When the Cadillac hearse carrying the body of the former president of Clemson University drove around the campus this week, students saluted the beloved man in a unique way: with Moon Pies and cans of RC Cola.
The RC Cola was a salute to the man – Robert Cook “RC” Edwards – who was president of the university for 20 years between 1959 and 1979. The Moon Pies were a tribute to his wife – Louise – who passed away earlier this year in July. The university’s student government distributed the cakes and sodas to students before the hearse made its way around the campus.
“We just thought it would be a good, simple way for students at Clemson today to join in the celebration of this incredible man’s life,” said the student government president Callie Boyd.
The ceremony for Edwards was held on Clemson’s campus on Monday. Speakers talked about his legacy and how he helped build Clemson University into what it is today. “If you seek the legacy of Robert Cook Edwards, it is certainly in the buildings and the grounds and the master plan of this campus,” said Clemson’s current president Jim Barker. He was a student at CU when Edwards was president.
So have an RC Cola and Moon Pie today in honor of a man that did something for the community in which he lived. We could use more men like him.
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