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Scattered by Katrina, Linked by a Church
The Rev. Franklin Burke is working to rebuild Good Faith Baptist Church in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward. Hurricane Katrina devastated the building and displaced its congregation.
(By Michael Williamson -- The Washington Post)
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"Her mama? Deaconess, Deaconess?" Burke can see the face, like an apparition in front of him.
"Deaconess Deverly -- like Beverly with a D -- Coston," she says.
"That's right," he says.
"Who else is in Baton Rouge?" he asks.
"Well, Sister Dixon is over in Baker," she says. "Can't recall her first name. I always called her Sister Dixon."
"Mother? How about Mother?" he says.
"Mother is mother of the church," she explains.
"Mother Edwards," he says. "We call her the mother of the church because she's the oldest member of the church under the deaconess ministry."
"Mother's in her eighties," she says. "Mother lost her son in the hurricane. They found his body a block from the church. I think Mother was the only one from the church who actually lost someone in the water."
Someone in the water. The death toll from Katrina was 1,710.
"There was a little girl," he begins to say. "Passed away in Houston."
"Oh. You talking about Sister Montana's child. Her baby was named Miracle. She had always been sickly. She was 2 years old when she died."
