Ed  loved to play in the sandbox when he was little..he had the biggest sand box in north Marion.He would play cowboys and indians ..g i joes  and pretend to be Tarzan and swing from the weeping willow tree in the back yard on bond ave. He would ride his horse tregger..to the closeline and hang on..waiting for the horse to turn around and come back for him. Ed always took care of his Mother.. he would cook and clean in  order to surprise her..he would also walk ride a bike or his horse to the factory to  meet her after work. One christmas when he was 7 or 8 there was no money for a christmas tree ..so he went to the woods chopped down a tree that was bigger than he was and brought it home...He could fix anything and was able to be counted on when someone called him..he could fix appliances an furnaces.  He would build models ..loved airplaines and military vehicles..and could grow anything. He has the prettiest roses all along his front porch and grew grapes and vegetables in his back yard garden after he grew up and moved away he would  still call his Mother almost daily to stay in touch..He would pack up his dog Sampson they each had a backpack.. have his Dad Norm drop them off and hike or canoe from s Matthews to mt Etna and have Norm pick them up again He camped with just  a hammock and a back  ..he had 4 little girls he was very proud of   and loved very much he left us much to soon