At funeral, friend recalls John and Lillian Lewis' love story

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  • čas přidán 29. 07. 2020
  • At the funeral for civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, longtime friend Xernona Clayton told the story of how Lewis and his late wife, Lillian Miles Lewis, first met. Watch her remarks.

Komentáře • 74

  • @TheCarmendoug
    @TheCarmendoug Před 4 lety +44

    You go girl....matchmaker, I want to be like her when I turn 90

    • @sandraatkins2539
      @sandraatkins2539 Před 4 lety +1

      Ms. Wendland wasn't t hff at the cutest story. It took some of my sadness away. In fact, I was cracking up. I said ole girl went gangsta in getting that loving couple into holy matrimony.🥰❤🙏🙏🙏

    • @jojot9342
      @jojot9342 Před 4 lety

      So true! :)

  • @istateyourname4710
    @istateyourname4710 Před 4 lety +17

    Proof that your good friend knows what's best for you. They made a cute couple.

  • @cocomajoko1
    @cocomajoko1 Před 4 lety +17

    What a wonderful story. What a wonderful man. He will be missed! Thank you for paving the way to equality for ALL, and doing it with LOVE 💕

  • @teej898
    @teej898 Před 4 lety +17

    I want to be this extraordinary woman when I grow up, my God, to have a friend like that ! I lost my sister almost 20 years ago I haven’t found another that could take her place. RIP Mr. Lewis, RIP sis, you are both sorely missed.

  • @diankreczmer6595
    @diankreczmer6595 Před 4 lety +18

    What a good friend!

  • @keyshajohnson588
    @keyshajohnson588 Před 4 lety +13

    Dang!! So many ignorant and unnecessary comments. This man is deceased have some respect ✊🏾. R.I.P. Beautiful speech!

  • @jrseahorse5886
    @jrseahorse5886 Před 4 lety +24

    My grand aunt and uncle are named John and Lillian as well, they have been married for more than 50 years now

  • @flyoutchase
    @flyoutchase Před 4 lety +14

    This was the woman that drove MLK to the airport as he was getting ready to head to Memphis

  • @ellepaxy5505
    @ellepaxy5505 Před 4 lety +5

    They say black never breaks. Look at this lady, 90 years old, sharp as a cookie and looks decades younger!!!

  • @mcwrightjoanie
    @mcwrightjoanie Před 4 lety +16

    So funny when she said there was another girl interested in John. We didn’t do competition back then. We got rid of her 😅

  • @l.a.connection9759
    @l.a.connection9759 Před 4 lety +8

    Love this lady 🥰

  • @redwoodgirlbc
    @redwoodgirlbc Před 4 lety +9

    I adore this woman!!!!!

  • @dawnstonerock884
    @dawnstonerock884 Před 4 lety +9

    Sweet story

  • @galej3966
    @galej3966 Před 4 lety +3

    That was great indeed, thank you!

  • @cynthiacopland8634
    @cynthiacopland8634 Před 4 lety +3

    What a blessing to have Christian ✝️ parents, family & friends in our lives. RIP 👑 King & 👑 Queen.

  • @michaelstraughn6625
    @michaelstraughn6625 Před 4 lety +3

    It's a shame when a man has to get his skull cracked just so he and others like him can have the same rights as the person who cracked his skull.
    Thank you, Congressman Lewis.
    R.I.P.

  • @kimberleebrackley2793
    @kimberleebrackley2793 Před 4 lety +3

    Hey, she was still talking. To the life and inspirational actions of John Lewis. I hope to God there are many taking up those reins driving home powerful ideas with peace and definitely some of that good trouble.

  • @aaroncelathian6777
    @aaroncelathian6777 Před 4 lety +7

    🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰
    Long Live The Real Ones
    🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰

  • @elizabethlewis-jw5vu
    @elizabethlewis-jw5vu Před rokem

    We missed you so much thank you keeping s me safe God blessed

  • @davidgreene1693
    @davidgreene1693 Před 4 lety +1

    A FIERCE testimony of Black EXCELLENCE in Xernona Clayton

  • @meredithmericle7487
    @meredithmericle7487 Před 4 lety +11

    I am a conservative--have been since '68. I WANT OBAMA BACK1

    • @coolazul-ic9km
      @coolazul-ic9km Před 4 lety

      12 million infect with H1N1 and 70 thousand dead while Obama was golfing. Spare me your ignorance.

    • @watcherenjoyer123
      @watcherenjoyer123 Před 4 lety

      @cool azul and you still can’t understand how well he handled Ebola. Remember when Fox went into a freak out?

  • @davidgreene1693
    @davidgreene1693 Před 4 lety +1

    A FIERCE testimony of BLACK EXCELLENCE!

