This chair held the most important people.
It didn’t matter if they were famous actors or janitors, bank presidents or bank robbers, anyone who sat in this chair felt valued by the man who owned it and treated them each with care and respect.
This chair held Sammy Hudson’s customers. Anyone who needed a little sprucing up and an expertap touch, and maybe a sympathetic ear, some lighthearted conversation and a laugh or wise advice to go along with a shoeshine would find it here.
Now, this chair holds dozens of bouquets of flowers, notes and mementos in tribute to the man who spent decades making people look and feel just a little bit better.
Last week, this chair held Sammy himself, who appeared to be taking a nap but had in fact died at his favorite place — at work — on Friday morning. As the lobby of the Alpine Bank building around him buzzed with people heading to the gym downstairs, to the teller line or offices upstairs, Sammy passed away doing what he loved most, being at his shoeshine station.
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