Message from Khali Maddox-Abdegeo

Julian Bond and his brother, James, were a dynamic duo inspiration to me many years ago when I met them in Atlanta's SCLC/SNCC meetings. As I became more involved in "the Movement", I became more respectful of his committment to change the unacceptable conditions African Americans were being required to accept by the majority society in the United States.

He had his moments of despair but he had the courage and enough faith in God to perservere inspite of the harsh realties we were required to face nose to nose, toe to toe. Unfortunately some of our comrades began to have other notions about what it meant to be upright civilized free people. With help of his faith, his wife and a few good friends he overcame that snare and continued to advocate for the human dignity of our people and the civility of mankind. His warrior spirit will forever be a guiding light for me and others were inspired by him. He was an army of one who walked, ran, jumped into the breech innately knowing what was required to do with or without you.

I know his family was also inspired by him, comforted by him and challenged by him to move always forward. Know, too, when others betrayed him his family was there to inspire him, comfort him and challenge him to be the man of God he was meant to be and was throughout his heart and soul.

He is a perfect example, in my humble opinion, of a man, freedom fighter, a family man and friend. He had the lion heart of a Hosea Williams.

Respectfully,

Khali Maddox-Abdegeo, SNCC organizer
Campaigns - Detroit, Chicago, Toledo, Pittsburg, Orangeburg, Atlanta, Rosedale

A candle was lit by rev samuel nixon jr. on August 20, 2015 1:30 AM

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May the depths of God's love continue to comfort and strengthen the family of Horace Julian Bond, as we remember and honor the legacy of commitment to justice and equality during his sojourn through this passage called life! I stand very thankful fof the teaching experiences that I was honored to share with him during our time at Harvard in the '90s. Blessings upon the family and may the Lord keep you and guide you in all your ways!

May we walk this life
In the corridors of love
Submitting to the journey
In God's guidance from above! --- snj August 20, 2015
in honor of the life and memory of Julian Bond

In the love, mercy, and grace of Christ Jesus,

rev. samuel nixon jr.
friend and
former teaching assistant to Julian Bond
Harvard University (1990-91)

Psalm 78:1-7

A candle was lit by Dr. Lonnie Randolph on August 19, 2015 9:23 PM

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Sincere condolences are extended to the family of a Civil Rights icon. May God bless you and strengthen you during this difficult time. Dr. Lonnie Randolph and Columbia Branch NAACP

Message from juleun johnson

My sincere condolences to your family. I was named after Julian Bond. I always wanted to meet him and take one picture to display with my family. I wish you many days of hope despite this challenging and difficult time. May the joy of heavens soon arrival keep you today.

Dr. & Mrs. Juleun A. Johnson

Beautiful in Blue was purchased for the family of Horace Julian Bond.

A candle was lit by Jean Hill on August 18, 2015 7:46 PM

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A distinguished gentlemen who gave service for humanity, may he rest in peace! We need more leaders like him.

A candle was lit by Franklin Reid on August 18, 2015 7:39 PM

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Lit a candle in memory of Horace Julian Bond

Message from Brenda Henson

Celebrating the Life of Horace Julian Bond 1940 - 2015
August 18, 2015
FROM HIS FAMILY

Pam Horowitz, sons, Horace Mann Bond II, Jeffrey and Michael; daughters, Phyllis Jane Bond McMillan and Julia Louise Bond; sister, Jane; brother, James; and his eight grandchildren.

We realize that many people loved and admired Julian. We understand that at this time of great loss for our family, that many you are feeling your own sense of loss. We also very much understand the need for community closure and an opportunity to celebrate the life of a great husband, father and grandfather, but also a great national treasure and civil rights icon.

To that end, we would like to provide the following explanation and invitation.

As all of you are aware, Julian Bond was a man who took strong positions and held fast to the things he believed in. Julian directed all of us, with respect to his desires for his final rites. We are honoring his wishes that his body be cremated and his ashes be committed to the Gulf of Mexico. This will be a private, family only, service.

This final request will be carried out in a burial at sea on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 2:00pm Central Daylight Time.

Since we fully understand and appreciate that many of you consider Julian to be part of your family and would like to be a part of his official home going, we extend the following invitation. We invite you to gather at a body of water near your home and precisely at 2:00pm,CDT, spread flower pedals on the water and join us in bidding farewell to Horace Julian Bond. This gesture will mean a great deal to us as a family and also provide some comfort in knowing that you share our loss.

Finally, as we join together as a family to help each other through this time, we are well aware that there must be a public opportunity for all of Julian’s friends, Civil Rights Colleagues, students and admirers to come together in a memorial celebration of his life to share memories and expressions of love and appreciation. We will announce plans for such a gathering very soon.

Thank you for sharing Julian with us, and thank you for allowing us to honor his wishes.

THANK YOU

Saturday, August 22, 2015 – 2:00pm,CDT - 3:00pm, EDT - 1:00pm, MDT - Noon, PDT

Message from The staff of McLaughlin Mortuary

Celebrating the Life of Horace Julian Bond 1940 - 2015
August 18, 2015
FROM HIS FAMILY

Pam Horowitz, sons, Horace Mann Bond II, Jeffrey and Michael; daughters, Phyllis Jane Bond McMillan and Julia Louise Bond; sister, Jane; brother, James; and his eight grandchildren.

