Happy birthday to you, Grandpa! I want you to know how much I appreciate your many achievements and sacrifices during your lifetime. Perhaps this is the best blessing of older age: to be able to look back at your life and see the patterns and decisions at critical moments and admire your strength. I see why Grandma loved you so. As do I. Much ❤️❤️❤️

Dear Grandfather,
I'm remembering you today. We are experiencing a worldwide pandemic COVID-19. Many across the world have contracted it and many have died. Because we are all in quarantine it has caused us to take the time to reflect and appreciate those we love, including our ancestors. This has been a "busy" time. We are like ants or bees, running around and buzzing frantically. Not so much now. You are so dear to me. I cherish the memory of you. Thank you!

It seems like yesterday we were walking the woods of your farm together, and you were quizzing me on the leaves and bark of each tree. I think I passed your expectations. Then we gathered poke greens for dinner. Remember the mistletoe we spotted on the oak tree by the road? It was only yesterday.....

Chester and Stella Looper were great together - help to make Fentress Co - Jamestown Tenn a vibrant and prosperous community to be raised in. I was blessed to be sorta connected - Aunt Stella as I called her - brother Clarence Qualls married my fathers sister Aunt Carrie so growing up we thought they were family - Chester and Stella together were quite a dynamic team - blessed to have known them and consider them family -

Happy birthday, Grandaddy. I wish we could watch The Twelve O’clock Movie together to celebrate. One of my fondest memories. Love and miss you every day!

Happy 127th birthday, Granddad. I will never forget all the things you taught me and the example of hard work and integrity you left for generations to follow. I look forward to spending eternity with you.

"My father, Chester Looper, was a man of honor and integrity, a loving husband and father. A man of high standards--generous, kind, and faithful. Chester Looper left the world a better place.
 Always receptive to new ideas, and to progress, he owned the first Funeral Home in Fentress County, and the first Super Market self-serve grocery store in Jamestown."

To my grandfather who left me with a desire to further my education, a love of and respect for nature and above all a deep and abiding love of family.