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AND SO THE TORCH HAS PASSED-OR SHOULD I SAY THE TRUMPHET
FROM MY UNCLE OTTO LEONARD THOMPSON
TO GARY RYE FOR WHOM TOMMY WAS A GREAT UNCLE
TO SAMUEL NELSON RYE,MY GRANDSON,FOR WHOM TOMMY WAS A GREAT,GREAT UNLCE
“AND GOD’S A-GOING TO SAY TO HIM; GABRIEL,
BLOW YOUR SILVER TRUMPHET,
AND WAKE THE LIVING NATIONS,
AND GABRIEL’S GOING TO ASK HIM; LORD,
HOW LOUD MUST I BLOW IT?
THEN GOD”S A-GOING TO SAY TO HIM: GABRIEL,
ONCE MORE BLOW YOUR SILVER TRUMPET.”
-james wheldon johnson
May Samuel Nelson Rye, with this trumphet in his hands, bring joy and happiness to himself and others as this trumphet travels through another generation.
NOTE; AS GARY RYE HAS ACQUIRED OTHER INSTRUMENTS HE IS PRESENTING THIS HERILOM T O SAMUEL NELSON RYE.