Saturday, February 19, 2022
Larry, his brothers & sisters, & my sis & I (we're double-first cousins) spent our earliest years together at Bean's Mill -a magical time & place to us. With growing up, marrying, & moving around, seldom got to see much of each other during our early & middle adult years. On occasion, would make contact through our moms when home in WV, visiting. In later years, we got closer with Larry looking after & taking care of his mom; it had to be hard for him, but it endeared him to us even more as his mom was so precious to us. Through caring for her, losing his wife & sis, & developing the bad health that came to plague him, he seemed to always be the same -one of the kindest, gentlest, most soft-spoken souls there could ever be. He was always just simply himself -with just a tiny bit of rascal mixed in, but it was the best kind of rascal God ever created! There's a gospel song that tells of Heaven being "a land where crowns are given"; if that is true, am sure he earned a glorious one! The only thing is -with Larry being the way he is, they'll have quite a time trying to get him to wear it! Rest easy, Cous -God knows you earned it; see you in the by-and-by.
