effi barry
As a First Lady and as a private citizen, Effi Barry championed the causes of good healthcare, increased funding for HIV/AIDS and strong childcare programs. [1]
Effi Barry, a former first lady of the District of Columbia, died of Leukemia Wednesday night. [2]
Marion and Effi Barry at Mayor Fenty’s inauguration in January 2007. [3]
Effi Barry, 63, the former first lady of Washington who with grace and stoicism endured the public ordeal of her then-husband’s arrest in an infamous sex and drug scandal, died yesterday at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. [4]
Effi Barry was nothing if not approachable, kind and caring, as D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton remembered on the day of her death. [5]
Hundreds of mourners, from longtime friends and colleagues to the most powerful people in D.C. politics, paid their respects yesterday to the District”s former first lady Effi Barry as she lay in repose at the John A. Wilson Building. [6]
The only time the world witnessed the erect and elegant Mrs. Barry become slightly unglued was that infamous night in 1990 that her husband, Marion Barry, then serving his third term as mayor, was arrested during an FBI sting that caught him smoking cocaine in the Vista Hotel. [5]
Family members and city officials, including Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Mr. Barry, attended a private ceremony at the Wilson Building yesterday morning. [6]
Before that moment that she later admitted was her darkest hour, far too many people in the District incorrectly dismissed the statuesque Effi Barry as stoic, stuck-up and self-centered. [5]
“Effi was born to serve and help others, but long after her service to this city was done, as first lady, she continued to give even more of herself in an effort to help those who could not help themselves. [1]
Barry praised his former wife in a news release Thursday, citing her success at securing city funding for AIDS awareness programs for the poor. [7]
WASHINGTON - Former District of Columbia first lady Effi Barry was remembered Friday for her strength, style and charity as city leaders gathered with Barry’s mother, son and ex-husband Marion Barry to say goodbye. [3]
“We are so very proud of her compassion, and her commitment, not only as First Lady - but as a private citizen — to the people of Washington, D.C. In our deepest moments Effi was always the brightest light,” said Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry of his late ex-wife. [1]
From there they proceeded to Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of a woman who was “truly one of a kind,” Mayor Adrian Fenty said. [3]
Chief among her many accomplishments, was her successful effort to secure city funding for HIV and AIDS awareness programs for the poor. [2]
Sources:
[1] The Washington Informer: Regional
[2] The Washington Informer: Regional
[3] Mourners Gather to Remember Effi Barry - wtop.com
[4] D.C. First Lady Braved Her Husband’s Storms With Quiet Resolve …
[5] Effi Barry was model of dignity in adversity - Washington Times
[6] ‘Graceful’ Effi Barry praised - Washington Times
[7] Former D.C. First Lady Effi Barry Dies