Sidney Armstrong passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Mr. Armstrong lived in my neighborhood on Littlepage Street. Missy would walk by his place with the kids and every once in awhile would talk with Mr. Armstrong. I had the opportunity to meet him about three years ago, and he was every bit the gentleman people made him to be.
Mr. Armstrong, Mrs. Hunter, my own grandmother… it just seems as if the people I knew as the character of Fredericksburg seem to be drifting away one by one.