New Orleans murders prompt pastor to keep grim tally, tracking the names of murder victims

[Ian David]

July 27, 2007, 11:56PM

By BRENDAN MCCARTHY
Times-Picayune

NEW ORLEANS — Outside a 7th Ward church, a cheap plastic billboard lists the names of the dead.

It records each lost life equally: saints and sinners, children and elders, drug dealers and devoted fathers.

In a city that greets death with dance steps, The List stands out for its stoicism. Stacked in columns, the names reside under the curt heading "Murder Victims, 2007."

The Rev. Bill Terry, the pony-tailed pastor at St. Anna's Episcopal Church, updates The List each Monday afternoon with a black permanent marker: date, name, age, gender, manner of death (shot/beaten/stabbed).



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[INDIA]

1. What a disaster NO has become.

Sad. Just sad. I think that it's beyond help at this point.