Originally Posted By mele <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_re_us/obit_king_14" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 60131/ap_on_re_us/obit_king_14</a> Sad.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Receive her into Your rest, O Lord. And may all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 So saddened to wake up in North Carolina this morning and hear the news. I had a lot of respect or Mrs. King. God bless and rest in peace. I hope her children continue to carry on their parents legacy with grace and respect.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<I hope her children continue to carry on their parents legacy with grace and respect.>> Absolutely.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I suppose when you live in the same area as a famous celebrity you know all the dirty. So I have mixed feelings. I will say that I'm sorry that she has passed away.
Originally Posted By trailsend Unfortunately KT is correct. Not about the passing of this lovely lady. But the fact that her children continue to carry on their parents legacy with grace and respect ~ we've seen that one already not to be true. this is very, very sad, but true. I got to see Mrs. King on Oprah one day; yes, Oprah did give her a makeover from that famous hairstyle we've seen for all these years. She looked beautiful and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience. What a graceful lady.
Originally Posted By trailsend Sorry to be so long, Lisann, I just saw your post. I don't know if you were responding to me or KT. I'll post a link to an article. There has been a lot of controversy between the children about the King Center and the Center is badly in need of repairs due to neglect. Also, in the news here in Atlanta some time ago, it was reported how Martin Luther King III drew a large 6 figure salary and was never at the Center and very difficult to find some days, thus draining the Center of money. <a href="http://www.blacknews.com/pr/mlk101.html" target="_blank">http://www.blacknews.com/pr/ml k101.html</a>
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Well I didn't really appreciate Koreta making the public statement that "gays are not a TRUE minority". When called on the carpet she denies it ( althought it was published in the local newspaper ). Several years later she appoligized for making that statement. I also didn't really like the fact that when a personal friend of her's, Ralph David Appnathy Jr was on trial for drug charges. Koreta took the jury out for lunch. I would equate that to the Pope taking the jury out to lunch. The trial was thrown out and King was told to stay away from the courtroom. But no charges were brought up for jury tampering. Her latest crusade was to allow convicted felons to vote. Something I absolutely think is crazy. You don't let the fox run the hen house. I also didn't appreciate the fact that she always seemed to get anomous gifts. Like the 1. something million dollar condo next to Elton John's place in Buckhead. No one was allowed to "address" Koretta.. you had to speak to her through one of her staff. Even if she was standing right in front of you. Koretta was on the Board of Directors of Delta Airlines, and there was that time she Delta diverted a flight she was on. The flight was suppose to go direct to Atlanta but Koretta wanted to get off at Ashville, NC so the flight was diverted to let her get off. She was certainly a Queen.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Thanks for your responses. I've heard some negative things in the past about Martin Luther King III. I've never read the bad press about "Coretta." I'm in Atlanta a lot and I've always heard positive things about her. Might be the crowd I'm with, who knows.
Originally Posted By TiggerRulz Fred Phelps has announced his "church" will protest at Coretta's funeral. He's even a bigger media you know what than Michael Moore.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "Fred Phelps has announced his "church" will protest at Coretta's funeral. He's even a bigger media you know what than Michael Moore." Fred better wear body armor.
