Charleston In Mourning

I wish to extend my condolences to the families of the unfortunate act of violence that once again have ripped through a community.

The Emmanuel African Methodic Episcopal  110 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401 is in mourning, the community of Charleston is in mourning.

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. 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. 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. Tywanza Sanders, 26: He was a 2014 graduate in business administration from Allen University in Columbia. 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.  Susie Jackson, 87. Depayne Middleton Doctor, 49: The mother of four sang in Emanuel's choir. She had previously directed a community development program in Charleston County. Myra Thompson, 59: She was the wife of the Rev. Anthony Thompson, the vicar of Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church in Charleston.  The Rev. Daniel Simmons, 74: Simmons survived the initial attack but then died in a hospital operating room. [http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/18/415539516/the-victims-9-were-slain-at-charlestons-emanuel-ame-church]

To each and every family my prayers and sympathy is extended.

…Pandora