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The obituary poets were, in the popular stereotype, either women or clergymen. [12] Obituary poetry may be the source of some of the murder ballads and other traditional narrative verse of the United States, and the sentimental tales told by the obituary poets showed their abiding vitality a hundred years later in the genre of teenage tragedy ...
Kansas native Clare Harner (1909–1977) first published "Immortality" in the December 1934 issue of poetry magazine The Gypsy [1] and was reprinted in their February 1935 issue. It was written shortly after the sudden death of her brother. Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri.
— George Stinney, African-American child and youngest American with an exact age executed by the United States (16 June 1944), on whether he had any final words before his wrongful execution via electric chair. 14-year-old Stinney was tried and sentenced to death by Judge Philip H. Stoll in under three hours on 14 April after an all-white ...
6. In Everything Give Thanks. For all that God in mercy sends - For health and children, home and friends; For comfort in the time of need, For every kindly word and deed, For happy talks and holy ...
George Washington Scott (February 22, 1829 – October 3, 1903) was a Florida and Georgia businessperson, education philanthropist, former planter, and former military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Scott David Wannberg (February 20, 1953 – August 19, 2011) was an American poet. His work was considered one of the anchors in the Los Angeles poetry scene. [1] [2] As a poet he wrote primarily in what would be considered stream of consciousness, rarely editing any of his work until late in life.
George W. Scott (American football), American football and track and field coach George W. Scott (politician) (born 1937), American politician in the state of Washington George Washington Scott (1829–1903), industrialist and philanthropist, benefactor of Agnes Scott College
George Washington Scott (February 22, 1889 – June 17, 1969) was an American football and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado from 1934 to 1935. [1] Previously, he had been a highly successful football and track coach at Fort Collins High School in Fort Collins, Colorado.