Clinton Coker left this life on April 21, 2010...
He taught me so many things, so many things I can't even think of them all. He taught me to put God first. He taught me to hold my tongue (still working on that one...). He taught me the right way to say Louis Armstrong's name when I was just a kid, and I will never forget hearing about his appreciation for Louis' music, and I have yet to hear a Louis Armstrong tune since that conversation where Papa does not dominate my thoughts. He taught me that it's better to live right than to live rich. He taught me that no matter how much distance can separate people, you can still be close at heart.
I wish I had taken more time to let him know how much he meant to me. I know where he is, because of his unbending faith, and I know I'll see him again - and that is a comforting thought.
All my life I have never known a stronger, kinder, sweeter, truer soul than he...I will truly miss you Papa....
"...The journey doesn't end here...
Death is just another path, one that we all must take.
The grey rain curtain of this world pulls back,
and all turns to silver glass...and then you see it. White shores...and beyond -
a far green country into a swift sunrise."
