The funeral today was not a very typical funeral. It was really a celebration of daddys life. I read from the heart, a letter to my family and all the friends that were there at the graveside. There was a very large crowd there and some have said that they were to far back to here me and asked if I would post it. As I was sitting at home yesterday morning and looking back at the 45 years that God gave me with daddy, it occurred to me that daddy was the first man I ever knew. And in time the best man I ever knew. It occurred to me that for 45 years he was my hero, he was my best friend and the best daddy anyone could ask for. Daddy wasn’t perfect. He made mistakes, but then again, haven’t we all. He loved to pick and loved being picked on. He never met a stranger, especially at the deer house. Daddy was a good man. Daddy was a saved man. He loved and adored mama in his own way and he loved and adored his grandkids and great grandkids and they loved and adored him. Daddy’s life was not a hard life, it wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t hard. He had to work for everything he had and didn’t mind doing that. Daddy’s idea of the finer things in life was a good writing pen, a good garden, a comfortable pair of shoes or a cup of coffee that mama would make him. He endured some pain and hardship in his lifetime that I was here to see, but he persevered. He made it thru it all. I found out how much of a good man my daddy was a little over 26 years ago. That is when I started working at Pineland. They called me in for an interview and when I got there Mr. Bennett, Mr. McCranie and Mr. Crooms said son we did our homework on you but everybody we asked about you said the same thing. So I’m thinking at this point there aint no way I’m getting this job. They went on to say that everyone they talked to said we don’t know the boy Jim that well, but he sure does have a good daddy. I was 19 years old then and that made me want to be the best man I could be and just like my daddy the best daddy I could be. I miss my daddy and will probably miss him more and more each day, but that’s ok because that just tells me how much he loved us. You see if he didn’t love and care about us as much as he did then we probably wouldn’t miss him so much. My prayer today is that my mama has the strength to carry on what she and daddy started 46 years ago with steadfast and unwavering love and that by God’s blessing and grace started a beautiful family that began with three little boys and by continued blessings from above blossomed into the most beautiful family in the world. To my little brothers Darrel and Daniel well Darrel not so little and Daniel I think you were his favorite. You know daddy loved you and I’m going to start telling more than I ever have that I Love you too. To Bobbie, Kelly, Jacquie and Heather, daddy never got a chance to raise any girls, but he done a pretty good job on yall once us boys got yall here. We won’t go into one of his favorite sayings. He was sure proud to love and call yall his daughter’s because he knew that yall would take care of his sons. To Zach, Shea, Chase, Brittany, Lauren, Maleah, Austin, Bray, Cayden, Aceton, Addy. I know my daddy, your papa loved his three boys, but from the moment his first grandchild Zach was born and he held him and laid his eyes on him, I knew us three boys were in trouble. Yall were his world. He still loved us three just as much but it’s a different deeper love that he had for all his grandchildren. And not to bust yalls bubble, but when Maddox, Lane and Tate came along well I’m not going to say yall were playing second fiddle, but yall were real close to it. I’m just picking at yall, like your papa would. I got it honest and I believe daddy and Jesus just laughed a little bit from heaven. This is what I know. I know that our daddy, your husband and all of yalls papa loves each one of yall very much and although he wasn’t perfect, if we hold each other to being just half the person that he was then that would make him the happiest person in heaven. I love you daddy and I’ll see you when I see you.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:51:06 +0000
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