Randolph County AlArchives News.....Fincher, Rev. Otis C. Mourns his Departed Friend.  July 14, 1940
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Anniston Star July 14, 1940
Th Rev. Otis C. Fincher widely known minister of Randolph County, still mourns 
for a departed friend, his dog Jack. For Jack, a Scotch collie with a strain of 
one-eighth St Bernard, died last May, after his master, who is blind, had 
learned not only to love him as a devoted friend, but also to depend upon him 
for a guide in his daily walk. Jack came to the Rev. Mr. Fincher in 1938 as a 
present from a friend, O. H. Jones, a dairyman living near Columbus, Ga and 
since then the two had been inseparable companion, Fincher worked and played 
with Jack until he became virtually a "seeing eye" for his master, Jack and his 
master worked out their own system of signals, so that the Rev. Mr. Fincher felt 
as safe walking in town with his dog, as he did with another person to direct 
him. A Baptist minister for many years, Fincher conducts services in widely 
separated parts of Randolph County. At present he preaches at Rocky Branch miles 
east of Wedowee and at Paran, 10 miles east of Roanoke, on alternating Sundays. 
His wife helps him to prepare his sermons. Besides his preaching, the Rev. O. C. 
Fincher teaches music and tunes pianos. He plays all instruments except the 
saxophone and clarinet in preparation for his sermons. Fincher reads quite a bit 
of material in Braile and uses a talking book machine which the WPA furnished 
for bind people. New records are sent him every 30 days from the regional WPA 
library in Atlanta. Most of his Braile literature comes from the Richmond, Va. 
Y. M. C. A., from the Library of Congress and from The Christian Record in 
Lincoln, Neb. 
"Oh, how we mortals need to learn the lessons he could teach of love and faith 
and friendship sweet, he could a sermon preach." Thus reads a portion of a poem 
which the Rev. Mr. Fincher wrote in memory of "Jack" sometime ago. 

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