jr.; daughter, Tamya Markell Bellamy; brother, Willie H. Bellamy, III; sister, Vashay Thompson Bellamy; two grandmothers, Jean Johnson and Lorrine Mackline; sister-in-law, Rachelle Bellamy; brother-in-law, Paul Thompson, Sr.; two nieces, Ebony Bellamy and Royelle Thompson, Jr; two nephews, Jaylon Bellamy and Paul Thompson, Jr. who preceded him in death; his devoted friend, Ashley L. Oaks; and a host of other relatives and friends.