  • @aquintaancrum4606
    @aquintaancrum4606 Před 4 lety

    Mr. John Lewis, Congressman first direct encounter with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr occurred in the summer of 1958, when he traveled to Montgomery to seek Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's help in suing to transfer to Troy State University, an all-white institution closer to his home. Mr. Lewis met with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Ralph Abernathy, and Fred Gray at Abernathy's Baptist Church, and they decided that would contribute their financial and legal assistant to Mr. John Lewis. However, Mr. John Lewis joined The Revolution of Martin Luther King Jr a/k/s the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) on May 16, 1962 Mr. Lewis valued Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, as the man who had ultimately set him on his life path. Mr. John Lewis is an American Colored Man who married a Jamaican women from New York, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is an American Colored Man who married a West Indian women from Cleveland Ohio. Mr. John Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King children are biracial. I hope their children will respect the intelligence, hard working nature, kindness, and the beauty of American Colored People!

  • @spits55
    @spits55 Před 4 lety +1

    If you can gather for a funeral you can go out and vote in November, If you can gather for a funeral you can open small businesses, If you can gather to protest you can go to a church. The laws do not apply to everyone equally.

    • @kateakintoye6507
      @kateakintoye6507 Před 4 lety

      Go out and do whatever you like, pray you live to tell your story.

    • @spits55
      @spits55 Před 4 lety

      @@kateakintoye6507 I wonder if you say that to all the protesters

  • @crystalsherman8896
    @crystalsherman8896 Před 4 lety

    Awesome story

  • @roderickwilson2819
    @roderickwilson2819 Před 4 lety

    She was real and authentic
    Love her

  • @gbail9566
    @gbail9566 Před 4 lety +1

    Come on, get her name right! Xernona Clayton, put in the title!

  • @jtaj6437
    @jtaj6437 Před 4 lety

    😊 such a cute story.

  • @seand67
    @seand67 Před 4 lety

    LOve this

  • @ninobrown5385
    @ninobrown5385 Před 4 lety +1

    😁😁😊😊💜💜💜💜

  • @judd442009
    @judd442009 Před 4 lety +1

    John had all the right moves:
    czcams.com/video/4QchDC9FaiI/video.html

  • @geraldineblackmon7348
    @geraldineblackmon7348 Před 4 lety

    "Make a way when there is no way!" #RIPJohnLewis #RestInPeaceJohnLewis
    #Say something!...#Dosomething!"
    #GOVOTE #WeWillVote #GoodTrouble
    czcams.com/video/ybxdyztrYJg/video.html #protestsong #innercityblues
    facebook.com/reallaroyanthony

  • @jojot9342
    @jojot9342 Před 4 lety

    Amazing

  • @alexl7996
    @alexl7996 Před 4 lety +1

    Why this guy got so angry face? Did he hate the world?

    • @kentom8025
      @kentom8025 Před 4 lety

      Alex L If you went through what he went through for 80 years you would be angry too

    • @alexl7996
      @alexl7996 Před 4 lety

      @@kentom8025 And what that guy went through?!

  • @stoneyj1a1
    @stoneyj1a1 Před 4 lety +3

    But your family member cannot have funerals. Democrats however can campaign here.

    • @Diane-tq7lw
      @Diane-tq7lw Před 4 lety +4

      Your sick, many people have had funerals and weddings.

    • @darksharxz
      @darksharxz Před 4 lety

      We gave our cousin a funeral. This is what’s wrong with people. Smfh

    • @spits55
      @spits55 Před 4 lety

      @@Diane-tq7lw WRONG! my niece is a wedding planner and does hair and make up, they have been ordered to remain closed until further notice.

    • @spits55
      @spits55 Před 4 lety

      @@Karen-uv7tn Then how come they do not limit these high profile funerals, I though we were all equals..lol see how this works now.

  • @FirstLast.....
    @FirstLast..... Před 4 lety

    A crook and a scoundrel.

  • @ChildofGod98765
    @ChildofGod98765 Před 4 lety +1

    Who cares

  • @brianminkc
    @brianminkc Před 4 lety +2

    He always looked like he had a bad case of hemmoriods. He made millions while his district lived in squalor

    • @Diane-tq7lw
      @Diane-tq7lw Před 4 lety +3

      That's a lie, why do white people have a problem with a black person having money? As many white Republicans that are millionaires you worry about black people all the time. Get a life and maybe you will make over minimum wage.

    • @kateakintoye6507
      @kateakintoye6507 Před 4 lety +1

      You can't hide your hatred for someone even at death? So sad that people like you still exist 💔💔😢😥😢

    • @lillypatrick8481
      @lillypatrick8481 Před 4 lety

      Ivanka and Jared just made 38 million in one year while working for the Trump in the white house, do you have a problem with that?