A HARD WORKER, STRONG AND TOUGH AS NAILS,
AS A DAD YOU OFTEN THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD FAILED.
BUT YOU LOVED YOUR KIDS AND YOUR WIFE,
FOR US YOU WOULD HAVE GLADLY LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE.
YOU FOUGHT IN A WAR WITH THE TROOPS,
YOU LOVED TO WORK THE SOUND FOR THE CHURCH AND SINGING GROUPS.
YOU WERE WILLING TO GIVE THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK,
LOVE AND ATTENTION WE NEVER LACKED.
TO SUGAR LUMP, COOKIE BABY, ROOSTER AND LITTLE PRINCESS TOO,
YOU WERE THEIR PA PA, THEY LOVED AND LOOKED UP TO YOU.
SO QUICKLY YOU LEFT US HERE TO GRIEVE,
WE THOUGHT WE HAD MORE TIME BEFORE YOU'D HAVE TO LEAVE.
ONE MORE HOUR, ONE MORE MINUTE, ONE MORE SECOND TOO,
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE TO SAY "I LOVE YOU".
IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE AND IT'S SO TRUE TODAY,
GOODBYE IS THE HARDEST WORD TO SAY.
BUT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN THAT HOME UP ABOVE,
UNTIL THEN DADDY, PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE LOVED.


FOR DADDY - WE LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!
SEPTEMBER 27, 1942 - APRIL 27, 2008