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Acknowledgments and Credits

First, I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me another chance to complete my first book, The Faith of a Blind Coach.

I would like to thank my parents who gave me life and legacy.

Additionally, I would like to thank Vivian Maxine Hart Farley, who is my partner, but most importantly my wife for forty-five years and counting, whom God allowed to give birth to our two beautiful children, a handsome son, Nathaniel Farley III, and a beautiful daughter, Ashley Nicole “Princess” Farley.

Together, Vivian and I are thankful for our two wonderful grandchildren from our son, a handsome grandson, Nathaniel Farley IV, and a beautiful granddaughter, Na’Terria Farley-Weaver, my second princess (but don’t let Ashley know. LOL.)

I am also grateful to my spiritual father, Bishop Dr. John E. Guns, my church family, and partners of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida.

Second, I would like to thank the staff of the Microfilm Department of Jacksonville Public Library at the Main Library for football articles from the Florida Times-Union Newspaper clippings (1962–1964), also New Stanton Senior High School yearbooks for the pictures (1962–1965), football teams, marching bands, baseball teams, basketball teams (boys and girls), and track team.

Thanks to Judge Brian Davis and Mr. Charlie Kennebrew, both my brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Mr. Lawrence Jordon, president/CEO of Morning Star Communication and Doubleday Publishing Company and also a very dear friend for their encouragement to continue writing and completing this informative book about Coach James P. Small.

Thanks to the late Mrs. Tonya Brockington, Mrs. Patrica Goff, and Mrs. Grealdine Williams-Baker for their eyes in editing my manuscript for publishing. Also, thanks to my friend and neighbor, Laroda Barnes, for assistance with editing and for providing me a quiet place to complete this work.

Thanks to The Newman Springs Publishing Company, Mr. James Carrol, the Editing Department Team, Melvin and Liz Dennis for their constant encouragement, and Marketing Supporter Mrs. Monique Dennis-Spence and daughter Sydney Spence. Mr. Ronald Garvin, thank you for allowing me to use some of your pictures.

Finally, I would like to thank Mrs. Jacquelyn Small Thomas, Coach Small’s daughter, for making sure that the information about her father is correct and accurate. Thank you so much for your insight, knowledge and help when his eye sight had begun to fail and documentation of his life events.