Lost a friend last week.......

[Bob Wright]

About two years ago a man visited our church one Sunday morning. When I saw him I went over to him and introduced myself and we talked a little. He dressed in trousers and favored one of those Mexican wedding shirts, or is it Hawaiian wedding shirts? The type that was worn outside with a box tail, short sleeves, and pleats down the front. Sort of a rotund man, with a jovial expression. He watched me as I took up offering, greeted folks, and even asked me for advice a couple of times.

Well, we sort of hit it off, his last name was Canon, so I sort of dubbed him "Big Shot." He was a widower, and came a couple of times with a lady friend. Not too long back he suffered a heart attack, but survived and after a little recuperation, came back to church. He was not there every Sunday, but came often. I had invited him to join our congregation, and we talked about it several times, but he never did. I always enjoyed our chats, and he brightened my day many times. Hadn't seem in a couple of weeks.

Bob Canon died last week.

Bob Wright

 

[GP100man]

May "Big Shot" rest in peace .

Funny how friends come into our lives , some I wished I`d met sooner.

Time is a funny thing that tricks us all, when we`re young it seems to go so slow ,then when we`re older it goes to fast !!

But time spent with friends is time we will never forget .

GP

 

[Jim Puke]

May "Big Shot" rest in peace .

Funny how friends come into our lives , some I wished I`d met sooner.

Time is a funny thing that tricks us all, when we`re young it seems to go so slow ,then when we`re older it goes to fast !!

But time spent with friends is time we will never forget .

GP

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The older we get the more time slips away...if we are not careful. Just have to make time for the things that matter.

Sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[dougader]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend.

On the shirt, we call them guayabera, which means - I think - shirt for rotund man that cannot tuck in a shirt tail any longer. (I own several)

 

[WendyZXZ]

Sad news. Prayers for your friends family.

 

[Bob Wright]

Sad news. Prayers for your friends family.

If he had any family, he never mentioned it. I believe I was about as close to family as he had.

The sad part about it to me is that he never was a menber of our church, and I never had any address or telephone number from him. And we, our church folk, never had any contact concerning his death.

Bob Wright