Broadcast Journalist. She was an award winning journalist and Atlanta”s news anchor person for many years. She was best known for the 26 years she spent at WAGA-TV, now a Fox affiliate, where she helped launch Good Day Atlanta in 1992. She has passed away after suffering from complications of a stroke while at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport waiting to board a plane, she was on her way to Texas for the burial of her dad, who passed away earlier this month. Her career began back in the 1980”s. She initially worked as a reporter at WAGA-TV from 1986 to 2013. While working for the network, she was noted for covering Coretta Scott King's funeral and for interviewing President-elect Barack Obama. She was also the first to host the "Wednesday's Child" segment since its launch by the Freddie Mac Foundation in 2000. She won several awards, including ten Southeast Emmy Awards and a Edward R. Murrow Award. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark Atlanta University and had one daughter.
Poem submitted by: Nia Imani-Diarra
GLAD I TOUCHED SHOULDERS WITH YOU !!!
There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants a refrain
"I'm g1ad I touched shoulders with you!"
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and Listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word!
Did you know that I Longed for that smile on your face,
for the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I had merely touched shoulders with you?
I am glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For the place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When ,once ,I touched shoulders with you. !!!
Poem submitted by: Nia Imani-Diarra
GLAD I TOUCHED SHOULDERS WITH YOU !!!
There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants a refrain
"I'm g1ad I touched shoulders with you!"
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and Listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word!
Did you know that I Longed for that smile on your face,
for the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I had merely touched shoulders with you?
I am glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For the place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When ,once ,I touched shoulders with you. !!!
Broadcast Journalist. She was an award winning journalist and Atlanta”s news anchor person for many years. She was best known for the 26 years she spent at WAGA-TV, now a Fox affiliate, where she helped launch Good Day Atlanta in 1992. She has passed away after suffering from complications of a stroke while at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport waiting to board a plane, she was on her way to Texas for the burial of her dad, who passed away earlier this month. Her career began back in the 1980”s. She initially worked as a reporter at WAGA-TV from 1986 to 2013. While working for the network, she was noted for covering Coretta Scott King's funeral and for interviewing President-elect Barack Obama. She was also the first to host the "Wednesday's Child" segment since its launch by the Freddie Mac Foundation in 2000. She won several awards, including ten Southeast Emmy Awards and a Edward R. Murrow Award. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark Atlanta University and had one daughter.
Poem submitted by: Nia Imani-Diarra
GLAD I TOUCHED SHOULDERS WITH YOU !!!
There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants a refrain
"I'm g1ad I touched shoulders with you!"
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and Listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word!
Did you know that I Longed for that smile on your face,
for the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I had merely touched shoulders with you?
I am glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For the place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When ,once ,I touched shoulders with you. !!!
Poem submitted by: Nia Imani-Diarra
GLAD I TOUCHED SHOULDERS WITH YOU !!!
There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants a refrain
"I'm g1ad I touched shoulders with you!"
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and Listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word!
Did you know that I Longed for that smile on your face,
for the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I had merely touched shoulders with you?
I am glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For the place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When ,once ,I touched shoulders with you. !!!
