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Rep. Donald McEachin’s funeral set for next week

A funeral for U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin will be held Wednesday, Dec. 7, at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, in Richmond. The service is set for 11 a.m. at the church, at 4247 Creighton Rd.



McEachin, a Democrat who represented Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 61. Cards for the family may be mailed to: P.O. Box 7020 Richmond, VA 23221 In a Facebook post, McEachin’s wife, Colette, asked those who want to honor McEachin send donations to The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in lieu of flowers. Donations can be sent to: The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology Institutional Advancement, Attention: Deborah Alston Virginia Union University 1500 N. Lombardy St. Richmond, VA 23220 “Thank you for your sympathy and kindness in this time of sorrow. We are so deeply grateful,” Colette McEachin said in the post.

Breaking the silence around suicide: A Virginia mother shares thoughts on prevention

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Betsy Stephenson, an Alexandria, Virginia, resident and a mother who lost her son to suicide, wants people to talk about it. "By not talking about suicide, we are not going to make it go away. In fact, I think that we could inadvertently give it a little more power than it deserves," she told WTOP. One of the things that Stephenson wants families to know is that people who are struggling can appear to be doing well. "You can be very high-functioning as a depressed person or an anxious person," she said. "You can be connected socially. You can be doing well at school or work. You can be making plans, smiling, laughing, engaged, but still be struggling deeply, you know, cosmically, inside."
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