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I Just got word from my sister that one of my first cousins called her that her dad, my dad's little brother died tonight. I think he was 87. He was 8 years younger than my dad and the baby of the family. My dad had one older sister and one younger sister and one younger brother. Now only my Aunt Crystal is left.
Getting older and having grand kids is great but this is the down side. My world is getting smaller. Yeah, I'm getting more grand kids and there are many new faces and new blood but from the stand point of those that made me what I am, are leaving one by one, and it feels very lonely.
Don Linn Walker took me under his wing way back there. He was one of those uncles that you remember. I think the first taste of beer I ever had he gave it to me. He was a character for sure. He was one of a kind. He didn't start trouble but he was very good at ending it. I think he was in fights until he was over 60. He just wasn't good at taking crap off people. He usually won.
He drank too much and smoked, but he was a good father and a great husband, but with all his bad habits he still lasted until 87. He just got through with a battle with Bladder Cancer. He won that too. But we do have a history of strokes in the family and they found him in the shower where he collapsed. They called EMS and they tried to revive him with no luck.
His five kids were my only first cousins with my last name and I love em dearly. His wife, my aunt by marriage was his partner in life and they had five great kids that have made them proud and the whole family proud. And she's my aunt by marriage, but she was as close as any blood kin. She Graduated **** Laudie (however you spell that) from the University of Texas. She is a very smart woman.
Anyway, He will be missed by many. Not by all, but by me and mine. Any prayers will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Getting older and having grand kids is great but this is the down side. My world is getting smaller. Yeah, I'm getting more grand kids and there are many new faces and new blood but from the stand point of those that made me what I am, are leaving one by one, and it feels very lonely.
Don Linn Walker took me under his wing way back there. He was one of those uncles that you remember. I think the first taste of beer I ever had he gave it to me. He was a character for sure. He was one of a kind. He didn't start trouble but he was very good at ending it. I think he was in fights until he was over 60. He just wasn't good at taking crap off people. He usually won.
He drank too much and smoked, but he was a good father and a great husband, but with all his bad habits he still lasted until 87. He just got through with a battle with Bladder Cancer. He won that too. But we do have a history of strokes in the family and they found him in the shower where he collapsed. They called EMS and they tried to revive him with no luck.
His five kids were my only first cousins with my last name and I love em dearly. His wife, my aunt by marriage was his partner in life and they had five great kids that have made them proud and the whole family proud. And she's my aunt by marriage, but she was as close as any blood kin. She Graduated **** Laudie (however you spell that) from the University of Texas. She is a very smart woman.
Anyway, He will be missed by many. Not by all, but by me and mine. Any prayers will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Daddy, what's an enabler?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Thanks guys.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
- George Orwell
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Know what you are experiencing. Lost my last Uncle back in November. Some parts of growing old are OK, other parts are pretty rough.
Luis
I know what you mean about losing older family members. At one time, I had 7 uncles and 4 aunts. Now I only have 2 uncles. Thankfully, my mother is still with us.
God bless you and your family.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
JAY
Thanks guys, your condolences mean a lot. And Jay I'm not the oldest, but I'm 4th.
And Wambli you're so right. It doesn't make a flip if they're 100 or 20 you never are ready for one to check out. You want family to live forever. They're what you are! They're what brung you here.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Change of Plans. The funeral will be in the town of my birth, Atlanta, Texas, Not to be confused with those imposters from Georgia. It's in Cass County. If you've ever heard of the Ark La Tex, Atlanta is the capital of the Arklatex. It's only a few miles from Arkansas and Louisiana.
The town is dry. No beer, no whiskey, no wine. Ha! Do you believe that fairy tail? Its just not sold there.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
I had never heard of it until then.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Is Arklatex anywhere near Texarkana? Seems like the people who lived in that area ran out of names.
George Carlin
Last thursday he fell down the stairs and broke 3 ribs........Just sheer coincidence but while he was doing that, his wife fell in the kitchen and broke 2 bones in her hip. I fear I will be going through the same thing you are before too long. He calls me the Son he never had and I regard him as the father I wished I had.......
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