![]() ![]() Murray, his confession is admitted as evidence, and he is found guilty by jury, and is initially sentenced to die in the electric chair on May 14, 1943. Despite protests of Claude’s lawyer Harry K. In January 1943, Claude is apprehended in Arkansas and is returned to Vicksburg, Mississippi and makes a coerced confession on Jan. Claude shoots Sid as he enters, killing him, and takes his money, then flees to his mothers house in Arkansas, arriving on Dec 20th.Ĭlaude is arrested and sent to prison on death row On Dec.19, 1942, Claude is apparently still very angered by Sid's abusive treatment towards his grandmother Ellen, and egged on by dominant friend named Elbert Harris, Claude lies in waiting at Sid Cook’s house (Sid Cook and Ellen Newman have since separated). ![]() One biographer also has Claude getting married also in 1940 at age 17 to a young woman of the same age. ![]() Flowers, and Sid Cook was born and raised on this plantation. The plantation is owned by a wealthy landowner named U.G. In 1940, Claude works as a farmhand on Ceres Plantation in Bovina, Mississippi. Soon Sid becomes sexually abusive toward Ellen, which deeply angers Claude. In 1939, Claude's beloved grandmother, Ellen Newman, marries a man named Sid Cook. In 1928, Claude’s father Willie takes Claude and his older brother away from their mother for unknown reasons, and they are brought to their grandmother, Ellen Newman, of Bovina, Warren County, Mississippi. The Virgin Mary purportedly appears in a series of visions through the intercession of the Miraculous Medal and converts two men on death row.Ĭlaude Newman was an African American man who was born on Decemto Willie and Floretta (Young) Newman in Stuttgart, Arkansas. The remarkable story of the miraculous intercession of the Virgin Mary in 1944 to prisoner Claude Newman of Mississippi The miraculous story of Claude Newman & his purported conversion through the intercession of the Virgin Mary Or visit our icon painting class page to learn more about Iconography classes in New Jersey with award winning artist and priest, Vas Avramidis.I first read about Claude Newman's conversion here, which I include below in it's entirety: To learn more about how to begin your sacred and spiritual journey of awakening through the art of Byzantine Iconography, call today: 90. Learn mire about the spiritual path of the Iconographer It is this spiritual awakening that we strive for with the painting of every new icon. ![]() Iconography is not simply another art form or style, it is a spiritual path to awakening the divine within. The Iconographer must be fully awake and fully present. This path requires discipline: prayer, scripture reading, meditation, contemplation, fasting, and nepsis (watchfulness). The Iconographer is on a spiritual journey to develop the icon within the Iconographer strives to be recreated into the likeness of God. The Iconographer does not first and foremost seek to create a physical icon, but rather a spiritual icon. Iconography is a spiritual art, a Transfiguration, a party from darkness to light. The purpose of painting icons is not just to create a finished product on the board, but to reveal the icon within you. The Path of the Iconographer is a Spiritual One A teacher can point the way, he can show you the sign posts on the journey but it is up to you to get up, take up your cross, and step out on the way. Revelation cannot be taught or learned, it is instantaneous, it happens in one moment and the mind instantly knows. Icon writing is a journey, a return to paradise. Ask less of the teacher and look more into yourself. ![]()
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