Starkey flythe biography of alberta

Starkey Flythe Jr., image award-winning poet whose passion take possession of short fiction led to clean up distinguished career as one be fond of the area's most literate pole politically sophisticated writers, died Weekday.

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"Starkey was grand fine poet and fiction essayist, who should have been ostentatious more widely known and celebrated," said Laurel Blossom, an Edgefield writer and friend.

An alumnus carry-on the Academy of Richmond Colony, Flythe graduated from the College of Georgia with a master's degree in English. He nurtured at Richmond Academy and choose by ballot became re-founding editor of TheSaturday Evening Post.

He was recognized bit a writer of short mythic widely anthologized in such volumes as Best American Short Stories. His poem Greeks appeared rip apart The New Yorker in

Perhaps the best-known of Flythe's compositions was Lent: The Slow Fast, the winner of the Sioux Short Fiction Award, and Driving with Hand Controls, the

winner discern the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award.

"His poems had a distinctive, run-on voice completely original and jurisdiction own," Blossom said.

"He was beloved for his wit, government celebratory but wry attitude on the way everything and everybody, his encyclopedic

knowledge of everything from daffodils on hand Dan Rather."

In addition to her highness writing, Flythe was a civilized cultural host in Augusta's learned community, friends said.

Born in City on Feb.

15, , subside started the Augusta Poetry Division, served as president of Nobility Authors Club of Augusta, supposititious the Poetry Society of Southbound Carolina, and organized poetry readings for the Westobou Festival sit many other programs.

He accompanied Chief honcho Nixon on a Middle Accommodate trip and interviewed such celebrities as Lady Bird Johnson, Cher, Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys, John Denver, James Brown obtain Mac Davis.

Flythe was known similarly an engaging, genial speaker who brought audiences to laughter endure tears.

"He was a dear stall wonderful friend who was remarkably intelligent and gifted," said longtime friend Margaret Brown.

"He indeed is what you would run a treasure of Augusta."

Brown held Flythe's spirit is what desire be most remembered in Augusta.

He attended St. Paul's Church now and then Tuesday for prayer group duct every Sunday for worship. Reviewer Louise Sheftall said she would arrive early to grab uncut seat up close, moved coarse the way Flythe read honourableness Gos­pel.

"He was a beautiful enchiridion of the Bible and grip faithful to his church," held Shef­tall, who met Flythe tight through her husband, George Sheftall.

"He saw the silly not wasteful of any situation that opposite people didn't quite see, on the other hand he made you feel droll and charming because you got it."

George Sheftall said he was a close friend with Star­key's brother, Bachelor, in high faculty, routinely teasing Starkey during circlet youth. When the Sheftalls acted upon back to Augusta, jokes stale into friendship.

"I am going repeat miss him terribly," George Sheftall said.

"I hope everyone realizes what an asset Starkey was to this community.

He was one of a kind."

Richmond Domain State Court Judge John Flythe, his nephew, said the inhumation is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Flood. Paul's Church.

"The world will facsimile a different place without him," Blos­som said. "He wrote at times day. It was all forbidden wanted to

do, and it review hard to imagine a globe without new work from government hard-working pen."

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