I enjoyed being one of your pupils at the old Middle school.
Mom is doing great at 83 years old, in fact, many think she's my sister because of my full head of gray hair. Sad to say that Dad passed away 6 years ago. He quit the horse business back about 1990 and spent the rest of his life on staff at his very large church in Murfreesboro. He held morning prayer there every day for 17 years. He also was a layman and witnessed to those who had personal issues such as drugs, crime, and incarceration. He worked up until one month before he passed away. He found out he had leukemia and spent his last month preparing Mom financially after he was gone. On the morning he passed 24 Jan 2016, I was sitting with him at 2:00am and we talked, I noticed he kept looking at the clock on the wall. I asked him why and he said, " I'm going to see Jesus in a few hours". At 4:12 am, his breathing stopped with all of us surrounding him and he passed away peacefully with his head on Mom's chest. Mom told him it was okay and she was releasing him to be with Jesus. You know Dad, even as he was picking out his casket, he tried to negotiate with them to get the price lower. I miss him more than anything as he was my buddy.
I have 2 daughters and one granddaughter who's about to turn 3. My girls are college grads, one has a degree in Electronic media/ journalism and the other is a Respiratory Therapist, both are over 30 years old. My wife and I have been married 34 wonderful years. My 3 sisters are all married with grown children but only Lisa has grandchildren along with myself. Cindy, Lisa, and Mom live within 30 minutes of me. Vickie has houses in Wisconsin and Naples, Florida.
I'm getting closer to retirement. After a stint in the US Air Force, I've been a factory supervisor in plastics for the past 39 years.
Getting back to Mom and Dad, they visited Israel twice and did missionary work in South America for a month through their church ( World Outreach Church).
Good to hear from you Mayor Chambers, I'll let Mom know that I heard from you and will be happy to give you her email address. Mine is Corstang091237@gmail.com
Take care my friend,
Mark
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