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11.04.2005
A Quiet Passing Into The Night
With little note, this appeared in the Update this week: "GRAVESIDE service for Claude Caraway, 55" .
Anyone who works around the courthouse square remembers Claude. He was the little guy that walked around (and I do mean walked around) the entire town handing out Messenger Updates every morning. I can't tell you the number of times he saw me and came walking across the street to hand me an Update. I always took one regardless of whether I had already read it or not.
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Claude's taught me a lot. He taught us all, I think, that a person with limited resources can pass along rich blessings that can't be weighed or counted. He was the source of countless handshakes, smiles, and genuinely kind greetings. I'm a better person for having known Claude.
I knew claude for about 25 years,he always walked everywhere & I would usally stop & give him a ride,but for the last several years,I would just pass him by,thinking I was too busy,I kinda feel bad about it now.
I offered several times to give him a ride and he accepted several times. I only invited him to ride with me if his hands were empty. I knew if he had no more Updates, he was walking back to town.
i to knew claude he was a simple man who delivered updates to my old office every day rain or shine i would usally give him a few dollars a week he was a great man i guess god needed someone to get him an update claude touched many lives as he delivered his updates and will be remembered as a kind and good hearted man
Claude will be missed - the lesson of his life for me was that he treated everybody the same....
...a rare person these days!
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