[Nfbwv-talk] Buck Saunders passed away last night at age 76

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi Brad:

I also want to thank you for sending this very difficult, and sad message.
I wished I had gotten to know Buck better.
At the seminar last March (before I went to training) I got to talk a
bit with Mary Ann and Buck and Buck was so nice to me.
When I think of the NFB of West Virginia, I will think of Buck and
Mary Ann. Buck was such a longtime member.
I was also there when he and Mary Ann were inducted into the Hall of
Fame, and I enjoyed the presentation.
Thanks,
Kerri

On 4/30/13, Marcus Soulsby <msoulsby at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> I simply cannot believe this.  Convention will not be the same without
> Buck.
>
> Prayers for Mary Ann and family.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbwv-talk [mailto:nfbwv-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brad
> Hodges
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:15 PM
> To: NFB of West Virginia Discussion List
> Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] Buck Saunders passed away last night at age 76
>
> This is one of the most difficult messages I have had to send in recent
> memory, because it is to let you know that at around midnight yesterday
> Buck
> Saunders passed away.
>
> Many of us were gathered together when we inducted both Buck and Mary Ann
> into the NFB of WV Hall of Fame. Here is a brief quotation from the remarks
> which Ed McDonald delivered at that presentation.
>
> "Willis Gene Saunders was born September 13, 1937, in Huntington, WV.
> As a young boy attending the West Virginia School for the Blind in Romney,
> his imagination was forever captivated by the drama of science fiction
> heroes, gangsters, villains, detectives and crime solvers that he heard on
> the radio.  Fascinated by the heroic adventures of Buck Rogers, he took on
> the moniker that has stayed with him throughout his life.  Buck is a 1958
> graduate of the School for the Blind, and in 1971 he earned a degree in
> speech and psychology from Marshall University.
> His early employment included jobs as a clerk typist with the Pennsylvania
> Department of Welfare and as a police and fire dispatcher in Cabell
> County."
>
>  From my perspective as a relative newcomer to the NFB of WV family Buck
> immediately impressed me as a man who was Always properly skeptical of the
> self important, yet he was never cynical about his fellow citizens or the
> idea that by working together we can improve the human condition.
>
> Buck had a habit of posing an idea by beginning, "I've been thinking of
> something which you may think is really far out, but..." There was no
> question that the commentary which followed was likely to be complex and
> would challenge the listener to follow his very unique narrative, but at
> the
> end of the trail there was something of value, worth thinking seriously
> about.
>
> Mary Ann is with her daughters, Laura and Terri,  this morning. As soon as
> plans are announced we will forward them to you.
>
> At the Hall of Fame presentation Buck was quoted as saying he wanted to be
> part of an organization which "wasn't afraid to stand up on its hind feet
> and say enough is enough." That is the spirit of Buck Saunders which will
> always remain close to my heart
>
> Brad     Hodges.
>
>
>
>
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