Dad's Funeral: Final Notes Regarding A Civil Rights Pioneer

The funeral of my dad, Dr Rev Lloyd E. Marcus, was June 7, 2018. My sister told everyone she was wearing a yellow dress to Dad's funeral because we wanted it to be a celebration of Dad's extraordinary life and homecoming. Yellow represents bright sunshine. She also chose it to represent God's “Son”. My sister's idea caught on like wildfire. Surprisingly, several women showed up at Dad's funeral wearing yellow. I was only able to gather a handful of the lovely ladies for a photo. God's grace and timing for Dad's passing was perfect. Although he was 90, had Dad passed two months earlier, my three brothers, sister and I would have been devastated. Dad was placed into home hospice. Dad out lived two wives. His second wife died in March. As Dad's health rapidly declined, each of his five kids took shifts taking care of him. The hospice nurse said typically only one child shows up to care for their dying parent.