my dad died suddenly of a stroke at the base stem of his brain , on that day the world lost one of the greatest self educated man , he could anything that was put in front of him  he belived in hard work , and earning what you got , 

my father lived a long honest , hardworking life his love was his four children , and grandchildren , he would not listen to the word i can't , in his eyes honestly was the best policy and if ya told someone you were gonna do something you do it 

my father was born in Bushnell NC , later his family moved to buffalo SC , he completed  3rd grade  , his first job at 19 was buffalo mill , he always had a knack foe mechanics , he studied books ,later n 1958 he married my mother and they have four children , he then started driving 18 wheelers Cross county ,his goal in life was reach higher , he later ran Anthony leasing trucking company , he also attended flight school and earned his pilot's Lucien's , he later bought his on air plane , and flew regularly from NJ to SC , he was very passionate about flying , he was a very self contained man , he was very intelligent ,