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i came home from town the other day, 2018 Aug 13, and found my father had left
this earthly realm for the next one in his journey...

there will be visitation at L. Harold Poole Funeral Home in Knightdate, NC
tomorrow, 2018 Aug 16, from 11:00am until 1:00pm... there will be a short
graveside service with full military honors at 2:00pm at the New Knightdate
Baptist Church Cemetary... if you are in the area, you are welcome to come
by...

Rest In Peace, Dad...


to those who know me, i'm doing OK... i'm still processing everything... my
father is why i am here, physically and figuratively... when i returned home
some 25+ years ago, i learned that he had had a heart attack several years
before... no one had told me... he was divorced (2nd time) by then and living
by himself... he had to drive himself to the hospital the next day... i decided
 then that he would never be here alone again in case this happened again... a
few years back i carried him into the doctor with a "cramp" between his
shoulder blades... a "cramp" that wouldn't go away... i brought him home a
month later after a quad by-pass... i was his caretaker and nurse during that
time... things have been very good since then but he has been slowing down...
he was finally able to break the 200lb (90.72kg, 14.29stone) barrier... his
last weigh-in at the doctor's office placed him at 197 fully clothed... finding
 him the other day came as a shock... it was expected but not like this and not
 this soon... but i'm still here and i'm doing OK... i'm taking care of his
20somthing Toulouse geese, 15 or so chickens, 6 cats, 2 guinea fowl and one
English Foxhound named Brody... he and i planted ~200 walnut trees in our
"front field" several years ago... we should have planted them when we first
moved here... they would be harvestable by now and help to make this transition
 easier... instead i hope to see them grow and be useful over the next 20+
years... i'm going to get off of here, now... i need to try to eat... i haven't
 eaten in two days... a couple of bites here and there but nothing to speak of
really...

)\/(ark

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