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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Remembering Mother Emanuel





Mother Emanuel
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June 17, 2015
Mother Emanuel AME 
Church shooting 
9 church members shot and killed by racist white supremacist thinking  21 year old 

Listed below are the names. 

The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41: A state senator and the senior pastor of Emanuel, he was married to Jennifer Benjamin and the father of two children, Eliana and Malana. He was a 1995 graduate of Allen University and got his master's degree at the University of South Carolina in 1999. He served in the state Legislature starting in 2000; The Post and Courier says black fabric was draped over Pinckney's Senate chamber seat on Thursday.
Cynthia Hurd, 54: According to the Charleston County Public Library, she was a 31-year employee who managed the John L. Dart Library for 21 years before heading the St. Andrews Regional Library. A statement said Hurd "dedicated her life to serving and improving the lives of others." The system closed its 16 branches Thursday to honor Hurd and the others who died in the shooting. County officials also say the St. Andrews library will be named for Hurd.
The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45: A pastor at Emanuel, she was also a speech therapist and high school girls track and field coach, both positions at Goose Creek High School, according to her LinkedIn page. Jimmy Huskey, the school's principal, called her "a true professional ... [who] cared about her students and was an advocate for them." Her son, Chris Singleton, is a baseball player and student at Charleston Southern University. Coleman-Singleton also had two younger children, writes the Post and Courier.
Tywanza Sanders, 26: He was a 2014 graduate in business administration from Allen University in Columbia. Lady June Cole, the interim president of Allen University, described him as "a quiet, well-known student who was committed to his education." Known as Ty, he had worked in sales at department stores such as Belk and Macy's.
Ethel Lance, 70: She had attended Emanuel for most of her life and worked there as a custodian, as well. From 1968 to 2002, she worked as a custodian at Charleston's Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. The Post and Courier quotes a former colleague as saying, "She was funny and a pleasure to be around. And she was a wonderful mother and grandmother."
Susie Jackson, 87: Lance's cousin, she was a longtime church member.
Depayne Middleton Doctor, 49: The mother of four sang in Emanuel's choir. She had previously directed a community development program in Charleston County. In December, she started a new job as an admissions coordinator at the Charleston campus of her alma mater, Southern Wesleyan University. SWU President Todd Voss said: "Always a warm and enthusiastic leader, DePayne truly believed in the mission of SWU to help students achieve their potential by connecting faith with learning. Our prayers go out to family and friends. This is a great loss for our students and the Charleston region."
The Rev. Daniel Simmons, 74: Simmons survived the initial attack but then died in a hospital operating room. He had previously been a pastor at another church in the Charleston area.
Myra Thompson, 59: She was the wife of the Rev. Anthony Thompson, the vicar of Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church in Charleston.

 Five members survived the shooting unharmed, including Felicia Sanders, mother of slain victim Tywanza Sanders, and her five-year-old granddaughter, as well as Polly Sheppard, a Bible study member. Pinckney's wife and two daughters were inside the building during the shooting but were elsewhere.


Monday, June 03, 2024

Kick Ball


Kick Ball Southern Night Style

Simple Ingredients: 

1. People
2. Field
3. Ball
4.




Spectators are optional





 

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Barbados Green Monkey Study


 Barbados 

Green Monkey

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The green monkey is the only non-human primate in the 167 square mile Caribbean Island. 

Friday, September 02, 2022

Heisman Watch

 



It’s never too early to speculate.

 The #HeismanWatch started over when Alabama’s QB #BryceYoung lifted the trophy for the 2021 season. 

With the opening college football game over, the hunt is on now  even more front runners 


2022 Heisman odds

PlayerOdds
CJ Stroud, QB, Ohio State+200
Bryce Young, QB, Alabama+350
Caleb Williams, QB, USC+600
Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas+1600
Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas+2000
TreVeyon Henderson, RB, Ohio State+2000
DJ Uiagalelei, QB, Clemson+2000
Will Anderson Jr, EDGE, Alabama+2000
Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida+2000
Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oklahoma+2000
Kedon Slovis, QB, Pittsburgh+2500
Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss+2500
Tyler Van Dyke, QB, Miami+2500
Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin+3000
Spencer Rattler, QB, South Carolina+3000

My choice, Spencer Rattler, is too far down the list.  If you have the courage comment your choice and we will see when the next Heisman selection ends up in the 

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