Grampa Ron

Very sadly, Casson's dad, "Grampa Ron" passed away on Tuesday.  He had melanoma.  He called us this past July.  It had been quite a while since we'd seen him or heard from him.  Selah and Petros finally got to meet him.  Selah and he became pen pals for the past two months.  Ron was a Vietnam vet.  He loved gardening (he had three huge gardens which he ate almost exclusively from).  He rode horses, caught catfish, raised puppies and kept bees for honey (without hardly ever being stung).  He knew how to propagate almost any plant.  He said of himself that he could never throw anything away.  He had all kinds of stuffed animals and funny characters around his house.  There will be a memorial for him in Texas in November.