84 wonderful years of a man that will always be remembered and greatly missed.
I only knew him for 12 years, but of those 12 years I learned a lot about him and he was a very special man. Wade looked up to him in a fatherly way. One of the fondest memories I have most recent of him and Wade together is fixing the carborator on his old Ford Blue Galazy 500 car and he and wade took it for a ride down Eastmont. Wade drove because grandad didn't think he had the strenth to drive the no powersteering car..... litttle did he say about the lack of brakes!!! It was a delight to see them roll into the back yard in it, Grandaddy had a huge smile on his face, to only then hop out of the car and proceed to show wade the leak in the motorhome's roof, wade climbs on the roof to check it out and before Wade could argue, Grandaddy was on the roof too! This all happen this past summer/ early fall. He was a very strong man and didn't let much get him down.
I was honored to help take him to and from many doctors appointments in the last few months of his blessed life. In those short visit together we had a bond form that i will never forget. I loved him as he was always my grandaddy too! I will add more pictures as i filter them out of the 24,000 on the computer.
Holding Tyler just when he was 3 days old
Tyler giving Grandaddy a hug at his 3rd birthday party
Giving Ashley a Hug halloween 2009
Halloween 2007
Wade and Grandaddy talking, I am sure it had something to do with fixing cars or racing cars
He and Nanny at Church Easter Sunday 2010 Present for Ashley and Tyler's Baptism
Grandaddy doing what he loved to do.... Drive!
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