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February 24, 2010

Anonymous The Randolph Guide Wed Feb 24, 2010, 10:36 AM EST

To the Editor:

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones; so let it be with Caesar.” So said Mark Antony at Caesar’s funeral. Methinks Barron Mills has sought to give Biblical status to these opening remarks of Antony’s tribute to Caesar when Mills wrote of David Robert Elliott (The Guide, Feb. 10). Barron should have finished the eulogy (Wm. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar) and followed suit with high praise for a life well-lived.

I believe that Barron wrote of our “Bones” Elliott never dreaming his words, which he meant to be humorous, would hurt many so badly. But I also know he now realizes that what he said was both inappropriate and harsh. When someone has left us, it is our duty to see that “the good” is remembered. None of us desires to have ALL of our laundry on the line.

More importantly, although David was certainly light-hearted and fun-loving, there has not been a more generous man anywhere. He would do anything he could for a person in need. And he was solid in his friendships, which were many, always dependable. Good job, David. You can do better, Barron.

Marion Griffin

Asheboro

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