In memory of Barry E Roberts, Sr. (26 years today)

Barry loved to sing, and I remember a song he sang at Ridge Ave Church Of God Of Prophecy, "Tell me how did you feel when you came out the wilderness." He took the song to a whole new level back then. And he meant every word of the song because he knew what it truly felt like to come out of the wilderness (those hard places in life). He did not just sing, HE SANG!!!  Also, remember when Barry, Vernal, Rob, Timothy had a singing group and Blessed our souls.

In addition, I was told of a time (before we married), that he and others were upstairs in the church praying, and they prayed so hard that the Glory of God visited in a Mighy way that night.  Memories as such (and more), are priceless. This is just a few over many stories to tell. Thank you all for taking out the time to share your story in honor of his memory.  Be Blessed

I have many stories from childhood through becoming adults.  This one his children may not already know.
As first cousins we spent a lot of time together as children.Our grandmother lived with us so every cousin, uncle, aunt, neice, nephew or wannabe relative spent some time with us. It was great. We called our grandmom "Mom" and our mother "Mom". If the wrong one answered we would simply say, "not you".

Barry's baby sister Tammy was the first to give my mother a distinguishing name to prevent this confusion.  She named her "City Mom".  That's another story. Our grandmother used to boil raw peanuts for a homemade snack. It was usually when Barry, Bobby, and Tammy were there because I guess it was a type of snack that could easly feed a number of people. We called these peanuts goobers.  They seemed to take forever to get done, but they were delicious!!!
One of those few things that would keep children inside and fairly quiet was waiting and anticipating the goobers to get done.  i remember Barry and I sitting waiting and continually asking if they were done.  When the word came that they were ready we couldn't get containers fast enough to get our goobers to devour.
If my dear cousin could have been here now to see that goobers are sold in cans already prepared.  You open and eat instantly. I wonder if we would have enjoyed them as much if we didn't have the anticipation of waiting for this treat when we were children. I wonder....