I believe that this picture is of my grandfather when he was a baby. And today would have been his 100th birthday! He went by many names: Roy, Daddy, Big Pop for example. But, he was always my Poppa. I remember sitting on the top of his chair (sort of on his shoulder's) playing beauty shop while watching wrestling on Saturday night. This was of course after we had eaten breakfast for dinner. And, by the way, my mother played beauty shop with Poppa as well when she was a little girl. He got me hooked on soft peppermint sticks from Cracker Barrel. What did we ever get him for Christmas after he quit chewing his Red Man tobacco? Oh and the love of Little Debbie Zebra Cakes can be traced back to him! I remember eating his meals on wheels lunch as a snack in the afternoons...no, I didn't take the mans food. He didn't like them and to fool my mother he gave them to me to eat. (This was after he was caught putting them outside for the squirrels to eat.) I only saw him cry 1 time and that is when Dad (Don) proposed to Mom. I can still hear his chuckle...he never really laughed...just a smirk and a chuckle. He taught me 2 extremely important lessons in life...1) No one can take your education away from you. 2) Tithe your first 10%, save your second 10%, and live off the rest and you wont have to worry about expenses. He was the only man that I know of that has successfully remove a low-jack off of a steering wheel without the key to it. You remember the low-jack...the long bar that was supposed to lock your steering column in place so it could not be stolen. To this day, we are not sure how he did it...we think he took the steering column off of his truck and reassembled it! What a man he was and what an incredibly legacy he left! What I wouldn't give to spend this day with him as he told us what he thought of the world today! I miss you Poppa! I hope you had an extra special 100th birthday celebration with Mammer by your side!
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