Honoring ‘Greasy Corner Mayor’ Sue Pearl [Video]

CORNER NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS THE NAME SUE PEARL. SHE WAS A PILLAR IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, BUT WHEN SHE PASSED, HER FAMILY COULD NOT AFFORD AN ADEQUATE GRAVE MARKER TO REMEMBER HER LEGACY. SO NOW OTHERS ARE STEPPING IN. OUR MIYA PAYTON INTRODUCES US TO SUE PEARL, WHO HOLDS THE NICKNAME MAYOR OF GRACIE CORNER. IT’S A STORY ALL NEW AT SIX, MISS SUE PEARL, I’M TOLD, WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF HER COMMUNITY DURING A TIME OF SEGREGATION AND FOR 40 YEARS, HER GRAVE HAD NO MARKER. BUT HER LEGACY CRIES OUT TO BE RECOGNIZED. SO TODAY WE REMEMBER A LIFE OF SERVICE THAT DESERVES TO BE SEEN AND A NAME THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN. AND SO IT STARTED BOTHERING MY CONSCIENCE THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS OVER HERE WITH JOHN WHITESIDE REFERS TO HER AS MAMA BECAUSE SHE RAISED HIM. HE SAYS, FROM 1920S ONWARD. SUE PEARL WAS THE …