Michael Speas Jennings

Mike has been one of our best friends, we felt him very close even if between us there was an ocean. He will have a special place in our memory. With love, as always. Giuseppe and Tommaso

Mike was a warm, genuinely nice, and very smart man. When I began my work at the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children, he sought me out to show me the ropes - it was a political environment and I was a professor. He was a dear friend who answered so many of my questions, always with a sense of humor and warmth. He rented a room in our home in Northern Kentucky while working there after he left the Cabinet and we shared a few meals. My husband - Herb - remembers Mike with great fondness. He and the girls also visited us in St. Louis to tour Washington University and they were some of the nicest guests we every had. I read his book with great pleasure and pride. He will be very much missed.

Mike was a delightful and unique individual. As Secretary of the Cabinet while he was in state government, I worked closely with Mike and admired his many journalistic gifts but ever more his dry wit and ability to find a little light in even dark places. He was admired and respected by everyone who knew him. My deepest sympathy to all who knew and loved him.

Deepest sympathy to the family. Mike was a wonderful person and will be very missed. Cheryl Burress