Thread by @kharyp

This #SundayMorning let us remember the #Emanuel9. The 9 innocent people who were shot & killed by a man armed w a gun & filled w hate. Let us remember them. Let us ask for grace & remember what it was like to have a president who possessed the words to speak to our broken hearts

Clementa C. Pinckney found that grace

Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd found that grace

Susie Jackson found that grace

Ethel Lee Lance found that grace

Depayne Middleton-Doctor found that grace

Tywanza Sanders found that grace

Daniel Simmons, Sr. found that grace

Sharonda Coleman-Singleton found that grace

Myra Thompson found that grace

Through the example of their lives. They’ve now passed it onto us. May we find ourselves worthy of that precious and extraordinary gift as long as our lives endure.

May grace now lead them home. May God continue to shed His Grace on the United States of America. #Emanuel9

Clementa Carlos "Clem" Pinckney was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District from 2000 until his death in 2015. He was 41 when he was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting.

Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd was a Bible study member and manager for the Charleston County Public Library system; sister of politician and former state senator Malcolm Graham. She was 54 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9

Susie Jackson attended “Mother” Emanuel AME Church regularly, showing up for Sunday worship services, of course, but also for Bible studies on Wednesday nights. She was a trustee of the church. She was 87 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9

Ethel Lee Lance was Mother Emanuel’s sexton. She is survived by a son, Gary L. Washington, and three daughters, my dear friend Sharon W. Risher, Nadine L. Collier and Esther Lance. She was 70 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9

Depayne Middleton-Doctor was a pastor & worked as the admissions coordinator at Southern Wesleyan University's Charleston learning center. She was 49 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9

Tywanza Sanders, 26, the youngest victim of the deadly shooting at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston, died trying to shield the oldest victim, his great aunt Susie Jackson, 87, from the barrel of a gun. Tywanza’s mom said “Tywanza is my son, but he was my hero.” #Emanuel9

The Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr retired from the pulpit after about 30yrs as a pastor. At age 74, Simmons still led Bible study most Wednesdays at Emanuel AME Church. He was known as a gentle, dependable man w an easy smile & good sense of humor. #Emanuel9

Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was a pastor; also a speech therapist and track coach at Goose Creek High School. She is the mother of MLB prospect Chris Singleton. She was 45 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9

Myra Thompson led the Bible study on June 17, 2015 for the first time after weeks of preparation. She was re-licensed to preach just hours before a gunman killed her. She was 59 when she was shot & killed in the Charleston mass shooting. #Emanuel9