>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 22:39:03 -0400 >From: Richard Kesler <rkesler@pinehurst.net> >To: "Barb S." <bobnroa@pipeline.com> >Subject: Re: J. Carl Poindexter > >POINDEXTER, Dr. J. Carl, 90, of Franklin County, died Tuesday, July 10, >2001, at his Salem residence. A devoted native of Franklin >County, Dr. J. Carl Poindexter left for the University of Virginia at >the beginning of the Depression, with a violin and a few dollars in >his pocket. Supported by his music and scholarships earned, he ended up >as the first Franklin County resident to earn a Ph.D. in >Virginia's economic program. Leader of the Virginia Cavaliers Band, Dr. >Poindexter was a concert violinist and had mastery of other >instruments ranging from woodwinds to brass. Through his University >years in the Depression era and beyond, he delighted legions >of music lovers in settings ranging from the cafes of Washington, D.C. >to the concert hall. His love of great music was continuous, >and he spent many years performing with various orchestras and bands >throughout Virginia, and serenading the neighborhood >surrounding his long-time home in Salem. A respected scholar, Dr. >Poindexter spent his lifetime teaching and sharing his love of >political economy. His teaching career included posts at the University >of Virginia, Louisiana State University, William and Mary, >and Virginia Western Community College. Renowned for his inspirational >lectures, he was proud of the generations of students he >taught and their personal accomplishments. His research was featured in >the premier academic economics journals of his era >including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of >Economics, and the Southern Economics Journal. Prominent >among his research themes was a series of articles in which he >dismantled and debunked the Keynesian Creation of Purchasing >Power "funny money" schemes developed in a doctoral thesis, the creator >of which previously had been celebrated in the economics >profession and honored as the recipient of a Harvard University award >for the theorizing that Dr. Poindexter discredited. As a lifetime >champion of justice for ordinary citizens, Dr. Poindexter was an >activist in the public policy arena. He was the recipient of various >awards and recognitions for his defense of and support of human and >citizens' rights, including The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum >Majors for Justice Award (for excellence in civil rights achievements). >Dr. Poindexter will be buried in the family cemetery adjacent to >his family's ancestral home. From the massive gates and entrance-way >columns that, engraved in granite, tell his Poindexter family >history from the thirteenth century forward, to the magnificent >landscaping, this cemetery features his loving design and execution >efforts. He was a lover of his family and its history who espoused the >view that "one should honor ones ancestors so they, too, will >be honored." Always delighted to "show off" this unique and magnificent >family cemetery, he was a promoter of the view that all >families have great histories and ancestries, and that it would be both >wonderful and achievable for all families' members to go to >their final rest in a setting as inviting as the one he prepared. He >wishes for all who hold these sentiments to come and share in the >appreciation of his hallowed place of rest following services which will >be held at Flora Funeral Chapel, 3 p.m. on Friday. Friends >may call after 4 p.m. on Thursday with his family receiving friends from >6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and again Friday one hour prior to the >services. The family suggests memorials be made to the University of >Virginia, Economics or Music Departments, Charlottesville, >Va. Dr. Poindexter is survived by his devoted wife of more than 60 >years, Mrs. Josephine T. Poindexter; his daughter, Patricia; his >son and daughter-in-law, J.C. and Martha Poindexter; his grandchildren, >Carlyle, Katherine, Taylor, and Parker Poindexter. > >Richard K.