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My second wife, Sherry, and I go back to 1960. Sherry and I dated a couple

of times at about age eighteen. After Barb passed away, one day I was in Cub
Foods looking at avocados; I looked up and I saw Sherry! So I spoke to her
and we started talking. She had lost her husband. We exchanged phone

numbers. I called to ask her out for her birthday. She was impressed that I
remembered it.

It ended up that she fixed us lobsters. She's a good cook. We got married on

January 5 of 2008. I took her to see Elvis' place in Memphis when we went to
Jackson to see my sister-in-law. We also went to California to see the ocean
and that was a very good time.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS REMEMBER

Sister Evie Remembers...

Life would have boring without Tom. We always did things together. He was

a hard worker his whole life, and he really has also been a strong man all his
life. He taught me how to decorate cakes and bake and cook. I remember
some good times: jumping rope, playing jacks, digging worms and selling
them to Fitzpatricks, rubber tires running down the road, being creative in

making toys liking stomping down on tin cans and clip-clopping like a horse,
and popping seeds of persimmon trees.

We very seldom had pets-- may be a stray dog. We didn't always have floors
in the houses. We slept on straw mattresses, and there were always mice in
the bed with us. We went fishing with safety pins. Thomas got in the
quicksand one day, almost up to the waist! We caught a few fish, but they'd

fall into the water.