Daddy
really wanted to finish school.
And someday
he said his big desire was to become a school
teacher.
But he never got that chance.
He
then married my Mother and
they soon had a
large family of 7 children.
No more school
for Daddy.
He said he learned something new each day though.
But
he did learn to become a finish
carpenter,
and also owned and operated small
farms.
He was a wonderful man that loved God
first,
his wife second and then his children after
that.
He loved to fish with his sons and daughters husbands.
And one of his brother in laws was very sick, but loved to fish.
So Daddy always took him fishing.
He always loved when his grown children brought their families back home.
Daddy
loved his family so much.
We could never have
ask for a better Daddy.
Like the saying goes,
anyone can be a father.
But it takes a
special man to be a Daddy !
And that is what
he was, so special.
Always ready to help his
family
in time of need and also anyone that
he met.
I never met anyone that didn't like
my Daddy.
He was a protective Daddy.
He
was a hard worker,
as he said God blessed
him with a large family
and it was his job to
provide for them.
I
have so many wonderful memories of Daddy.
I am so
thankful for each one.
If we were bad, we did get a
spanking,
not a beating, a spanking where
God
gave him permission to give it to us !
He loved to talk about his Lord.
And to
tell his children and grandchildren to
give their heart to Jesus.
His Bible was always open and he read it daily.
I
know that someday I will be going to Heaven,
and I will get to see Daddy again.
Daddy
was a funny man too.
He loved to laugh and
have a lot of fun.
He loved to stand up and
talk about how much
he loved Jesus in his
testimony at church.
He also loved to be in
plays at church with him,
being Joseph, and
holding the real baby
that would be baby
"Jesus"..
You could make him smile so
easy.
He
was a real gentleman to everyone.
One thing that Daddy did teach us
kids,
was to always try and find
something good in everyone.
He was a man
of respect and
especially in front of
ladies.
He didn't believe in being
disrespectful.
Or talking bad.
I
just can't say enough good about my Daddy.
If I sound like
I am bragging about my Daddy.
I guess I am, he was
a man to be proud to call Daddy.
Daddy is in Heaven now
and
he is having a wonderful Father's
Day
with his Heavenly Father.
Happy
Father's Day Daddy
and
Happy Father's
Day God !
I will see you soon!
Love
Carolyn
June 16, 2002
Daddy sometime in the 1980's
Daddy in his retirement home
where he lived
and walked across the street
to be with Mama in the nursing home.
He
wanted to be close to her,
so he could go and
sit with her
when he wanted too.
God
Bless Daddy!
I miss you so much!
And our
many talks in this room!
