" Is it true, then, Mayor?" Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton warbled from the end of the counter. " Is Jesse Tatum officially dead?" " Dead is such an unflattering term," he said, sliding onto his stool. " I prefer to think of Jesse as... passe." The Azalea Women gasped." What's passe mean?" Tinks Williams asked the Colonel, his voice low." Dead," the Colonel said, refilling Tink's iced tea. "