Will Campbell died last night
Will was 88. I have made tributes on the facebook wall of my friend at UVA Charles Marsh and at www.baptistlife.com/forums Baptist faith and practice.
And the facebook wall of Collinsville PTO where Vivvee Monteagudo and Tyler Coker their 8th grade year 99 or so were on stage with Will in Montgomery in a Pacers event.
I was introduced to Will at Furman in the early 70's by the chaplains LD Johnson and Jim Pitts. I called Pitts, the son of Nixon's barber, a few minutes ago from Ft. Payne and told him a Randy Owen story. We laughed a little near tears with a few memories of Campbell and the things he said.
Will was the only white man to go the Lorraine MOtel the evening Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in April 1968. I hope that registers with Vivee and Tyler and they understand it someday and tell their grandchildren. They can also tell them they knew me if the want to.
Here is what the New York Times said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/us/will-d-campbell-maverick-minister-and-civil-rights-stalwart-dies-at-88.html?hpw
And the facebook wall of Collinsville PTO where Vivvee Monteagudo and Tyler Coker their 8th grade year 99 or so were on stage with Will in Montgomery in a Pacers event.
I was introduced to Will at Furman in the early 70's by the chaplains LD Johnson and Jim Pitts. I called Pitts, the son of Nixon's barber, a few minutes ago from Ft. Payne and told him a Randy Owen story. We laughed a little near tears with a few memories of Campbell and the things he said.
Will was the only white man to go the Lorraine MOtel the evening Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in April 1968. I hope that registers with Vivee and Tyler and they understand it someday and tell their grandchildren. They can also tell them they knew me if the want to.
Here is what the New York Times said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/us/will-d-campbell-maverick-minister-and-civil-rights-stalwart-dies-at-88.html?hpw
posted by foxofbama | 2:06 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home