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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. ITS A STORY ALL NEW AT SIX, MISS SUE PEARL, IM 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 BRIDGE BETWEEN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND WHITE CITY LEADERS. THEY WOULD GO TO THE MAYOR DOWNTOWN. THEY WOULD COME TO MAMA, ENSURED FAMILIES WERE FED, FOUGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE AND WAS A CIRCUIT TEACHER AND ON THE BACK OF A WAGON SHE WOULD GO FROM THIS COMMUNITY TO THAT COMMUNITY, TEACHING YOUNG KIDS, YOUNG MEN, NOT JUST CHILDREN, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DURING THAT TIME COULDNT READ AND WRITE. HER HOME, A PLACE FOR THOSE IN NEED ON OUR FRONT PORCH, AND KIDS WOULD LINE UP TO BE VACCINATED. OUR SCHOOL VACCINATION. YEAH, YEAH, MAMA ARRANGED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SEND NURSES OUT ON OUR FRONT PORCH. SWEET BUT TOUGH. MAMA DIDNT PLAY EITHER. NOW, IF YOU GREW UP SUPER WRONG, HER LOVE KNEW NO BOUNDS, NO COLOR. JOHN. REFLECTING ON THE DECADES PASSING WITHOUT A GRAVESTONE, I TOOK IT ON MYSELF TO GET THAT MARKER HERE AND I DIDNT PAY. I GOT PEOPLE THAT DONT EVEN KNOW MY GRANDMOTHER. THEY GAVE ME MONEY HOPING HER LIFE INSPIRES OTHERS TO SERVE AND REMEMBER SAINT PAULS WORDS ENGRAVED ON THE MARKER. HE SAID, I FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. I FINISHED MY COURSE AND I KEPT THE FAITH. IN GREENVILLE, IM MAYA PAYTON, WYFF NEWS FOUR. WHAT A STORY. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, A DEDICATION WILL BE HELD AT THE GRAVE SI