Headline: SOME
OF SATURDAY'S TRIBUTES
Reporter:
Publication: ST.
LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Last Printed: Sun., Jan. 5, 2003
Section: SPECIAL SECTION, Page: E2, Edition: FIVE STAR LIFT
Thomas Comage,
life-long friend:
"Greg
was then, as a child, as he was as a man: Rock steady and dependable. A true
friend, courageously independent, accessible, willing to help, yet not asking
for help for himself."
Rev. Earl Nance,
pastor of the Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church:
"He
did more than cheerlead, he offered suggestions for the renaissance of the city
and encouraged his fellow citizens to do the same."
Cheryl McKinney,
Mr. Freeman's sister who donated a kidney to him:
"I'm
not trying to brag. I think I had the best brother in the world. . . . Oftentimes,
I'd call him and say, hey Greg, and he would say, 'hi kid.' I'd say, how's my
kidney doing. And he'd say, 'I'm taking good care of it.'"
The Rev. Rick
Potts, pastor, St. Alphonsus "Rock" Church:
"I
know that Jesus indeed was the center of Greg's joy."
Bill McClellan,
Post-Dispatch columnist:
"Even
the man's secrets are wholesome."
Bill Smith, Post-Dispatch
reporter:
"He
was one of the proudest men I will ever know, but also one of the most humble.
He was, at the same time, both street savvy and incredibly innocent. Hoss Cartwright
with a computer."
Richard K. Weil,
Post-Dispatch projects editor:
"A
journalist who never allowed himself to become cynical - even in the face of
personal pain and suffering. A man who was at home with everyone and could make
anyone feel at home."
Mike Schrand,
program director of KWMU, the station that hosted Mr. Freeman's talk show, "St.
Louis On the Air":
"If
anyone deserved the credit for KWMU's tag line of 'Intelligent talk, ' it's
Greg Freeman."
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