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I lost my Grandfather this evening at about 8:35 PM He had lived for 99 years 2 months 22 days. A full life he lived, he helped raise 8 children. He was a big man with hands the size of a giant it seemed to me. Everyone says that I am just like him hands and all. There are times that I have fussed about my big hands and times they have come in handy. His sense of humor was non stop, he always had some kind of wise crack about something. There are many grand children that will miss him dearly, I was second to the oldest so I got to enjoy him more than the most of them did.

I can remember going to the farmers market with him and he would buy produce and drive back home and set up on side of the road and sell produce to help make money for the family. He was a man who loved Wrestling on the TV on Friday and Saturday night. Wrestling was the real thing to him. there would be no noise or shenanigans going on when His Wrestling was on. When I got to be about 9 years old he would take me to the Wrestling Matches.

I can remember going to the Larry Bell Auditorium in Marietta many times, every now and then we would go to Atlanta to see the Matches, The name of the place Eludes me at this time , but we always had a good time. One time we went to The Atlanta Motor Speedway for a match between Dick the Bruiser and Sputnik Monroe. Well ole Sputnik won that match and won a new Cadillac and as he was driving it around the speed way ,Dick went to chasing him in his Cadillac, It was all for show but when I was little I was impressed. The promoters of Wrestling would do anything to bring in the crowd, which made them a living.

Wrestling I haven’t watched in many a years now, Its been so long I dont even know who the last champion was when I stopped watching. That part of my life will never be missed but being with my Grandfather I will miss dearly. Thank you Grandfather for the wonderful times and all that you taught me about being a man.