Ashley Morris

Ashley Morris Funeral

Ashley was a passionate, generous soul. His “funeral”:http://www.dsbnola.com/?p=143 was a fitting tribute to a friend and again “closed”:http://toulousestreet.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/tragedy-in-two-acts/ a “sad circle.”:http://b.rox.com/2008/04/11/no-silence/

How could anyone have suspected on that day in January of 2007 as we marched to show our outrage as a City, our outrage over the murders “Dinneral Shavers”:http://foodmusicjustice.com/2007/01/09/dinerral-shavers-in-memorium/ and “Helen Hill”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hill as well as countless others that we would find ourselves sending another “Warrior Drummer”:http://obits.nola.com/NOLA/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=107346289 Home.

Don’t forget the Family, they need our help and support. If you find any of the Nola Bloggers a valuable source of information, please consider donating to “Ashley Morris Fund”:http://www.rememberashleymorris.com/. Most of the “New Orleans bloggers”:http://page.thinknola.com/wiki/show/List+of+New+Orleans+bloggers do it for love. Give em some back.

And “tell someone you love them”:http://fematrailer.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-love-you-man.html#links, it may be your last words, and make them “words that count”:http://www.moronosphere.com/rayinneworleans/archives/what_is_ashley_morris.php.

and oh yes, “dance”:http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#6555354353417828946

Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.