Remembering Beverly This is the eulogy that Ray Eckert, brother of Beverly delivered at Beverly's memorial service on 2/21/09: The following passage was spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King many years ago, and we feel that these words symbolize the heart, soul, and the spirit of our beloved Beverly. The passage is entitled - "A living death or life at the risk of death" If a man or a woman happens to be 36 years old, as I happen to be, and some great truth stands before the door of their life, some great opportunity to stand up for what is right and that which is just, and he or she refuses to stand up because of a desire to live a little longer, or he or she is afraid to lose a job. They may go on and live to be 80, and the cessation of breathing in their life is merely the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit. We die when we refuse to stand up for that which is right. We die when we refuse to take a stand for that which is true. So we are going to stand up right here, Letting the world know we are determined to be free.