As a grandmother, Gigi let us be children. That’s the wrong word. She demanded it.
August 12, 1950 - November 1, 2022 Charles Bradford “Brad” Whitesides was born August 12, 1950, in Shreveport, La. He graduated from C.E. Byrd High in 1968 and LSU in 1972 in Journalism. He dedicated his professional life to his clients, elections, issues and persuading everyone around him to think more deeply, live more intentionally,…
My dad was so complex, it’s a lot to cover without a seventh inning stretch. (which was created when President William Howard Taft, who was attending a game in 1910 and stood up during the middle of the seventh inning to stretch his legs. Just one last Jimmy-fact for you, except this one is true.)
I'm so grateful that my grandfather is not alive to hear this eulogy. In the first place, he would find it wildly inappropriate that we eulogize him in advance of his death. And secondarily, he would likely write me an extensive missive offering abundant praise and stark criticism for the content, word choice and presentation…
