Moments after Marguerita's death, her mother holds her sobbing daughter Carol, as Reverend Clifford Kilgore tries to comfort her. Marguerita's father covers her body.
The vigil ends. Reverend Clifford Kilgore checks Marguerita's breathing which had stopped seconds before. Her three-year fight was over at 11,45 Friday morning, January 5, 1979.
The vigil began on New Year's Eve. After lapsing into a coma, Marguerita was taken to a hospital where doctors said they could do nothing more for her. She was taken back home to die. For five nights and six days the family watched and waited. …