Two notable persons recently added to the Deaths in 2015 site stand out:
- Haney Catchings (January 15, 1949 – April 19, 2015) age 66
- Francis Eugene George (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015)
For one thing, Haney's birthday is an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that both my son and life partner are born on January 15... exactly 22 years apart. As well, Haney's and Francis' birthdays generate a "January 15, 16/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.
The etymology dictionary gives the following origins of "Haney":
Haney: sweet-talk (v.) Sweet-talk, Earliest usages seem to refer to conversation between black and white in segregated U.S.:
"I ain' gonna stay heah no longah. Don' nevah keer, ef I do git cotched--or die. Tha's bettah than to stay heah an' listen to Maw Haney sweet-talk the white folks, whilst they drives us clean to the grave. ..." ["The Crisis," July 1935
So, "sweet-talk" in this sense is BS. Which then jives with the name "Francis" given that this name provides the cryptic communication of "Frank/Truth...". The surname "Catchings" is interesting ... 
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