Listen to Beeman

  This is my uncle Ray,he went with the Lord last year on this very day. I have so many fond memories of him. He always called me his #2 girlfriend,lol (not in a gross way) we always used to talk and get along. He was such a smart and well lived person. He didn't sugar coat anything,he'd tell you just how it was and he was a sweetheart also. I remember he used to babysit my sisters and I when my parents worked. He rolled his own cigs at times and if not he smoked pall mall non filter. I remember him building a bench with us one summer. He would pay me and my friends to put his drinks in the freezer so they would be nice and cold. I remember him walking around after a great night with a wash cloth on his head in the morning. I remember talking coins with him before my 4th grade field trip to Old Bedford Village. I remember making beef and barley stew with him.. He would always make things and leave it on our porch for us if we weren't home. His chili was amazing,he made pepperoni spaghetti,it was yummy. I remember if I ran my words together like if I said come'mer.. He would say no it's come here,lol. He told me I was a great pen pal and he was always proud of me of my grades and of all I did in my life (which isn't much ). He was proud that I married a soldier and said my little girls were beautiful. I remember happy times with him,sad time when I would see him cry and he would say "DON'T FEEL BAD FOR ME, I DON'T NEED ANY ONES PITTY". I loved the way he would stick up his thumb and say Listen to Beeman and the click him tongue to the roof of him mouth.

  I didn't get to see him before he went but I knew he was sick. I tried to write him and I called the VA hospital to talk to him but he was released. I wish I could have talked to him in person and I wish I would have gotten to see him just one more time. My cousin did tell him that I loved him for me before he past so I know he knew I was thinking of him and he said he loved me also.... I hate that on this earth we lose the people closest to us but I love that in heaven we get to spend eternity with them..I love you and will always Listen to BEEMAN...