THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, August 26, 1995 TAG: 9508260010
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
I do not believe that a person's life should be reduced to a single act, no matter how violent, particularly if that person was truly remorseful.
The fact that Charlie Poole returned to the scene of the one horrible act in his young life to take his own life shows how heavy this weighed on his heart (``Once again, death comes to a Virginia Beach lake,'' MetroNews, Aug. 19). Why did you find it necessary to dig up a 15-year-old story and replay it upon his death?
Charlie was a good person. He had a wife whom he loved very much and a 2-year-old daughter he adored. His dream of a lifetime, to own his own home, had just come true less than three months ago. Charlie was a printer, one of the best in the trade. His work was always done to perfection. He was always willing to help someone else, something that got him into trouble more than once. We will miss Charlie Poole very much and our hearts are heavy over his death.
JAN OLSEN
Chesapeake, Aug. 20, 1995 by CNB