JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Thank you to Mark Alan Lovewell for his superb writing regarding our Manning family home which was torn down on June 8. There will be two new modular homes arriving on July 8. One home will be for Paul, Theresa and Noah James Manning, and the other home will be my down-sized retirement abode. We are all grateful to keep the property in the Manning family and for the next generations to enjoy. In the meantime, I will look forward to frequent visits from my sisters Judith and Jyl.

JUNE D. MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Our sincerest condolences to the family, extended family, friends and colleagues of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Not only has our Commonwealth lost a great man but our nation has lost one of the greatest Senators.

There were so many issues that Senator Kennedy would oversee in his years representing one and all. He was tireless in his advocacy for those less fortunate who shall never forget what he has accomplished.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Luther Tacknash Madison died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Thursday night, March 12, after a long illness, during which, as Medicine Man of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) he never complained. His final happy words, according to his great-nephew Jason Baird, now Medicine Man, were that “My beautiful sunset is coming.”

Luther Madison was born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Nov. 9, 1924, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Nanetta Cassaundra Wilhelmina Vanderhoop Madison.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Welcome to President Obama and the First Family as they spend their vacation on the Vineyard. If they perhaps find their way to Aquinnah, they will realize it is the ancestral homelands of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) — the first federally acknowledged tribe in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The First Family has already declined an invitation to visit with members of the tribe but the invitation is always open and one day they may request a private history lesson and tour.

JUNE D. MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Happy New Year to one and all. May we enjoy a year of peace, forgiveness, prosperity, and especially the best of health for one and all.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

One week of a reprieve before my family home is torn down. Thanks for the additional time. It is terribly difficult to part with some of the treasures of several generations. But, everyone keeps saying “think positive” and look forward to the new beginnings for one and all. In the meantime, it is a rather bittersweet experience clearing out the only home I have really ever known for the past six decades, after probably living in nearly a hundred different houses. Oh, the memories ...

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Our honorable Chief Medicine Man Luther T. Madison died on March 12 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was a man of incredible courage in the face of the cancer he had endured for the past 16 years. He was known for his quiet sense of humor, and his integrity. Luther was a wisdom keeper, well-loved by one and all, a mentor to many, and a dignified town father. His presence in Aquinnah will be greatly missed.