Nearby, not forgotten
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As a Hopkins County pastor years ago, I lived down the road from Mount Vernon High School graduate, Gary Borden. To conclude one of our occasional and somewhat- theological discussions, he recited a cemetery epitaph allegedly collected by a sailor in Tasmania. Miss Irene Binion had taught it to her senior students: “Stop ye travelers as you pass by. / As you are now, so once was I. / As I am now, soon you shall be. / Prepare yourself to follow me.”