> The following story (only a part here) was on the internet, on the page >the Southern Baptist have for up to date articles pertaining to the current >Sunday School Lesson. It quotes an article from PEOPLE magazine. I wrote >to another Cosby descendant and she suggested that I put it on the Causby >mail and see if anyone knows of this hero (in my opinion). She is a >resident of AL and had received a copy of a video on Jesus. > This Cosby may not be of my line, but I would claim him anyway! >Lanier Ferguson >--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ro >bert Cosby is a retired Alabama physician. Last year his stock in USAirways >took off, giving Cosby a huge return on his initial investment. Amid some >opposition, Cosby chose to spend almost 2 million dollars purchasing and >distributing a video about Jesus to every single household in his state! >One student in Birmingham who didn't like Cosby's action volunteered to >gather the tapes, erase them, and donate the cassettes to local schools. >Pressing on, Cosby says, "The physical will eventually die, but we can >salvage the spirit" (PEOPLE, 6/15/98, 159). > Lanier, Thanks for sharing this heart-warming story! I would gladly claim him as a relative too! Wanda