Memories of Esther Gordy Edwards

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I was an avid record collector; while coming home from work one day, I was shocked to see Ms. Edwards sitting on the porch next door talking to my next door neighbor Ms. Donaldson and my Mom. I didn't say anything as I went in, so Ms. Donaldson told me to get back out there and say hello. I said hello, Ms. Edwards, and my Mom said "you know her?" and I said yes, that's Berry Gordy's sister and Vice President of Motown. My mom had no idea, she then told Ms. Edwards that Berry had lived down the street on the next block and all the comings and goings at that house [[on Outer Drive). Soon afterwards, Ms. Edwards and I would talk whenever she would visit Ms. Donaldson.
She would visit on Monica street often, never mentioning that she was with Motown, although she would talk Motown with me. She took us a couple of times to the Gordy mansion. I asked Fawn Edwards, her daughter-in-law to see if Ms. Edwards could find me a copy of You Beat Me to the Punch, and she said she'll ask Esther. A couple of weeks later I had my Mary Wells 45, along with some Motown albums. Ms. Edwards was really down to earth, so humble and so kind.