Seyed Javad Afsharzadeh

Seyed/Joey, identified as Persian, he left Iran for the United States. Seyed told his first wife, Terry (Flucard/Afsharzadeh) Poncé, that when he came to America he knew three words: Yes, No, & Chico. Seyed was attending Butte Community College when he and Terry spotted each other. On a Monday in 1970, Terry told her friends she was going to marry Seyed before she even met him, he was in the library a few tables away. They looked at each and smiled. The following days they smiled at one another as Seyed sat a table closer. On Friday, Seyed asked Terry, “Is okay I sit here?” Terry smiled and said, “Of course”, Seyed took a seat directly across from her. Seyed told Terry, his American name was Joe. Terry asked if she could call him Joey. On February 12, 1871, Seyed/Joey and Terry married. Seyed taught Terry how to make Persian Stew and Persian Rice. Their marriage did not last long. Seyed’s uncles Big Mohammad, Little Mohammad, and Hosein came and told Seyed he had duties as an oldest son to his dying mother. Seyed and Terry divorced in 1973. Seyeed often wrote letters back to Terry addressed to Sweet Terry. Joey had wanted to return, he waited ten years for his mother to pass, before he remarried. Seyed passed away in 1986.

Terry Lynn (Flucard) Ponce of Chico, California United States was born on October 17, 1951 at Enloe Medical Center 1531 Esplanade, in Chico, Butte County to John Edward Flucard Jr. and Merridy Rae (Yarbrough) Flucard. Terry Ponce had siblings Connie LaNelle (Flucard) Bearden McNiel, Marion Gaye (Flucard) Eaton, Guy Edward Oren Flucard, and Joni Rae (Flucard) Simanjuntak. She married Seyed Javad Afsharzadeh on February 12, 1971 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada and they later divorced. She was the parent of Yoseb Ali Jahan Afsharzadeh, Eric Anthony Grant, David Javier Afsharzadeh, Heather Rae Lelandra (Magallanes) Lomas, and Jennifer Marie Darlene (Poncé) Din. Terry Ponce died at age 68 years old on May 9, 2020 at Enloe Medical Center 1531 Esplanade, in Chico, CA, and was buried on July 11, 2020 at Cremated in Chico.