Uncle Henry, my mentor
Uncle Henry use to come stay for a month at a time to help pick blackberries in the summer and muscadines in the fall. He would send us a crate of citrus each Christmas on the the train and we would pick it up in Etowah. That made us all feel special because oranges and such was hard to come by at that time. That is when he lived in Temple Terrace Tampa Fl. He traveled and I thought he was the most worldly man I knew. I tried to emulate him in dress, appearance, the way he treated people, what he drove, and every thing about him. I never knew his wife Ruby because she died before I was born but he was most respectful to women. I think that was because of his love of Ruby. When I turned 16 he let me drive his Oldsmobile and take him back to Tampa! My first new car had to be an Oldsmobile, which it was along with many others. He had a cabin on Lake Hatchniha and I loved to visit there. Shell Crackers off the back canal dock and hugh bass (my biggest 12 lbs) in the lake. There were gators everywhere and he had to keep a watch on his schnauzer dog Stacy not to get close to the waters edge. He took me by a rest area like stop on I-4 and it later turned out to be Disney World. When I got married I arranged our honey moon to be where Uncle Henry had stayed and talked about so highly - Calloway Gardens.
My Daddy told me one spring break in high school that I was getting to go "stay in a motel"! It turned out that we went to Cosby TN to help Uncle Henry build a cabin. We stayed in a Gatlinburg motel. So that part was true. We pulled up and all that was there was a foundation and sub-flooring with a stack of 2x somethings and siding for us to build the cabin. By the way there was snow on the stack of wood. I could tell right off I was snookered but thinking so highly of Uncle Henry, I really didn't mine. Uncle Henry's daughter Louise keep us feed and watered. We framed out the cabin, put siding on it, and framed the roof out in just one week! Not bad for the three of us.
His great nephew,
Joe
Uncle Henry use to come stay for a month at a time to help pick blackberries in the summer and muscadines in the fall. He would send us a crate of citrus each Christmas on the the train and we would pick it up in Etowah. That made us all feel special because oranges and such was hard to come by at that time. That is when he lived in Temple Terrace Tampa Fl. He traveled and I thought he was the most worldly man I knew. I tried to emulate him in dress, appearance, the way he treated people, what he drove, and every thing about him. I never knew his wife Ruby because she died before I was born but he was most respectful to women. I think that was because of his love of Ruby. When I turned 16 he let me drive his Oldsmobile and take him back to Tampa! My first new car had to be an Oldsmobile, which it was along with many others. He had a cabin on Lake Hatchniha and I loved to visit there. Shell Crackers off the back canal dock and hugh bass (my biggest 12 lbs) in the lake. There were gators everywhere and he had to keep a watch on his schnauzer dog Stacy not to get close to the waters edge. He took me by a rest area like stop on I-4 and it later turned out to be Disney World. When I got married I arranged our honey moon to be where Uncle Henry had stayed and talked about so highly - Calloway Gardens.
My Daddy told me one spring break in high school that I was getting to go "stay in a motel"! It turned out that we went to Cosby TN to help Uncle Henry build a cabin. We stayed in a Gatlinburg motel. So that part was true. We pulled up and all that was there was a foundation and sub-flooring with a stack of 2x somethings and siding for us to build the cabin. By the way there was snow on the stack of wood. I could tell right off I was snookered but thinking so highly of Uncle Henry, I really didn't mine. Uncle Henry's daughter Louise keep us feed and watered. We framed out the cabin, put siding on it, and framed the roof out in just one week! Not bad for the three of us.
His great nephew,
Joe
Uncle Henry, my mentor
Uncle Henry use to come stay for a month at a time to help pick blackberries in the summer and muscadines in the fall. He would send us a crate of citrus each Christmas on the the train and we would pick it up in Etowah. That made us all feel special because oranges and such was hard to come by at that time. That is when he lived in Temple Terrace Tampa Fl. He traveled and I thought he was the most worldly man I knew. I tried to emulate him in dress, appearance, the way he treated people, what he drove, and every thing about him. I never knew his wife Ruby because she died before I was born but he was most respectful to women. I think that was because of his love of Ruby. When I turned 16 he let me drive his Oldsmobile and take him back to Tampa! My first new car had to be an Oldsmobile, which it was along with many others. He had a cabin on Lake Hatchniha and I loved to visit there. Shell Crackers off the back canal dock and hugh bass (my biggest 12 lbs) in the lake. There were gators everywhere and he had to keep a watch on his schnauzer dog Stacy not to get close to the waters edge. He took me by a rest area like stop on I-4 and it later turned out to be Disney World. When I got married I arranged our honey moon to be where Uncle Henry had stayed and talked about so highly - Calloway Gardens.
My Daddy told me one spring break in high school that I was getting to go "stay in a motel"! It turned out that we went to Cosby TN to help Uncle Henry build a cabin. We stayed in a Gatlinburg motel. So that part was true. We pulled up and all that was there was a foundation and sub-flooring with a stack of 2x somethings and siding for us to build the cabin. By the way there was snow on the stack of wood. I could tell right off I was snookered but thinking so highly of Uncle Henry, I really didn't mine. Uncle Henry's daughter Louise keep us feed and watered. We framed out the cabin, put siding on it, and framed the roof out in just one week! Not bad for the three of us.
His great nephew,
Joe
Uncle Henry use to come stay for a month at a time to help pick blackberries in the summer and muscadines in the fall. He would send us a crate of citrus each Christmas on the the train and we would pick it up in Etowah. That made us all feel special because oranges and such was hard to come by at that time. That is when he lived in Temple Terrace Tampa Fl. He traveled and I thought he was the most worldly man I knew. I tried to emulate him in dress, appearance, the way he treated people, what he drove, and every thing about him. I never knew his wife Ruby because she died before I was born but he was most respectful to women. I think that was because of his love of Ruby. When I turned 16 he let me drive his Oldsmobile and take him back to Tampa! My first new car had to be an Oldsmobile, which it was along with many others. He had a cabin on Lake Hatchniha and I loved to visit there. Shell Crackers off the back canal dock and hugh bass (my biggest 12 lbs) in the lake. There were gators everywhere and he had to keep a watch on his schnauzer dog Stacy not to get close to the waters edge. He took me by a rest area like stop on I-4 and it later turned out to be Disney World. When I got married I arranged our honey moon to be where Uncle Henry had stayed and talked about so highly - Calloway Gardens.
My Daddy told me one spring break in high school that I was getting to go "stay in a motel"! It turned out that we went to Cosby TN to help Uncle Henry build a cabin. We stayed in a Gatlinburg motel. So that part was true. We pulled up and all that was there was a foundation and sub-flooring with a stack of 2x somethings and siding for us to build the cabin. By the way there was snow on the stack of wood. I could tell right off I was snookered but thinking so highly of Uncle Henry, I really didn't mine. Uncle Henry's daughter Louise keep us feed and watered. We framed out the cabin, put siding on it, and framed the roof out in just one week! Not bad for the three of us.
His great nephew,
Joe
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