Thursday, October 21, 2004
My friendship with Ellen dates to my first arrival in Aiken in 1963. For two years, we drank coffee and ate cheese and exhausted the cigarette industry. When she took up singing \'semi-professionally\' I remember how shocked and pleased I was with her ability. We were in Columbia at USC for two years together. What I remember most vividly is how she coped with her health problems which were excessive to someone as young as she was. Her sense of humor was at the forefront of her personality.
