Saturday, April 18, 2009

Sarge's funeral...

was a great learning experience for me. I learned a lot about his life that I did not know. Sarge served in the Air Force as a Sergeant {that's where the nickname Sarge came from}. He loved serving his country! He loved his nieces and nephews and treated them as if they were his own. He always treated his dear wife, Babes, with the utmost respect. He and JoAnn are great examples to the community. She taught for over 50 years all at Round Valley, just recently retiring.

Sarge & JoAnn were married later in life so they didn't have any children of their own, however they treated us like grandchildren. In fact, Sarge had requested that R conduct his funeral which he did and next to his name it had "grandson". R was their home teacher when he was young serving with his dad. Willis is still their home teacher serving with Brett. This past Christmas, Sarge had given us a beautiful pieced quilt that they had bought from one of his distant cousins in Greer. He wanted us to have something special from him...we will cherish that quilt. Sarge we will miss you driving your white truck around town and seeing you at the Post Office!

1 comment:

Jaime said...

What a tribute to have him conduct his funeral! My MIL (who used to be a Haws) said it was an awesome funeral!! Anyhow, I wanted to tell you about a Love and Logic Parenting workshop we're having here in St. Johns on July 11th. Can you let anyone know that might be interested to email me at hulseys@msn.com We're hoping between SJ & RV we can get enough people!