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Susan DeFreitas

DePayne Middleton Doctor

Eulogy: For Reverend DePayne Middleton Doctor

Jul 14, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Reverend DePayne Middleton Doctor, a minister, admissions coordinator, and mother.

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Reverend Daniel Simmons

Eulogy: For Reverend Daniel Simmons, Sr.

Jul 13, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Reverend Daniel Simmons, Sr., a 74-year-old Vietnam vet, longtime pastor, father, and grandfather.

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Myra Thompson

Eulogy: For Myra Thompson

Jul 12, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Myra Thompson, a retired teacher, guidance counselor, wife, mother, grandmother, and newly certified preacher.

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Ethel Lee Lance

Eulogy: For Ethel Lee Lance

Jul 11, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Ethel Lee Lance, a 70-year-old church sexton with five children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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Susie Jackson

Eulogy: For Susie Jackson

Jul 10, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Susie Jackson, an 87-year-old mother of two, family matriarch, devout Christian, church trustee, and eldest victim.

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TyWanza Sanders

Eulogy: For TyWanza Sanders

Jul 9, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

TyWanza Sanders, a 26-year-old graduate of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, who died trying to save his grandmother.

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Sharonda Coleman-Singleton

Eulogy: For Reverend Sharonda Coleman-Singleton

Jul 8, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, a reverend, track coach, speech therapist, and mother.

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Cynthia Hurd

Eulogy: For Cynthia Hurd

Jul 7, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Cynthia Hurd, head librarian with Charleston County Library’s John L. Dart Branch and manager of the St. Andrews Regional Library.

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Rev. Clementa Pinckney

Eulogy: For Reverend Clementa Pinckney

Jul 6, 2015By Susan DeFreitas

Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney, a South Carolina Senator and senior pastor of Emanuel A.M.E. Church.

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As Children, Truths About Our Friends May Be Too Obvious to See

Jun 9, 2014By Susan DeFreitas

An elegy for junior high, and how we often barely glimpse the home lives of even our closest friends.

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How Gender Informs Our Ability To Understand Each Other

Apr 7, 2014By Susan DeFreitas

A powerful poem exploring the ever-evolving puzzle of gender, feminism, and family.

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