VIDEO: Remembering Uncle Bunky

COLUMBUS, Miss.(WCBI)- Well it’s been two years since Robert Martin Williams passed away but he was better known to the Golden Triangle as the beloved Uncle Bunky . Columbus residents, businesses, and organizations work to continue his memory.

Saturday morning, people from all over the area laced up running shoes and hit the road to celebrate the life and legacy of Uncle Bunky.

Happy emotions could be  felt by all participants in Saturday’s Uncle Bunkey 10k Run. Columbus Exchange Club President Elect Ann Marie Langford says the organization wanted to spread the loving memories of their favorite uncle.

“We started this last year in memory of Uncle Bunky, which everybody remembers him a local legends and loved and did so much for the kids in the community and we wanted to keep that memory alive and build on it and have a good run,”said President Elect Exchange Club Ann Marie Langford.

Edwina Williams, better known as Mother Goose, says Uncle Bunky is remembered most by his love of children and of course his cartoons.

” Uncle Bunky was very well loved. He was two years ahead of me in high school. When he was in school he didn’t much pay attention to what the teachers were saying. He was too busy drawing,”said Williams.

Langford says Uncle Bunky’s show ended before her time but she still has fond memories of the cartoonist.

” I do have memories of my mom and dad talking about the show. My dad was on it and my mom was so jealous that she didn’t get to be on it and that he was. Everytime I go out and tell them that we are having an Uncle Bunky run and they see his crazy animals he did, they light up and smile cause they remember everything he did and what he brought to the community,”said Langford.

Jordan Harrison is participating in the fun run and he says it is an honor getting to celebrate Uncle Bunky by doing something he loves.

“I just love to run. Usually at my weekends with dad I usually run or walk a few miles,”said Harrison.

The Exchange Club of Columbus hosted Saturday’s event but they had help.

Clarke’s Distributing, Pro-graphics, Camp Rising Sun, Peters Retirement Service, Single Porter and Crain and that’s just to name a few. Langford says she hopes the Uncle Bunky Run grows over the years.

“We want every year for it to continue to grow. We already had more runner than we had last year which we are very thankful for, especially with the weather immanent and everybody thinks it’s going to rain. We want it to keep building and building till it’s something that people come from all over the south just to come to Columbus to run this and learn more about Uncle Bunky”

For more information on how you can get involved with next years run visit www.ecoc.co.

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