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

Mon Nov 12 18:29:28 EST 2007

This made me think of  Wanda Lee, a long time early preschool teacher from
the community.  Don't know if she is living or not.   

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Paula Philbrook
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:06 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] the dead don't get no respect...

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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