| Sad, awful news about dear friend, Robert Whiteside, a very generous philanthropist |
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| by Sharon Adams | Fri, Nov 3, 2006, 09:52 PM |
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Wanted to share my email from this afternoon after hearing this tragic news: ------------------------ Oh, how awful this is. Carl just came home from work and had been talking to the editor of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald about the story she has featured on the front page of this week's paper about his new DVD "Inside Ten Days" and he mentioned we were going to stay at Robert Whiteside's bed and breakfast next weekend. She told him Robert Whiteside was murdered this week. Shot to death in his own house. Such a tragic loss.  Besides being our dear friend, Robert was a gifted artist, artistan, musician and gentle soul. He and his partner had moved to Mt. Vernon and opened their bed and breakfast, The Veranda, for the past 5 years or so. We were going to stay there next weekend when Carl does his Veteran's Day salute with the DVD. His partner found him Wednesday night, after he returned from a trip to Dallas. Robert kept his jewelry design business in a separate building in the back and had just emailed me some new designs on a new method he was working with. I'll attach them here. I wore one of his rings today:) He found a friend in everyone he met and will be dearly missed. Such a tragic death ... to be shot to death! Prayers to his family and friends. We miss him already. ------------ Another note: I met Robert in the late 1980s when I was chairing The Western Stomp, benefiting the March of Dimes Women's Auxiliary. He donated a custom designed and handcrafted belt buckle for the live auction and hosted a party in his new shop on Inwood. That's where the friendship started ... and it has lasted ever since. God bless.
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