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A recent photo of Coulter with her mom Nell. |
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Posted on 04/22/2009 2:44:49 PM PDT by Syncro
NELL HUSBANDS MARTIN COULTER
April 22, 2009
A lot of people claim to be my No. 1 fan -- God bless them -- but my true No. 1 fan left this world last week. My mother quietly stopped breathing last Tuesday, as she slept peacefully, holding my hand.
She was the biggest fan of all of us -- Father, me and my brothers John and Jim.
After reading the eulogy column I wrote for Father last year -- not to excess, probably only about 4,637 times -- Mother realized to her chagrin that she wouldn't be able to read the eulogy column I'd be writing for her, and started hinting that maybe I could rustle up a draft so she could take a peek.
But I couldn't do it, until I had to.
The only thing Mother wanted to be sure my brothers and I included in her remembrances were her contributions to the Republican Party, the New Canaan Republican Town Committee and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was a direct descendant of at least a dozen patriots who served the cause of the American Revolution and traced her lineage on both sides of her family to Puritan nonconformists who came to America in 1633 seeking religious freedom on a ship led by Pastor Thomas Hooker. Or, as Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano would call them, "A dangerous right-wing extremist hate group."
Even back in the Puritan days, Mother's female ancestors were brought up on charges for their heretical dressing styles (and then sassed the judge). During the Revolution, one female ancestor, Effie Ten Eyck Van Varick, contributed to the rebel cause by donating lead for bullets from the curtain weights in her home in what was, even then, traitorous, loyalist Manhattan.
Mother's deep-seated political activism saved me on more than one occasion.
At the 2004 Republican National Convention, I was taking my parents to a lot of the parties in New York and, at one of them, Herman Cain walked up to me and told me he was a big fan even though I probably didn't know who he was.
Cain was the former president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza who was then running for the U.S. Senate from Georgia. I had seen him on Fox News' "Cavuto" -- but I couldn't remember his name for the life of me.
Luckily for me, Mother was standing next to me and she piped in, "I know who you are -- I donated to your campaign." Thank you, Mommy!
Mother probably contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to various conservative outfits over the years -- all in her little $20 checks -- especially to any organization that claimed it was going to stop Hillary. In fact, if they mentioned Hillary in their letter, Mother sometimes made it $25.
My brothers and I always figured we'd have no inheritance, but there would be a lovely memorial to Oliver North somewhere.
Mother may have thought her most notable characteristic was her Republican activism, but, for the rest of us, it was her constant, unconditional love. She was a little love machine, spreading warmth and joy wherever she went.
Read more at AnnCoulter.Com
What a fantastic women and Mother. I am so sorry to hear of Ann’s as well as her brothers’ loss of their beloved Mother. What a beautiful remembrance of her. Her Mother I am sure would be proud. Although from what Ann wrote of her mother she was proud anyway. :-). My condolences to them all and may God continue to bless the Coulter family.
I sobbed. Condolences and prayers to Ann.
Ann, what can we say?
Only our faith in the true fact of the resurrection of our Savior gives us the hope that passes all understanding. He lives, so then does your Mom and Dad.
Your mother left you a precious legacy. You are a reflection of her, so she must have been a wonderful woman.
Your sadness is shared by us. We who know something of this grief open our hearts to you.
Your Mom and Dad have completed their work here, and they have been promoted to the home promised them by Jesus.He will watch over them until you see them again.
They are more alive now than they ever have experienced.
For now, there is a time to grieve. Your Mom and Dad left you little to regret and much to remember, fondly.
That, in itself , is a great gift.
Now, you go and do likewise. Your friends here will pray for you.
So sorry Ann! No matter how old we are, we still need our Mom’s. Condolences to you and your family - she sounds like a real gem.
Your article was very touching. There is a saying the Jewish people have that I did not know previously ...
It is ... “May their memory be for a blessing” it is evident, indeed, that when you think of your Mother ... you will be blessed by it.
“May her memory be for a blessing.”
I think I now admire Ann’s mother more than I admire Ann.
Thanks, Roddog.
What a beautiful picture!
Prayers of support for the loved ones dealing with this loss.
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family, Ann.
Tet68.
You’ve done your mother proud Ann. And I am sure she lovely your eulogy.
R.I.P. JOHN VINCENT COULTER
[Ann Coulter's moving tribute to her father]
Ann Coulter Website ^ | Jam 9, 2008 | Ann Coulter
Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:22:57 PM by Syncro
JOHN VINCENT COULTER
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:00:00 AM
The longest baby ever born at the Albany, N.Y., hospital, at least as of May 5, 1926, who grew up to be my strapping father, passed away last Friday morning.
As Mother and I stood at Daddy's casket Monday morning, Mother repeated his joke to him, which he said on every wedding anniversary until a few years ago when Lewy bodies dementia prevented him from saying much at all: "54 years, married to the wrong woman." And we laughed.
John Vincent Coulter was of the old school, a man of few words, the un-Oprah, no crying or wearing your heart on your sleeve, and reacting to moments of great sentiment with a joke. Or as we used to call them: men...-- snip --
...One day, a group of FBI agents saw the beautiful Nell Husbands Martin at lunch with her mother. They asked the waitress for her name and flipped a coin to see who could ask her out first. Father lost the coin toss, so he paid off the other agents.
And that's how Nell became my mother. - Ann Coulter
For those of you who wondered what kind of steel Ann Coulter is formed from, and how it was forged -
It was with love, and a timeless treasure that transcends boundaries and imagination.
Your mother did well, Ann. As did your father, and that procession of ancestors stretching into the dimness of time.
Thank you so much for sharing the story of your Mother, Nell, with all of us. What a beautiful eulogy. Sending you my sincere condolences and prayers. God Bless the Coulter family.
Condolences to you and your family, Ms. Coulter. You are a jewel, and obviously, so was your mother.
first time i smiled today.
RIP mom.
I can only imagine how proud she must have been of her daughter. I can SEE how proud her daughter was of her.
A wonderful tribute to a wonderful mother.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Ann.
What a wondeful and loving tribute. The Coulters are a family of true patriots.
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