The Sleep Time Thread For 1/6-7/10: Rest In Heaven Percy Sutton

This ones dedicated to my friend Amina......hope you and the family are coupling well

Percy Ellis Sutton, who died last month at age 89, never rose higher than Manhattan Borough President, an office he held for 11 years. But in a more racially enlightened age, speaker after speaker noted in eulogies, this stylish and gifted politician well might have been commemorated as a former mayor or governor.

“I’m a proud son of this city and Percy Sutton was a father to so many,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told an audience that filled every seat in every pew on the grand floor and two balconies.

Mr. Holder pointed, jabbed really, at Mr. Sutton’s cherry-oak coffin, which lay garlanded in purple flowers. “Without him, there would be no me.”

So true.

To Tevin, dedicated to you Mr. Sutton. Good night everyone, and God bless: