Phil, I remember that he got married in your living room and I remember
your talking about his playing.  I talked to ol' Chas a number of times on
irc.  I would type in colored talk and it didn't seem to offend him.  Lol.

At 04:14 PM 12/28/03 -0700, you wrote:
>John,
>
>I think he spelled it with a j but I didn't when I wrote that last email.
>Charles was a good friend.  He died a couple of months ago of a heart
>attack.  His wife called me from Florida when it happened.  Charles got
>married in my living room.  He was a big man at 6 2 or whatever it was, and
>he told me once upon a time he weighed 620 pounds.  Man, he could play the
>keyboard like no body's business, too.  I'll sure miss Charles but I loved
>that big black man like my own brother.  He is with Jesus now so he isn't in
>any more pain and I bet the Lord took him right over to the big pipe organ
>first thing, too.
>
>Phil.

John

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. --
Josh Billings<*>