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PITTSFIELD — Her words captured the power of memory to create the eternal: As long as you remember someone, they never die.
They were spoken a few years ago by the Rev. M. Louise Williamson as she eulogized the Rev. Willard Durant, under whom she had served as pastor’s associate at Price Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Pittsfield. She spoke of the power of their lives, which intersected with her own after she moved from the Deep South to Pittsfield, where she forged a path of faith, family and fellowship.
Williamson died last month, at age 87, but is held close in the minds of her many family members and community who gathered Friday to celebrate her life. ....

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