TranscriptLeft Memphis at 9 oclock; stopped for a sandwich in Jackson, & pulled into the Covington Holiday Inn at 3. Unpacked hurriedly & drove into town & on Jaencke [Jahncke] Road to Walker & Bunt’s. He was clearly dying, but his condition is no worse than it was two days ago.
I went in the bedroom & sat with him for a time. He recognized me & said hello – in pretty much the same tone he’d used to say goodbye five days ago. All the same, it was good to be here with him instead of waiting in Memphis to get word that he was gone. |