Poetic Obituaries: [Dorothy] Knott said [Elizabeth C.] Laney did much

of her journalism work without pay.

"She wrote a booklet of poems. She played the organ. She was sharp to the end," Knott said.

She also was a "giver, to neighbors, friends and strangers," Knott said.

Laney's death marks the second passing of a female pioneer in black community journalism, [Ella] Coleman said, citing the death in October of Pamela Thornton, a writer and editor.

from The Columbus Dispatch: Elizabeth C. Laney: 1912-2009--A writer for decades, she inspired others

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