It will never be possible for me to personally express my thanks to the thousands of friends neighbors, and well wishers, far and near, who have comforted and sustained me and my family in the serious illness thru which I have just passed. I must therefore resort to this crude means of expressing something of my gratitude.
I am thankful for every letter, for every telegram and for every anxious inquiry and offer of aid from great multitudes, hundreds of whom I have never thought would care.
I am thankful for the flowers that filled and brightened my room every day of my convalescence.
I am thankful for the prayers of thousands of godly men and women that went up on my behalf; thankful for the prayers of the colored people in their churches through the city; thankful for the prayers of the congregation of a Negro church in New York City whose pastor heard of my illness; thankful for the mass held in my behalf by the good Father of the Catholic community in our town.
I am thankful to my physicians, Walker and Saliba. My recovery is a testimonial to their skill and patience that should make their friends ever more proud of them.
I am thankful for that dear little girl from the nursing staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Rose Lynch, without whose ministries the work of my physicians would have been in vain.
I am thankful for that dear and faithful wife and my devoted children who were ever near and who never failed me.
I have been quite overwhelmed by the attention that has been showered upon me. For all this I do not regret the suffering, the confinement and the risks I have run. Out of it all I come forth a more humble, a more grateful and, I hope, a better and more charitable individual.
W.O. Saunders
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 19, 1926. W.O. Saunders was editor and publisher of The Independent. C.V. Meekins was managing editor, and C.B. Saunders was business manager.
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