We realize that many people loved and admired Julian. We understand that at this time of great loss for our family, that many you are feeling your own sense of loss. We also very much understand the need for community closure and an opportunity to celebrate the life of a great husband, father and grandfather, but also a great national treasure and civil rights icon.

To that end, we would like to provide the following explanation and invitation.

As all of you are aware, Julian Bond was a man who took strong positions and held fast to the things he believed in. Julian directed all of us, with respect to his desires for his final rites. We are honoring his wishes that his body be cremated and his ashes be committed to the Gulf of Mexico. This will be a private, family only, service.

This final request will be carried out in a burial at sea on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 2:00pm Central Daylight Time.

Since we fully understand and appreciate that many of you consider Julian to be part of your family and would like to be a part of his official home going, we extend the following invitation. We invite you to gather at a body of water near your home and precisely at 2:00pm,CDT, spread flower pedals on the water and join us in bidding farewell to Horace Julian Bond. This gesture will mean a great deal to us as a family and also provide some comfort in knowing that you share our loss.

Finally, as we join together as a family to help each other through this time, we are well aware that there must be a public opportunity for all of Julian’s friends, Civil Rights Colleagues, students and admirers to come together in a memorial celebration of his life to share memories and expressions of love and appreciation. We will announce plans for such a gathering very soon.

Thank you for sharing Julian with us, and thank you for allowing us to honor his wishes.

THANK YOU

Saturday, August 22, 2015 – 2:00pm,CDT - 3:00pm, EDT - 1:00pm, MDT - Noon, PDT

Message from The Staff of McLaughlin Mortuary

The Family and Friends of Julian Bond are grateful for the outpouring of love and support during this time.
Throughout his life Julian Bond was a leader in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, and peace. For those who wish to honor Julian Bond's legacy:
1. Please consider making a donation to the University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts and Science "Julian Bond Professorship of Civil Rights and Social Justice." Your donation will honor his legacy and advance teaching and scholarship of the civil rights era for future generations of students. Donations can be made online at www.giving.virgina.edu/julianbond
2. On Saturday August 22, friends of Julian Bond will gather at bodies of water across the nation to reflect on his legacy and release flowers in his honor. We encourage those who wish to honor his legacy to organize a flower release in your community. Flower releases will take place across the nation at 3pm EST/2pm CST/12pm PST.
Participants are encouraged to share photos of their flower release events and use the hashtag #HonorJulianBond
Please share widely.
Thank you,
Friends of Julian Bond

Simply Elegant Spathiphyllum was purchased for the family of Horace Julian Bond.

Message from Barbara Parker

I would say thank you for your service. Thank you for standing post. Thank you for your eloquence, your brilliance, and your bravery. Thank you for being a teacher. Thank you for being provocative and making us think. Thank you for challenging us, and making us find the capacity within ourselves to be constructively defiant and understanding what Justice is. God bless you and your family for all your sacrifices.

Message from Derod G. Broady

I Never got to meet Julian Bond in person. I always admired his Biography. He graduated from Morehouse college at thirty. Yet he was a National Political figure by the time he was 25. He lost a congressional race yet rose to become the Chairman of the NAACP and also the President of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He truly lived a Great American Life and his legacy is that of a person who kept moving inspire of the obstacles that he faced. He truly will be missed and will continue to serve as a inspiration to me.

A candle was lit by COREY D. COOLEY on August 17, 2015 2:52 PM

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Lit a candle in memory of Horace Julian Bond

A candle was lit by Deborah Thomas on August 17, 2015 1:51 PM

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You have been a warrior for as long as I can remember!!! Rest, now. We are the better for you having come our way. Tennessee is proud of you and the work you have done. It is legend and we cherish it with every fiber of our being. Thank you, Sir.

Message from Betty J. Harris

As a Georgia native, I followed Julian Bond's career starting in my childhood. My father, Evans Harris, attended Fort Valley State College when Dr. Horace Mann Bond was its president. During the Civil Rights era, as Julian Bond rose to prominence, my father told me that he often saw the Bond children on the Fort Valley campus. My father later studied at Atlanta University when Horace Mann Bond was a professor, and became active in the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia.

I remember when Julian Bond was denied his seat in the Georgia legislature. He was a brave, tenacious, and consistent legislator and general political leader. I finally met Mr. Bond in 1971 when he spoke at Brandeis University during my freshman year. Of course, he was powerful and engaging speaker who outlined ongoing black Civil Rights issues and political strategies to the audience. When I talked with him afterwards and named the counties where I lived in Georgia and Alabama, he focused on them as black-majority counties. In recent years, with attempts to totally dismantle the Voting Rights Act, Mr. Bond continued to stress the importance of its re-fortification. Certainly, Horace Julian Bond's exemplary life of political engagement gives us inspiration to continue our twenty-first century struggle(s).

--Betty J. Harris, Ph.D.
Norman, OK

A candle was lit by Dwayne Bickham,Sr. on August 16, 2015 11:36 PM

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In God's care rest in peace

A candle was lit by The Staff of McLaughlin Mortuary on August 16, 2015 2:40 PM

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Lit a candle in memory of Horace Julian Bond