Wayward Wayfarer

Author : Fitzalbert Marius
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462870430
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Passionate Personal Poetry written by Fitzalbert Marius and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Colon, Panama March 1, 1922 of West Indian parents: Edwin George Marius, a carpenter; and Aldith Anzyla Marius nee Dujon, a dressmaker: both from the Island of St. Lucia, British West Indies. Was baptized a Roman Catholic at St. Joseph Church, Cristobal, Panama on March 12, 1922. Came to New York City with his family at age 3. Is the second child of five brothers and one sister. At age seven, as was the family custom, he apprenticed as a tailor (after School) until the age of sixteen. At age seven he started violin lesson, which he continued for eleven years. He was reared in the tenements of Harlem’s ghettos during the Great Depression of the 1930’s; attended Frederick Douglass Jr. High School where the Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen was one of his teachers, and inspired him to pursue a career in art. After graduating from Stuyvesant Scientific High School he studied art in New York City. He then started his college education at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Near the end of his sophomore year he enlisted in the Army, serving from December 1942 to February 1946. His overseas service was in the South Pacific, Philippines, and Japan. After discharge he completed his college education at Lincoln University graduating Cum Laud in June 1948. He worked as a tailor in New York City from 1948 to 1950; during which time he studied Medical Illustration for a year at night under Paul Peck at Hunter College and also studied clothing designing at New York Central School of Industrial Arts. In 1950 he entered Howard University Medical School in Washington D.C. graduating in 1954. He interned at Fresno County General Hospital (now University Center) Did a general surgery residency there; and spent a year with Dr. Frank Gerbode’s cardiac surgery program at Stanford University’s Stanford Lane Hospital in San Francisco, California. He has been in medical practice in Fresno, California since 1960; and is one the original members of the first open heart surgery teams in Fresno, which had it’s onset at Valley Children's Hospital in 1960. He is still actively practicing surgery working with the Heart Surgery teams of Saint Agnes Hospital, the Fresno Heart Hospital in Fresno, California. He is the faithful husband of Dorothy L. Marius, his loving wife; who was a dedicated Christian; a school teacher, a counselor, and a teacher of God’s word. He is the father of four boys and one girl. He is a practicing Christian, active in Bible teaching, seminars, workshops, and speaking. He was baptized on March 3, 1967 after a profession of faith in Jesus Christ at Fellowship Baptist Church, Fresno, California by Reverend Eddie M. Daniels, pastor. Presently he is a member of Family Community Church, Fresno, California, Rev. Chester L. McGensy, pastor; serving on the Christian Education Committee, teaching basic Scriptural subjects, and one of the adult teachers for the “A.M. Bible Studies Sunday School Class”. He is one of the teachers at the Fresno School of Missions, and continues to do workshops, seminars, and motivational talks. Although he is an accomplished artist in many mediums, a poet, a tailor and writer he only wants to be known as a servant of God, a loving husband, a patient father, and a godly man striving to be an example for Christ to a dying world.