My earliest memory of "Aunt Cynthia" was simply that she was the really cool, beautiful, blonde Aunt from Washington, D.C. She seemed much younger than my parents or the Hulls, and she seemed to talk to us more as her friends rather than nephews and nieces. My Father once showed me a letter he received from his mother (Ba)just before she and Bampa went on a trip around the world including a dangerous flight over the Himalayas. She told him that if they should never return, he was to head the family and explain to young Cynthia that her view of the world as one great endless party was not exactly correct. He never had to give the lecture, and I always took it that Cynthia never had to change her philosophy! I have a weird memory from when I was twelve of turning on the television at 1907 Knox Avenue and coming across the roll call at the 1960 Republican convention. I watched on black and white TV as they came up to Virginia and said there was a controversy because the unanimous support for Nixon had been foiled and someone had requested a roll call of the delegation. I have no idea why I didn't change the channel,but I watched and suddenly there was Aunt Cynthia announcing on national TV her lone vote for Nelson Rockefeller! Only many years later did I understand the significance of all that. I remember visiting her in Washington with Tom Hull after the Blake trip, and we got to stay on the ground floor by the lake. We filled up our room with fire flies to see what they looked like on the ceiling, and we threw rocks at Robert when we went swimming. It was a swell time and I remember thinking she was very lenient and fun. I knew of her devotion to Republicans in Virginia and was always amazed that she was a graduate of the UVA law school so long ago. Nothing stood in her way as a woman, but I thought it was cool that it never seemed to be a "cause" with her. One time years ago my Father in law took us on a special family trip to the Homestead. At dinner one night I was introduced to a fine gentleman in a tuxedo, Mr. Lynwood Holton, the first Republican Governor in the history of Virginia. I asked if he knew my Aunt, and he replied that only thanks to Cynthia Newman had he become the Governor of Virginia. I was very proud. Clint Morrison liked to sum it up by saying she was the first woman member of the Metropolitan Club, as if that was all you needed to know. Most of all I will remember Cynth as a great celebrator of life. When she opened up a bar tab at the Mill Reef Club in Antigua, you knew it would probably set the club record. She also had a great work ethic, however, and did everything with great energy. She was always fun and our family will truly miss her.