As a congregation, we celebrate each other’s joys and do our best to lighten the load of each other’s sorrows.
The recent death of Judy Freeman was a tragic loss for Debra DuBose. “Judy and I had been friends for 35 years,’’ says Debra. “She was family and my best friend. She spent every holiday with us.” For Asa, Debra’s son, “she was more like a grandmother than his real grandmother.” Judy had been living with Debra, Asa and Debra’s wife Pam Ubben, for the past 2.5 years, and they had been caring for Judy for two years before that, since she became ill after suffering an injury during a trip to Costa Rica. Judy’s ashes are being buried beneath gardenias, planted especially for her, in the UUCP Memorial Garden. Judy Freeman’s scrapbook, displaying clips and memories of her life and her UUCP kinship, will be on display in the church library beginning this coming weekend, for members to scan and enjoy.
Pam Ubben is also mourning a second recent loss of a loved one, the passing of her brother Tommy, which occurred less than three weeks after Judy Freeman’s death. Charles Thomas Burton passed away on Aug. 17 in Duluth, GA., at age 73. He is survived by two daughters, Shelly Burton and Kathe Alexander, two grandsons, and four siblings including Pam; he was preceded in death by his wife Margaret.
UUs Lauren Anzaldo and Paula Montgomery are members of a coalition that created and staged a program designed to help Senior Girl Scouts in the 9th and 10 grades earn a badge in citizenship. Members of the coalition also include Gateway Girl Scout Council, Escambia Education Association, Retired Educators Association, League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area and the Institute for Women in Politics. The recent program took place August 17th at Studer Community Center, where girls gave talks as if they were running for a public office. The coalition will give two more programs for Girl Scouts at middle school and grammar school levels who are seeking badges; programs will be at UUCP Sept. 14 and Oct. 12. Purpose of the programs: to educate and create interest in the democratic process among young women.
Desmond Anzaldo-Satterwhite made his fifth theatrical performance in July, appearing in Once Upon a Shoe, a Pensacola Little Theater production. Desmond, son of Scott Satterwhite and Lauren Anzaldo, is in sixth grade. He’s also appeared in Nick Tickle: Fairy Tale Detective, Christmas Carol, Mary Poppins and Best Christmas Pageant Ever – all PLT productions except Carol. Next up: He’s cast as an understudy in downtown Pensacola’s 2019 Winterfest, to be seen on the Polar Express stop on the tour. Event dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 24.
Please send news of family events, accomplishments and concerns to UUCP’s newsletter, The Light, for publication in the newly launched Member News feature. Send to Charlotte Crane,
charlotte@charcrane.net, or to Terra Shute at the UUCP office, uucp@bellsouth.net.