On this date, August 27, 1984,
Reverend Jean Ernest Darter was murdered by Perrie Dyon Simpson in Reidsville,
North Carolina. Perrie Simpson was executed by lethal injection in North
Carolina, 22 years later on January 20, 2006. Reverend Darter was a chaplain in
the U.S Army during World War II.
To learn more about the case, please
go to this previous blog post. We will put up a statement from the victim’s family:
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Reverend
Jean Ernest Darter
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SOURCE: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/simpson1006.htm
Statement by
The Family Of Rev. Jean Earnest Darter
Our grandfather Jean Earnest Darter
was a kind, gentle man who lived his life in service to others.
We, the family, live with the memory
of terror Perrie Simpson inflicted upon Rev. Darter, but we are not interested
in sympathy or being portrayed as victims. Life goes on and we do our best to
make the most of it. Our grandfather would want it that way.
In attending the execution, we are
honoring the wishes and memory of our parents and the life of our grandfather.
We respect the legal decision determined with extreme care by three sets of
jurors in three separate trials. We are thankful for the dedication of the
officers, investigators, attorneys, and other legal professionals that worked
long hours to properly determine Perrie Simpson's guilt and appropriate
sentence.
We believe the death penalty saves
lives. Clemson and Emory Universities determined 18 lives are saved as a result
of each execution. Other studies indicate that each death sentence and
subsequent execution deters up to 25 murders annually.
We hope coverage of Perrie Simpson's
death sentence and execution will cause others to think about the consequences
of taking a life, respect the law, and increase the value people place on the
life of others.
Sincerely, Curtis Faircloth, Grandson
The Family of Jean Earnest Darter
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As a number of us, VFFDP are Born
Again Christians, we will dedicate three prayers from the 1662 Book of Common
Prayer for him and his family.
A Prayer for All Conditions of Men:
O God, the
Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and
conditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto
them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy
Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit,
that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of
truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in
righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those
who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate;
[especially those for whom our prayers are desired]; that it may please thee to
comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them
patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their
afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
Burial of
the Dead 1662:
I heard a
voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write; From henceforth blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their
labours.
Burial of
the Dead 1662:
ALMIGHTY God,
with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with
whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the
flesh, are in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath
pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful
world; beseeching thee that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness,
shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom;
that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name,
may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy
eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We will also dedicate this song called, ‘The Mansions of the Lord’ to him and his family, as he was a World War II veteran.
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