Reverend Dr. James Earl Garmon Sr. passed away on Aug. 11, but on Feb. 13, just six months before he completed his earthly journey, that I realized that Rev. Dr. Garmon may have been in the process of completing his final lap on the track of life.
February 13 was the evening before Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems and I were due to present our Black History Month program at Trinity Baptist Church, in Lawrenceville. Hudson-Weems was hanging out with me at the press table as I covered primetime boxing at the Consol Energy Center. My phone vibrated and on the other end was first lady Vera Jean Howard-Garmon, the wife of Rev. Garmon Sr.
“Aubrey, reverend is in the hospital and I don’t know if he will be able to make the event scheduled for tomorrow,” she said in a voice full of concern for her husband, but tinged slightly with disappointment regarding an event that we had planned since November of 2014.
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