Roderick Davie Vigils

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Prayer Vigil for Roderick Davie, Victims, and Families

Gather with us to pray on August 9 at 6:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Church, Cleveland Heights, for the life of Roderick Davie, scheduled for execution by the State of Ohio on August 10, 2010; for the families and friends of the victims; for the end to the death penalty; and for our conversion to peace and non-violence. Sponsored by the Capital Punishment Working Group of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Download the flyer.
www.dohio.org/offices/mission/mission-news/391-prayer-vigil-for-roderick-davie

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Restore Justice will hold a vigil to protest the scheduled execution by Ohio of Roderick Davie. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday morning Aug.10th. The vigil will be held at the Athens County Courthouse on Mon. Aug. 9th from 6 to 7 pm. We have much compassion and sympathy for the families and loved ones of the victims,John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys, but feel that is no reason for the state to execute William Garner. We feel that all executions are murder and should be stopped immediately.

Contact forum administrator at [e-mail] if you need to get in tough with Restore Justice.

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Pre-execution Prayer
Mr. Davie was convicted of the 1991 murders of John Ira Coleman and Tracey Jefferys. Prayer for Mr. Davies, his family, and the Coleman and Jefferys family and everyone involved in the execution will be at 7:00 on Monday evening, August 9 at Holy Name Church, 2448 Auburn Ave. Cincinnati.

Carpool to Lucasville
A Carpool will leave from Peaslee Neighborhood Center, 215 E. 14th Street, Cincinnati, traveling to Lucasville to hold vigil at the prison. Please arrive at Peaslee by 6:30 AM. Contact Renee at [e-mail] or 513-543-1585 to reserve your place in the carpool.

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Vigil held for killer, victims

By MARLY KOSINSKI

Tribune Chronicle

WARREN - When he was young, Roderick Davie was stung on his backside by a hornet after he disturbed a nest while pruning some bushes in front of his house on Maple Street.

"I told him to put some toothpaste on it to take the stinger out. He did, and he was back at it a little while later," Eugene Dawson said.

Dawson was among about eight families from Maple Street who gathered Tuesday at Tod's Crossing for a candlelight vigil for Davie, 38, who was executed Tuesday by lethal injection for the murders of John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys and the attempted murder of John Everett in 1991.

Dawson, who has lived on Maple Street for nearly 50 years, said the Davies were good neighbors and a good family, and he is not sure how Roderick's life got so off track.

Most of the people in attendance at Tuesday's vigil knew Davie, but they also prayed for the families of Coleman, Jefferys and Everett.

"I have known the Davies all their lives. This situation was tragic for them as well as for the families of his victims," said Maggie Raimey, president of the Tod's Crossing tenant association.

The Rev. David Grant of the Church of God and True Holiness in Cleveland said he did not know the families, but he loves to pray and came to the vigil because 6th Ward Councilwoman Cheryl Saffold invited him.

"The whole community suffers when a tragedy like this occurs. So we need to pray for the community to heal," Grant said.

The Rev. Ben Hurt of Greater Apostolic Faith Church on Tod Avenue N.W. said the community needs to pour out love on all the families.

"We are living in a generation that has turned away from God. If we pray together, God will change things," Hurt said.

Saffold said Davie was her neighbor as a child and Coleman was a close friend.

"This tragedy was personal for me, but I believe love permeates all tragedy," Saffold said.

Warren Safety-Service Director Doug Franklin said Coleman helped raise him and was a mentor to him.

"His family is hurting today along with Davie's family," Franklin said.