The Passed Prop

Chapter 10 – Veterans

Chapter 10 – VeteransSunday, November 2nd, 2014

You hear the most interesting things in church! Chloe went to services with me on Sunday before heading home to McKeesport. During requests for prayers, Jon Thomas, stood up from his seat in a pew at the back of the sanctuary and asked the congregation to keep Lawrence Purcell in their prayers. From our seats closer to the front, we could hear the low murmur humming as some people passed along to others that Lawrence Purcell and Old Man Purcell were one and the same.

Jon didn’t stop with asking for prayers for Purcell, however. Chloe and I looked at each other wide eyed as he spoke of things involving Purcell’s murder we knew nothing about. Spend a day out of town and you miss all the current goings on...

“Lawrence Purcell didn’t die,” Jon