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Speaker 2: We are back after taking a week off for the
Speaker 2: Fourth of July holiday. It was a chance to try
Speaker 2: to recharge refresh our battery a little bit. We will
Speaker 2: get two discussions on the Big Beautiful Bill and some
Speaker 2: of the other insanities that are going on in the
Speaker 2: world today. But today won't be that day because today
Speaker 2: is the two year anniversary of the death of my father,
Speaker 2: and as such, much as I did last year, I'm
Speaker 2: going to play the eulogy I gave at his funeral,
Speaker 2: a eulogy that my cousin, Christopher Wilkinson recorded posted on
Speaker 2: YouTube for me, and I really appreciate him doing that
Speaker 2: until I played it for you. Guys. Last year, I
Speaker 2: had not heard it myself because I just couldn't bring
Speaker 2: myself to go and watch it. But I do think
Speaker 2: it's a fitting tribute. I won't say that we'll do
Speaker 2: this every year, but for now I still think that's
Speaker 2: that's a good tribute. So that will be morning coffee
Speaker 2: this morning. Tomorrow we'll get back in the flow of
Speaker 2: more traditional stuff. So here's here's the audio.
Speaker 3: Thank everyone for I.
Speaker 1: You know, have had everyone here.
Speaker 3: It's gonna be hard, obviously because a back to loss
Speaker 3: that we lost my dad, Judi Day, Spirit Child, Steamer
Speaker 3: he was at Nisnes and my brother.
Speaker 4: Tryon, my sister m Now, don't.
Speaker 3: As a child, there's a no bigger hero team than
Speaker 3: your father. I'm sure you might love Fat Man, Spider
Speaker 3: Man or Superman. My dad a big fam He was
Speaker 3: stronger than them, tougher than that, simply because he was Dad.
Speaker 3: At some point when we get older, we wanted 'em
Speaker 3: as loss as much as he tries to never we
Speaker 3: also sometimes feel disappointment. Could be because he had to
Speaker 3: work hard provide something else worse. But at the time
Speaker 3: I couldn't see late missing game or something like that.
Speaker 3: But it was always because he was working features. He
Speaker 3: made sacrifices that we didn't see, we couldn't possibly understand.
Speaker 5: Half the time, the superhero label starts to faint as.
Speaker 4: You get older, that our fathers. Then when you end
Speaker 4: up a feed, now.
Speaker 3: You see him brought everything to be at your side,
Speaker 3: When you see him make the sacrifices that you didn't
Speaker 3: notice before, sacrifices to his wants and needs, all because
Speaker 3: you needed a Hebrew in that moment. It is in
Speaker 3: these moments that you realize that even though he isn't superhuman,
Speaker 3: he is very much stealed a hero or you're protector,
Speaker 3: one of the only two people along with your mother
Speaker 3: in the world that you know never stuff everything to
Speaker 3: protect you, to be there for you too. Lucky. My dad,
Speaker 3: Jimmy Davis's his s always recalled you on or JD
Speaker 3: as many of his friends in this room today called him.
Speaker 3: He was very much that person, whether it was to
Speaker 3: call me when I was hurt him.
Speaker 6: Even when I told him not.
Speaker 3: To, just to try to give you a few words
Speaker 3: and encourage, or like when both my brother and my
Speaker 3: sister are feeling himself and one of likes to meeting crossroads,
Speaker 3: he figured out how to help them either, Vin packing up,
Speaker 3: moving two states over.
Speaker 4: Then he loved his grandkids early.
Speaker 3: And he always wanted to be there for him. When
Speaker 3: my brother got married and too ery, he accepted her
Speaker 3: kids not as step grandkids, but simply as a grandchildren.
Speaker 3: He had others in this room and that he considered
Speaker 3: adopted kings like Microywards and considered you a son. And
Speaker 3: there's so many others that I may not realize you
Speaker 3: have considered that. That's who he was. That's what a
Speaker 3: father's love is truly about. He leaves us with that
Speaker 3: last I've always been when to draw everything. My friend calls,
Speaker 3: he says he needs help. Got that on my brother
Speaker 3: and sister. They got One of the things about Jamie
Speaker 3: Wallings is all part.
Speaker 4: Of the trip. You never met a ranger.
Speaker 3: Once he left you, you had a friend for life.
Speaker 3: The last time I saw that he was on his
Speaker 3: way to Colorado, go off of one last adventure with
Speaker 3: his money. He stopped at also had a lunch of hoards.
Speaker 3: Dad wanted to get a root beer in a frostam round.
Speaker 3: He loved the words one of his favorite things, where's there?
Speaker 3: That day warts machine was not freezing the bugs properly,
Speaker 3: but he still joined the river. Here became a lot
Speaker 3: apartment and he loved all the sports. You a menophilia
Speaker 3: that I had had. It's a great memory. It was
Speaker 3: one at the time that I had no clue that'd
Speaker 3: be the last time I ever saw him. What. I'm
Speaker 3: happy that.
Speaker 4: Cause he was full of life.
Speaker 3: He was so anxiited. Uh I went off on that
Speaker 3: trip with me maybe so looking forward to an episode.
Speaker 3: Happy you got to get off with you on that adventure.
Speaker 3: It's the fact that he got to go on to
Speaker 3: one of the last adventure before he was calling on.
Speaker 3: It's amazing. Great when you miss played before, making that
Speaker 3: happen makes me think it would go before all that,
Speaker 3: Jack London. It's the proper function of a man that
Speaker 3: is to live, not to exist. I shall not raise
Speaker 3: my days trying to prolong that I shall be use
Speaker 3: my time. Dad. You certainly used your time, and we
Speaker 3: will see you again. I know you were a Christian,
Speaker 3: I know you were saving and I appreciate you like
Speaker 3: a bugles Eat for the story you shared as well.
Speaker 3: Know when you cross was four fathers Eat that first
Speaker 3: touched you and told you it was okay to live
Speaker 3: and then it was time. I'm sure your mom was
Speaker 3: right by side. He leaves behind my mother jov He's
Speaker 3: white for fifty five years. A brother, Tray, my sister, Christy,
Speaker 3: his three sisters very soon Janie, Peggy his sister, and
Speaker 3: join his grandchild Sarah reback up, Claire Cooler, Richard, t
Speaker 3: Jim and of course several cousins, Ah and all of
Speaker 3: you in this room that he loved. Ear As children
Speaker 3: grow older, they realize the.
Speaker 4: Dad is a supera.
Speaker 3: They realize he isn't perfect but all. But we also
Speaker 3: realized that he didn't need to be to be arguing,
Speaker 3: cause he's still a hero would be. He's the hero
Speaker 3: that sets up in your horse. He's the grow cause
Speaker 3: he's Dad. Yes, we're all.
Speaker 5: If you're here.
Speaker 3: Today's cause he touched your life in some way. It's
Speaker 3: your heart to right their ways. But I know we'll
Speaker 3: see him again.
Speaker 6: Your Wood is the unemotional her till he's okay, that's
Speaker 6: good enough now.
Speaker 3: Till we meet it. Well. I love you, always is you.
Speaker 2: Today we remember your dad, and always we remember you.
Speaker 2: This has been morning coffee with the Right side, and
Speaker 2: I'm your host. Jack Fairchild's and we're a part of
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