TranscriptWalker’s funeral. We went back to the house this morning, in part to make sure my chore as operator of the 40-cup coffee urn was attended to over at Ann & John Moores house – formerly Walker’s & Bunt’s. Everything was being readied there for the after-the-funeral gathering.
Back to Inn, dressed for funeral, & returned to the house at 2 oclock, in time to form a cortège for the Abby St. Joseph. I was one of six pall-bearers: Billy Percy, XXX Baldwin, Steve Ellis, George —, & Phin’s son Will. High mass, archbishop officiating, the retired bishop, & a priest friend Father Tom Clancy. Graveside service followed at Abby cemetery. Back to house for goodbyes; then Gwyn & I left for the Holiday Inn at McComb. Drove through a torrential cloudburst for the last twenty miles. |