Uncle Dan

I just received word that my uncle, Daniel McK­in­nis Rustin, died this morn­ing.  He was 79.  He was born to my grand­fa­ther, Daniel McKen­nis Rustin, and his first wife, Annie Eleanor Andrews, on Novem­ber 29, 1929.  He was the old­est of ten chil­dren, six full-blood sib­lings and three half-blood sib­lings.  He never married.

I did not know my uncle as well as I would have liked.  I haven’t seen him in a few years.  He was a smart, quiet, but delib­er­ate man.  I always liked lis­ten­ing to him tell sto­ries not only of his early years but of my grand­fa­ther, who died when I was only six.  At one time in his life he owned an elec­tron­ics shop in Jackson.

I ask that you remem­ber my fam­ily dur­ing this time of griev­ing.  Uncle Dan, you will be missed.

The Rustins (uncle Dan is the one on the right standing)

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