good night, aunt edna

i found last week that my trailblazing journalist and historian great aunt dr. edna chappelle mckenzie passed away at the age of 81. it was just in march that i regained contact with her and spoke with her for the first time in many, many years. i had hoped to have a chance to perhaps see her in person again, but as a college student, i just didn't have the luxury of hoping a flight to the east coast to reconnect with her and others. she told me several months ago that by the grace of God, she had fully recovered from a bout with cancer. i'm sad to hear that she's gone now, but proud that i can say someone that brave, driven, and accomplished was part of my family. she's lived a lauded life and inspires me to press my own footprints deeply in the ground. so that when my life is over, people will have as many good things to say about me as they have about her. look below, and you'll find several clips of press releases on the internet about her:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05186/532933.stm
http://www.newpittsburghcourier.com/?article=11017
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05179/529432.stm
http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/film/transcripts/mckenzie.html
http://professorkim.blogspot.com/2005/06/dr-edna-mckenzie-journalist-historian.html