[Oe List ...] Passing of colleague Standrod Carmichael

[RICHARD HOWIE]

A wonder-filled story and life lived.
Thanks, Lynda and Johnl
Ellen
On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Lynda Cock wrote:

>
> Since we are rehearsing old history, I wanted to share the news of  
> the passing of  a special  friend of ours, the Rev. Standrod  
> Carmichael, an Episcopal priest who served 19 years in Chicago  
> (about 1964-1983) before taking a retirement assignment at a little  
> mission church in Galax, VA. in 1983 -- shortly before we returned  
> there to John's hometown in 1984.
>
> In a town the size of Galax (about 6,000), two newcomer families  
> from Chicago quickly learned about each other. We learned that we  
> not only shared Chicago history, but that we also shared Ecumenical  
> Institute history. Standrod and his wife Marietta were on the  
> faculty of a private school (which I recall was largely black) on  
> the Southside of Chicago. Standrod had attended Ecumenical  
> Institute courses and reported that he was at one time interested  
> in joining with this zealot group, but couldn't get a family  
> consensus. He was very taken with Joe Mathews and the mission of  
> inner-city work. He was part of a clergy group there in Chicago  
> associated with EI. References to familiar sounding theology would  
> frequently appear in his Galax sermons.
>
> He was a good friend of EI, as illustrated by his story: in the  
> midst of the riots of 1968, he was called to help with the  
> evacuation of EI women and children from the riots that had broken  
> out on the Westside. He commandeered a school bus and met a group  
> at the "el" station at Kedzie and Homan and took them to several  
> pre-arranged locations.
>
> Standrod and Marietta were both musical and put those talents to  
> use in the tiny Episcopal church but also in the community where  
> they founded a little opera company and a choral group that brought  
> an enlarged sense of culture to that mountain area.
>
> In their declining health they moved to Atlanta several years ago  
> to be near family. Marietta died last year and Standrod died this  
> past weekend after a long illness. We had a recent letter from him.  
> We salute their colleagueship, their gifts of ministry, music and  
> in depth community care, and willingness to risk to help EI folks  
> in crisis.
>
> Journey on, dear colleagues,
>
> Lynda  and John
>
>
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