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Father passed, prayers needed please
#824199
01/16/14 03:09 PM
01/16/14 03:09 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,363
Montgomery
WmHunter
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,363
Montgomery
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My Dad passed away yesterday morning. He was 79. He suffered with insulin dependent diabetes for 40 years, and slowly progressing Parkinson's for 30 and was in the end stages of it.
We still thought he had another year or two but the Lord took him peacefully in his sleep all of a sudden. I'm devastated. Even though I prayed constantly that the Lord would take him before he became a complete invalid, I thought that would be another year or two. He was a very quiet man, but out of the blue a few months ago said he was ready. He had been organizing a lot of his paperwork and important papers the last couple weeks. He feared becoming totally invalid which is what eventually happens with Parkinsons.
He taught me and my older brother about the love of the woods and hunting when we were too little to even carry a gun. He was a safety bug and a half (like most pilots are). He was my hunting partner for 40 years. We were supposed to go hunting today, and every day for the rest of the season. He couldn't walk anymore, but somehow he could climb ladder stands and refused to hunt on the ground or from the golf cart even though he fell constantly.
Sometimes I would find him laying on the ground unable to get up. And he didn't care. All he cared about was going. I wanted him to get one more nice buck and he told me the other day when I found him crawling on the muddy ground unable to get up that he wasn't going to quit until he "killed one more buck." I guess it wasn't meant to be.
He spent 45 years in Army Aviation, 20 active duty as a Huey pilot flying two tours in Nam and 25 on the civilian side of things at Ft. Rucker.
Thank you.
Edit to add: he knew Christ as his Lord and Saviour so I know he is in a better place and his suffering is over, but I still never had pain like this.
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
" Chuck Sykes is a dictator control freak like Vladimir Putin " WmHunter
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824212
01/16/14 03:15 PM
01/16/14 03:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,764
Cleburne
.308
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,764
Cleburne
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Sorry to hear that, prayers sent.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824220
01/16/14 03:20 PM
01/16/14 03:20 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582
Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582
Marshall County
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Sorry for your loss, prayers sent.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824223
01/16/14 03:20 PM
01/16/14 03:20 PM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 32,451
North Alabama
YEKRUT
Turkey Nut
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Turkey Nut
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 32,451
North Alabama
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Sorry to hear that. He is in a better place. Prayers sent up!
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824242
01/16/14 03:28 PM
01/16/14 03:28 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,358
North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,358
North Alabama
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Prayers sent for you and your family.
Get the F out of the BATFE. The F is guaranteed by the US Constitution. Those other letters are not.
NRA Life Member
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824249
01/16/14 03:34 PM
01/16/14 03:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,027
Bay County
Sharpshooter69
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,027
Bay County
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Sorry for your loss. Prayers sent.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824251
01/16/14 03:35 PM
01/16/14 03:35 PM
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,401
Mobile Alabama
TChunter
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,401
Mobile Alabama
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God bless you. Treasure those memories.
On the Eighth day God created flounder.
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824254
01/16/14 03:37 PM
01/16/14 03:37 PM
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Posts: 19,338
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ford150man
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 19,338
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Sorry for your loss. Prayers sent.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824260
01/16/14 03:39 PM
01/16/14 03:39 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,265
Somewhere in the Milkyway
coldtrail
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,265
Somewhere in the Milkyway
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Sounds like you were truly blessed to have him as a father. Prayers sent.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude
Higher than my expectations
Well, I have really good days" Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Re: Father passed, prayers needed please
[Re: WmHunter]
#824263
01/16/14 03:40 PM
01/16/14 03:40 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 26,346
Prattville, Alabama
Skullworks
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 26,346
Prattville, Alabama
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Prayers for comfort lifted.
"I'm not near as critical about how big they are as I once was. Smiles are more important now! We will grow more deer."
Jimmy G.
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