[Oe List ...] the dead don't get no respect...

[Paula Philbrook]

Bernard Higgenhottom

Ola Newsome should be on the list of those who completed her life.  (The
Base/preschool cook for many years.)

John Mathews was driving west to take an assignment to California.  It was
1972 he was 20.  If we are going to include Order Members the list will be a
lot longer.  Iris and Gene Boivin were a part of the Mobile Cadre and
actually bought a house in Fifth City along with Gregorys and others.

Paula





On 11/12/07, W. J. <synergi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It would be embarrassing to get a note: "reports of my death have been
> greatly exaggerated."
> So we really need some confirmation either way.
> Marshall
>
>
> *James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
>  Last I knew, Charlie Stewart wasn't dead, but living in Scottsdale.  I'll
> check.
>
> Jim Wiegel
>
> *"W. J." <synergi at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
> I've been having an amazing time recently putting together the elements of
> the two DVD's that will shortly be available through ICAI. It's been a
> journey back through our whole history together since 1965 and even beyond
> that.
>
> And one of the last-minute tasks has been assembling an 'honor roll' of
> Fifth Citizens who changed history by their intentional expenditure and died
> their deaths. I've called them the Fifth City Pioneers, since that word
> 'saint' is so out of fashion if you're not Mother Teresa.
>
> So we have our own Fifth City Saints, and the first qualification of a
> saint is that you're dead. I decided that the second qualification is that
> somebody remembers your name. And the third qualification is that you're
> standing in for the many who will not be remembered. There's no moral
> hierarchy here. No saying that one was better than another, or that one
> contributed more than another. 'Cause death is the great equalizer. And they
> all did their profound doing together, along with those of us who remain in
> this world. But what sets them apart from us is their profound dying.
>
> So here's my text so far:
>
> We celebrate
> the courage and creativity
> of these Fifth Citizens
> who pioneered in
> Human Development
> on behalf of all
> communities
>
>  Allen Adams
> Eugene Beasley
> James Carter
> Anna Conar
> Dorothy Cotton?
> Helen Eskridge
> Evelyn Mathews Edwards
> Ray Fox
> Flozell Foy
> William Glover
> Joseph Wesley Mathews
> Joseph Pierce
> Mildred Robinson
> James Steplight
> Charlie Stewart
> Gregory Thomas
> Tom Washington
>
> It's interesting that there are many we don't remember clearly or don't
> know for sure have met the first criterion. But there they are. Quite a
> list, huh? Kind of like that scene in *Our Town* where all the dead people
> are sitting in rows of chairs in the cemetery and talking with each other.
> About us!
>
> And...someday we'll *all *be added to the list.
>
> I said to Ruth Carter that I wanted to finish this DVD project so I could
> die happy. And that, y'know, we don't have a cemetery in Fifth City where we
> could all be buried and maybe remembered with a tombstone. Then I thought:
> that whole place is holy ground, not just the cemetary we don't have. We
> don't have the tombstones to remember people by, but we will have the DVD
> that will carry their names on a digital list and tell our stories.
>
> Then I put together a second list, this one with the names of the living
> legends of Fifth City. Here it is:
>
> ...and the extraordinary service
> of these Fifth City leaders:
>
> Ruth Carter
> Booker Davis
> Minnie Dunlap
> Lillie Fox
> Gladys Hamilton
> George McNeil
> Lela Mosley
> Bertha Pinkston
> Floyd Stanley
> Verdell Trice
>
> Also quite a list! They may be old, but they're not yet totally dead, as
> far as we know.
>
> So if you have any stories or reflections you'd like to share about any of
> these folks, please do so. And if there are any names that you'd like to add
> or subtract, please let me know.
>
> Marshall Jones
>
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Paula
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