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Adrienne Ross

Adrienne Ross is owner of Adrienne Ross Communications and a former Southeast Missourian editorial board member.

Honoring Coach Kitchen: He's still winning

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

I stood in line at Christ Church of the Heartland on Friday for well over an hour in the crowd wrapping around the inside of the church. We were there to honor the life of Terry Kitchen, affectionately known to all as "Coach." This larger than life man, taken from us too soon, has touched more lives than most people dream. The next day, a sea of orange and black, symbolic of Coach's commitment to the Cape Girardeau Public School District, filled the church again as we gathered once more to pay our respects.

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