Active Adventist #3?

Sean Taylor was by all accounts, a respectful, happy kid. A few months after his birth in 1983, he was introduced to the Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church in Florida City where he became a fixture going to services with his dad, stepmother, and grandmother. "Sean went to church every Saturday unless he had practice," his great-aunt, Merlane Williams, said from her home in Richmond Heights. As he grew older, Taylor nurtured his relationship with his mom. He attended services with her side of the family at Perrine Seventh-day Adventist Church. He went often with his great-grandmother, Aulga Clarke. They sat holding hands. During the summer of 2007, after raising his hand to accept Jesus as his personal Savior at the end of the worship service, on his way out the door of the church he whispered into the ear of his Adventist pastor, "I know what it looks like, but I'm not far." During his funeral broadcast nationwide on ESPN News on Monday, two Adventist pastors, one sharing that anecdote, along with Jesse Jackson led thousands in mourning his loss.

“That's the thing about Sean,” one Florida friend of the family said, “He never forgot home. Never forgot his roots.” And we will never forget you Sean. Thank you for living and dying for others!!! Click the pic above to read the rest of the Miami Herald article I'm quoting and click the pic to the left to watch the 4 minute video tribute shown at FedEx Field last Sunday and during his funeral.