The New Orleans Times-Picayune several years ago carried a story entitled "Man Dedicates Life to Serving the Dead." It was about Charley King, who served as caretaker of the Rand District Cemetery in the old mining town of Johannesburg, California. At that time, he had been caretaker there for ten years, and was paid $10 a month by the cemetery board to keep the weeds down, do a little watering, and keep everything groomed.
King admitted, "It ain't much money, but somebody's got to do it. I've got a lot of good friends 6 feet under up here. Least I can do is to keep the place looking' halfway decent for them." King had not had his picture taken in years, and would not even allow it for the article, which originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. "I ain't looking for no glory," he insisted.
Charley King's work and service was admirable--and all for ten dollars a month. But if he could "serve the dead" in such an unselfish manner, shouldn't we be at least as willing to serve the Living, the One who was dead, and now lives forevermore?
-Rocky Henriques, www.uticabc.com
King admitted, "It ain't much money, but somebody's got to do it. I've got a lot of good friends 6 feet under up here. Least I can do is to keep the place looking' halfway decent for them." King had not had his picture taken in years, and would not even allow it for the article, which originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. "I ain't looking for no glory," he insisted.
Charley King's work and service was admirable--and all for ten dollars a month. But if he could "serve the dead" in such an unselfish manner, shouldn't we be at least as willing to serve the Living, the One who was dead, and now lives forevermore?
-Rocky Henriques, www.uticabc.com
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