Robert Martin French

 

We will miss Robert French

Robert Martin French died recently from cancer, he was 70. MCIL, the disability community and all the residents of Memphis will miss his smile. He lived 30 years using a wheelchair fiercely held on to this independence. He was a great role model and friendly voice for the mission of the Center.

Robert loved music and going to live shows at the Shell in Overton Park. He re-learned to drive after becoming a paraplegic. But he taught himself to use a computer and learned to communicate with his family. 

He told others about his time in the hospital, he would recall how he felt when the doctors told him that he was paralyzed. They told him he would never walk again. He had a great attitude and did not give up or give in. He worked to take care of himself and worked to live independently. For the past dozen years Robert lived at St. Peter’s Manor in midtown.

We will miss him.