I REMEMBER FOLLOWING MY DADDY EVERYWHERE.  WHENEVER I HEARD HIS KEYS WOULD JINGLE I RAN TO HIM AND ASKED CAN I GO WITH YOU DADDY??  AND HE ALWAYS SAID YES.  WE LOVED EACH OTHERS COMPANY.  WELL, I WAS ABOUT 13 AND I LOVED TO GO TO THE LUMBERYARD WITH HIM.  WELL, HE NEEDED SOMETHING ON THE SECOND LEVEL SO WE HAD TO CLIMB SOME STAIRS AND I HAD A FULL SKIRT ON THEN.  HE TOOK ME ASIDE AND TOLD ME NOT TO FOLLOW HIM BECAUSE THE MEN WOULD LOOK UP MY SKIRT.  HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW MEN ARE AND WAS PROTECTING ME LIKE THE GOOD FATHER HE WAS.  THE LUMBERYARD EXCURSIONS WERE FEWER AND FEWER AFTER THIS, BUT I STILL WENT EVERWHERE WITH HIM.  HE WAS THE GREATEST!!  I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER DADDY!!!!





















                     

MY DADDY WAS SO AWESOME.  ONE THANKSGIVING MY SISTER PAT WAS IN A GROUP IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE HAD TO DELIVER A THANKSGIVING DINNER TO A POOR FAMILY IN FT. WORTH.  WELL, WE DELIVERED THE DINNER TO A FAMILY AND THEY WERE THRILLED AS THEY HAD NOTHING TO EAT.  DADDY, PAT AND I ALL LEFT WITH HUGE SMILES ON OUR FACES AND HAPPY HEARTS.

WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE CAR, PAT DISCOVERED WE HAD DELIVERED THE DINNER TO THE WRONG FAMILY AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED CRYING.  WELL, MY SWEET, LOVING DADDY TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST GROCERY  STORE AND PURCHASED ANOTHER DINNER FOR THE CORRECT FAMILY.  NOW AS MOST OF YOU KNOW MY DADDY WAS NOT A MAN OF WEALTH BUT HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIMSELF.  HE ONLY CARED ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER AND THAT POOR FAMILY AT THAT MOMENT.  THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN MY DADDY WAS.  HE WAS SUCH A LOVING AND CARING CHRISTIAN MAN AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT.

AND WE THREE CHILDREN, ESPECIALY MY BROTHER WALT, ARE JUST LIKE HIM.  PRAISE THE LORD!!  I LOVE YOU DADDYY!!!