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THOMASTON – Mr. Francis A. “Frank” Main, of Thomaston, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at the West Haven Veterans Hospital. He was the husband of Nancy Ann (Walker) Main.
Family and friends are invited to attend graveside services on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery, 317 Bow Lane, Middletown. There are no calling hours. All current COVID 19 regulations will be strictly adhered to. Masks are required.
A memorial ride and celebration of Frank’s life is being planned for early summer of 2021. Please check Nancy’s Facebook page Nancy Walker-Main Facebook.com in May 2021 for details.
The Cornell Memorial Home, 247 White St., Danbury, is in charge of arrangements. To place online condolences, or light a memorial candle, please visit cornellmemorial.com.
The Good Stuff: 99 days of Heaven 53-year-old Terry Roberson smiles with Willis Knighton registered nurse Erin McDaniel. (Source: Willis Knighton Hospital) By Doug Warner | January 28, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 3:01 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Tyler Norris, 7, never met Terry Roberson of Haughton, but he did hear about him during church.
“In church they said, ‘I want you to pray for Terry Roberson because he has COVID,’” explained Tyler, holding a small box with the words ‘Prayer Box’ written on the outside.
“Tyler grabbed the box,” his mother Nancy explained.
“He said, ‘I want to put him in my prayer box’.”
0 we are dedicated to a wide diversity of families, it is one of our core programs. and i remember reminded when we are doing so, it must have been of the utmost respect. what did you make of that? i felt tears welling up in our eyes. not to condone what she did. but it was, as mitt romney said, a very heartfelt apology. and it was one that you could tell she knew in her heart of hearts that she had crossed a line, that she could never take back. i don t think it s possible to watch that and not think that it was a heartfelt apology rather than one that was just, well, if anybody was offended. a lot of people just apologize on twitter and it s kind of canned. but since you mentioned mitt romney, he was on fox news sunday earlier today and he was asked about the apology. people like me are fair targets. if you get in the political game, you can expect incoming. but children, that s a you know, that s beyond the line. especially among the young, sometimes snarky journalists who
0 right? i think part of it is social media. people get rewarded on social media, twitter, largely duped for saying things really controversial. the problem with saying something that s controversial is that you re only a couple of tweets away from it being perceived as being retweeted about or something that s so offensive you risk losing your jobs. what do you think about this culture or problem? is it a cultural problem? i have a hard time saying it s a cultural problem because i know a lot of really nice people out there and a lot of nice people on twitter. in the media. and i meant that. i meant there are a lot of people like take stewart stevens, when was mitt romney s chief strategist. when this happened, he tweeted to melissa harris-perry saying to her, hey, everybody makes mistakes and i think we can learn from our mistakes. that was very tolerant. but when you get this mob mentality on twitter, and especially among the young, sometimes snarky journalists who make thei
0 the end of the year will be the wedding between karen romney and northwest. can you imagine mitt romney and kanye west as in-laws? joining us now, lauren ashburn. fox news contributor and editor at large at hot air and kelly goff. why did that segment with melissa harris-perry and her team strike such a nerve? i think many people thought it was offensive, i heard the words zealot. people who thought here is an african-american woman. and this is also a woman who was raised or born into a mormon family. it did not compute. we found that out when she began tweeting apologies. some of the panelists on that segment initially said well, we were just joking around. she tweeted if i point out the one black person and you translate that as an attack on him, who is racist? so initially they didn t get it. yeah. i think this is clearly mean spirited. i find it interesting that this segment is premeditated. we re going to put up this photo and laugh about it. i think it speaks well of o