Poetic Obituaries: But the smaller things are what her

closest friends remember best: Mrs. [Hattie Ruth] Pompey's clear, cursive handwriting, her knack for African-American folk storytelling, her warm smile. There was also her love of poetry, Paul Laurence Dunbar, especially.

from The Palm Beach Post: Hattie Ruth Pompey, 86, Delray educator, African-American storyteller, dies

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