Robert Elmo Piper dies
Excerpt from the Richmond Times Dispatch
PIPER, Robert Elmo, of Richmond, died Tuesday, July 20, 2010. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Elmo Piper Sr.; and mother, Doris Baker Piper; sisters, Doris Piper Wagner and Matilda Piper Brooks. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in 1938, and the University of Richmond in 1942. Bob served as a U.S. Army Air Force Captain from 1942 to 1945. He was a B-17 pilot in the European Theatre. He was an instructor at the University of Richmond Physics Department from 1945 to 1947. He was physicist and chief pilot for Titmus Optical Company in Petersburg. Bob was on the staff of Piper Roofing Company. He was a flight instructor at the Byrd Airport. He was a computer programmer for Miller & Rhoads Department Store. Bob was a member of Boys and Adult choirs of All Saints Episcopal Church. After WWII, he became a member of Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church. Later, he joined Second Baptist Church of Richmond, where he sang in the Adult Choir and served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher. Bob was a member of the University of Richmond Alumni Association and the Sing Out South Interracial Singing Group.
Sing Out South director Inez Thurston dies at 88
Excerpt from the Richmond Times Dispatch
Inez Thurston also was a longtime Friendship Force ambassador. The multiracial, nondenominational group Sing Out South was born from Inez Thurston's suggestion for a dinner and show fundraiser. It would help young people from her Richmond church attend a 1965 Moral Re-Armament conference in Michigan. Some of those youths, from Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church, who went to the religious movement conference helped form the international singing group Up With People.
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We are rebuilding the Sing Out website www.singoutsouth.com. We would like to include pictures from the past as well as current pictures. As we contact you we would like to know if it is okay to include your personal information such as phone number and/or email address on the website for others to be able to contact you.
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