PAPAW WAS MY GRANDPA AND FRIEND, HE TOOK ME PLACES WHEN I WAS LITTLE
CAUSE MOM AND DAD HAD TO BE ON THE ROAD ALOT WITH DAD'S WORK, PAPAW
WOULD TAKE ME UP TO SEE AND RIDE HIS HORSES, HOW THOSES HORSES LOVED
HIM, WELL, PAPAW DID OTHER THINGS TO HELP IN CHURCH, COMMUNITY, AND
BUILDING. HE WHISTLED WHILE HE WORKED, HE SAT UP WITH A WAKE FOR MY
HUSBAND'S FAMILY ALL NIGHT LONG WHEN MADGE ELETA EWARDS-DAVIS
CROSSED OVER TO GLORY LAND, HE KNELT DOWN TO PRAY AT HOME AT NIGHT
BEFORE WE WENT TO BED, PAPAW ALSO KNELT AT CHURCH BY THE WAY
THE ONLY MAN I REMEMBER DOING THAT...HOW MANY WOULD TODAY?
HE HAD GOSPEL MUSIC IN HIS HOUSE, HE SPOKE
KIND WORDS AND DIDN'T PROVOKE HIS CHILDREN TO ANGER...HE DID
EVERYTHING THAT THE BIBLE SAID TO DO AND KEPT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
HE DIDN'T WORK ON SUNDAY BUT HE SURE COULD MAKE YOU LAUGH
SITTING OUT ON HIS LAWN AND US PLAYING, HE BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE
OUT OF HARD WORK OF HIS OWN TWO HANDS, HE NEVER ARGUED WHEN
SOMEONE WOULD TRY BUT WALK AWAY AND JUST LAUGH...ONE YEAR
HE SNEAKED OUT AND PUT SLEIGH TRACKS IN THE SNOW FOR US
KIDS SO WHEN WE GOT UP WE THOUGHT SANTA CLAUS WAS THERE...
PLEASE DON'T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION HE DIDN'T TEACH CHRISTMAS
WAS FOR this make believe santa claus BUT HE TAUGHT US CHRISTMAS
WAS FOR THE LITTLE BABE THAT WAS MARY'S LITTLE CHILD
JESUS CHRIST BORN ON THAT DAY, AND THE THREE WISE MEN
THAT CAME TO WORSHIP HIM AND OFFER GIFTS OF MYRRH,
FRANINCENSE, AND FORGOT THE OTHER...AND WAS BORN IN A
STABLE IN BETHLEHEM... , AT CHRISTMAS PAPAW WOULD GO
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN AND BRING DOWN A PINE CHRISTMAS
TREE, AND AUNT DOROTHY WOULD DECORATE WITH THINGS
SHE HAD MADE, DIFFERENT COLORS OF CIRCLED CUT OUT
AND GLUED OR TAPED PAPER, POPCORN STRINGS IF I
REMEMBER RIGHT, PAPAW HAD A JOLLY LAUGH,
THE LAST TIME WHEN I SAW HIM ALIVE IN THE
HOSPITAL HE SAID BE A GOOD GIRL, HE
RAISED HIS CHIDREN UP IN THE WORD OF GOD, HE TAUGHT TO LOVE,
NOT HATE, HE TAUGHT FORGIVENESS NOT GRUDGES, HE TAUGHT
ME WHAT A CHRISTIAN DAD SHOULD BE...CAN YOU SAY THIS FRIEND
ABOUT YOUR DAD? HE LET JESSEE LEARN GUITAR SO
HIS CHILDREN COULD SING AT DIFFERENT CHURCHES...
WE ALSO HAD FAMILLY GET TOGETHERS WITH THE BIGGEST
TABLES FULL OF FOOD IN THE BACK YARD IN SUMMER TIME
AND AT NIGHT WITH THE FAMILL WE HAD SINGING WITH
JESSEE PLAYING GUITAR...I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE LIKE
THEM AND SING TOO...HAPPY TIMES YES THERE WERE
HAPPY TIMES THAT I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER...
SO TO THE TATUM BOOK OF THE FAMILY
PLEASE ADD THIS CAUSE THIS IS WHAT PAPAW WAS ABOUT...THANK-YOU
AND GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND... CHRIST LOVES YOU TOO!
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