Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
This is just a sad, tragic tale.
Nothing seems more sad to me than dying cold and alone.
More at: http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12119317COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.
Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming State House dome.
Goggins, whose achievements included key legislation on school funding, kindergarten and class size, had become increasingly reclusive. She spent her final years turning down help from neighbors who knew little of her history-making past. Her body was not discovered for more than a week.
Nothing seems more sad to me than dying cold and alone.