Honest Son / Brother
/ BROTHER Mrs. M. Rajamma David, B.Sc., Ng Pulivendula
It is my privilege today to say a few words about my brother late Y.S.Chinna Konda Reddy who was promoted to glory on 14-11-1993. As a joint family we all lived together and his wife as daughter-in-law of a big family tookcare of us when we were childern and she worked very hard to build the family. Late Y.S.C.Konda Reddy Garu was my step brother. As a small child I knew him only as my brother and not step brother. His mother died when he was still an infant and my mother nursed him and took care of him. We all grew in one house as one family. My mother and my two sister-in-law were giving birth to children. My father Y.S. Venkat Reddy had two wives. He did not have children with his first wife so he married my mother and they both lived with him. His second wife conceived a boy baby (Pedda Konda Reddy) Later the first wife gave bitrth to boy baby and named him Chinna Konda Reddy. All these happened before my birth. Till I grew up I did not know that they are of different mothers. My first brother Pedda Konda Reddy married and left Balapanur village (native village) for business in Mysore State. Therefore Y.S.Chinna Konda Reddy Anna was considered to be the eldest in the family by my father. He stayed at home and looked after the fields and other responsibilities of the family by my father. Every 45 child (Venkata Reddy's) respected him as the eldest brother in the family and obeyed him. He helped my father in all his responsibilites and my father also had a great respect for him.He was considerd to be the eldest son (as the eldest son left the house) in the family and all the responsibilities were put on him. My father lived mostly in Mysore State for his contract works. My brother Chinna Konda Reddy took care of all the finances of the family and kept accounts. He studied only upto 10th Class and stopped his education for family business. My brother Chinna Konda Reddy was considered to be an honest contractor and therfore he never worked for money but worked hard for the name of the family. He had 11 children. He visited villages for gospel work and helped poor christians financially. He visited all the families when he was healthy he attended all the functions. He prepared his sons to follow his foot steps. He died on 14-111993 at Pulivendula and I had the privilage of preparing his body for funeral along with his daugter Dr. Suguna. He was ill for sometime before his death and we visited him often and prayed with him. He could remember the names of all (near and far) the relatives and prayed for them. We wish that all his children may accept the Lord Jesus as their personal saviour and have the privilage of their souls going to heaven.
Mrs. M. Rajamma David