Political Quotes

“with the death of the Reverend Dr. Otis A. Herring on Friday, July 12, the Wilmington, DE, community--and indeed a much larger community of family, friends and faith--suffered a loss we can not help mourn. It is the loss of a husband and father, a son and brother, a grandfather and uncle, a nephew and cousin--a man who deeply loved and was deeply loved by his family. It is the loss of a inspiring preacher and inspired pastor who devoted 35 years of spiritual leadership of Wilmington's Union Baptist Church and the surrounding community. It is the loss a morally engaged citizen who spoke fearlessly and worked tirelessly for the less fortunate among us; the loss of a man who created out of his own determined faith and the conscience of the community resources to serve the poor and the disadvantaged. It is the loss of a friend and mentor, whose example made better people and a better community out of all of us. But despite that catalog of loss we feel so keenly, Reverend Herring's death is not, in fact, an occasion fit only for grieving.”