Granddaddy Where are you?

Granddaddy where are you??

Families are our connection to our past and future...
Here is some personal history... This is a picture of my Mother's Father's (family) back about 1894... He is the boy on the far left!!

I learned many important things from this man... Courage, honesty, respect, and to always be true to your beliefs... I was 24 the year he passed on into Eternity...
I had spent much time in my formative years at his house in South Georgia... He took me first time hunting, (Quail) and fishing on the three rivers and many farm ponds... { He always carried a pistol in his tackle box; for the Water Moccasins & Copper Heads that hang out around the water, down in South Georgia...}
I learned about basic automobile while at his house... He had a Model "A" Ford coupe; and I learned to change spark plugs and such... He also had an Oldsmobile one of the first cars with an automatic transmission. He drove the model "A" most of the time mainly because he liked to shift... Well my brother and I sat out in the Oldsmobile and played driving... Well we decided that running the heater fan motor which had several speeds; allowed some simulates of driving... Well we forgot and left it on one day and of course it ran the battery down and Granddaddy was not happy... As he would sit out in the car, Sunday afternoons, listen to the radio and wave at folks going by!
He ran a Radio/ TV repair shop and I guess there is where I picked up my interest in electroics... He did not speak much but when he did you would really listen... He never attended any church that I knew of, but he lived the gospel... We said prayers and blessing at meals... He did not tolerate any cursing or nasty/crude actions... He would council us on the correct ways to live life... No cheating or stealing... He was always respected by all those, I saw him meet...
I learned about trust and respect at his house... I learned about firearms from him... Shot my first; when I was about 12... We, my brother and I, knew where he kept the guns; but we also knew there were some things that, you did not play with!! He had a hard hand and would on occasion put it to our back sides... This disproves the modern idea that a gun in a household; would automatically mean someone would be shot with it... What we need is some old fashion discipline and personable responsibility to be taught in the home!! A good butt warming goes a long way toward reinforcing that way of thinking also...
He was a gentle man who would even allow us to occasionally go up to the store to get some "Belly Wash" as he called soft drinks... He was a man who layed out a straight and narrow course for me to walk which has guided me well through life!! I am thankful to have had him in my life... He was a man short on words, but big on action... Especially in the general absence of my father; Granddaddy you were my inspiration and guide... THANK YOU!!
We will talk more about this fine Southern Gentleman, in another blog...