Guest column: Rev. Eason-Williams’ death ‘ought to feel personal to all of us’
Autura Eason-Williams teaching at at Memphis Theological Seminary in 2017. (Courtesy MTS)
Kenneth S. Robinson
Rev. Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D., is president/CEO of United Way of the Mid-South and former Tennessee Commissioner of Health. From 1991-2016, Dr. Robinson also served as Pastor and CEO of St. Andrew AME Church in Memphis.
“Whatever is in our power, our sphere of influence, our financial means and our political will, my prayer is that we all honor Rev. Eason-Williams by our actions.”
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