(December 3, 2009 at 10:49 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Does it really matter? Whether the person is dead or not does not change the value of the message and as long as the original source is stated (and only a name is sufficient) there is nothing illegal about it.
It is your choice of course, but I would leave it be.
If the column had been signed 'Rev. D. Jebson (Deceased) ' I would not have been so concerned. The implication of 'Thought for the week' is that it has been written a) by someone local, and b) recently.
K