Dallas Progress: For those we left behind…

by Michael Davis of Dallas Progress

Many of us will celebrate the arrival of a new year. Let's take a little time to say a prayer for those who have lost a family member or friend during 2008. All of the following deaths deeply impacted me.

Lakendra Lawrence

Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter Charles Whitaker

DPD Senior Corporal Victor Lozada

Rufus and Lynn Flint Shaw

City Plan Commissioner Erma Jones-Dodd

Juanita Payne and C'Andrea Donnelle

Rev. Dr. CAW Clark

Former Dallas City Councilman James Fantroy

Wyshina Harris. The reward is now $10,000.

I really appreciate the work of the Dallas Police Department and especially Lt. Craig Miller and the rest of his team at the Homicide Unit. This group works day and night, is always accessible, and closes a lot of cases that might be forgotten in other cities.