Uh. LoKy, Frank still has some friends in the correctional services. This may be a good time to move house or publish an apology.
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[SIZE=+1]THE CHAPLAINS? CHAPLAIN RETIRES[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+0]Frank Shirley leaves the Western Area[/SIZE]
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Asheville - Nineteen years ago, Chaplain Frank Shirley entered the old Craggy Prison. Western Area prisons haven?t been the same since.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0]Friends, family, co-workers, and former inmates gathered at the Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church for a good-bye tribute to the man who made a big impact on many lives.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+0]When Correction Secretary Mack Jarvis was Western area administrator, he was part of the team which hired Shirley. At the time, Jarvis said, the prisons had no structured religious programming, Sunday services were held in the dining hall and prison staff exhibited a lot of turfism. "Frank was persistent," Jarvis said. "Frank Shirley built a chapel in the basement of old Craggy and he was the moving force in getting a chapel at every prison in the Western Area." (Except for Wilkes Correctional Center).[/SIZE][SIZE=+0][/SIZE] [SIZE=+0]"When you look at George Holley, George Smith, Charles Pickens and Jerry Gibbs (former inmates who attended the luncheon), it makes the job all worthwhile," Jarvis said.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0][/SIZE][SIZE=+0]Holley, current chaplain at Craggy Prison and master of ceremonies for the luncheon, said, "I hope the rest of us chaplains can keep up with the shadow Frank Shirley cast. No doubt North Carolina is a safer place because of the impact of Chaplain Shirley?s ministry."[/SIZE]
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