[Tax-chick]

Well, now I’ve learned something! I’d seen “Asbury” Methodist churches, but I had no idea where the “Coke” came from. I figured they were both names of places back in England, and just happened to have the same ending!

I feel enriched just knowing your grandfather-in-law lived. Good people are a gift to us all.

[AnAmericanMother]

He was a wonderful man. Did a great deal of good in his long life -- he was a missionary AND a U.S. Marshal out in Arizona Territory back when it was pretty wild. Ran the Decatur Orphan's Home for years (he was sort of an orphan himself), was big in Goodwill Industries, started a summer camp that's become the conference center for the N.GA Methodists, chaplain at Emory University and Crawford Long Hospital. He was also a beekeeper of renown, he bred his own line of queen bees and pioneered using travelling hives to pollinate the Florida orange crop.

He always had pleasant relations with the ministers of the other churches in town, wherever he was. We inherited a bunch of Bibles, prayerbooks, a Book of Mormon, etc. inscribed with good wishes from them.

Rest in peace, Reverend Fred. Your family remembers you fondly. (And if you'd whisper in St. Peter's ear when the time comes, it would be greatly appreciated.)