Martin Shelby Ochs, 84, former editor of The Chattanooga Times at the height of the civil rights movement, died on Monday, January 21, 2008, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Under his editorial direction, The Times was one of two metropolitan newspapers in the South to support the Supreme Court's...
Read MoreDear Shelby & Steve,
I am sorry I could not join you today for the funeral. Know that you and your whole family are in my prayers...your dad fought a long battle and now there is peace. You all took good care of him.
love,
Sandi
Sandi Kerner
January 25, 2008 | Lawrenceville, VA
I am so very sorry not to join your family at the service today. Your father and mother meant a great deal to my husband and me. They were very special both as individuals and as a couple. Their family has my deepest sympathy as you carry on without them.
Wayne Harbaugh
January 25, 2008 | Charlottesville, VA
God's peace and blessing to you and your family, Shelby, at this difficult time. Your father must have been a remarkable man, and I have to think that our Lord greeted him with "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
Grace Cangialosi
January 23, 2008 | Ruckersville, VA
Shelby, Patricia and Celia - my prayers and love are with you, your husbands and children as you mourn for your wonderful father...a very remarkable man who truly lived life, showing us the value of family as well as dedication to his fellow man and our world. Peace.
Gratia Hamilton
January 23, 2008 | Midlothian, VA
Shelby,
Know that Ron and I are holding you up to our Lord in prayer. The best thing about being who we are is that those of us that love God never meet for the last time. God's peace my friend.
Sam Trent-Williams
January 23, 2008 | Virginia Beach, VA
Shelby, I mourn for the loss of your father, a truly courageous and faithful servant of our Lord.
The Rev Lin Hutton
January 23, 2008 | Orange, VA
