by Dave Plante | May 27, 2019 | Features, Man Cave, Our Father's Legacy
David Plante Guest Contributor Go in your closet and find your boots and turn them upside down. If you look at the sole and you see a yellow label in the center that says “VIBRAM,” then you can thank my dad. He was on the engineering team that created the...
by Guest Writer | May 27, 2019 | Features, Our Father's Legacy
Brian Childers Guest Contributor My father – Robie Thomas Childers, Jr. M.D. 6′ 2″ 240 lbs – was a wife and child beater, an open philanderer, an alcoholic and drug and sex addict. He was the son of a coal miner born in New Hope, WV. He became...
by Guest Writer | May 26, 2019 | Features, Our Father's Legacy
Jack Brown Guest Contributor My father, Joe Brown, grew up in rural South Carolina. In this poor farming community during the Great Depression, he learned early to rely on his instincts, wit and perseverance. At the beginning of WWII at only 17 he quit high school...
by Rich O'Keeffe | May 25, 2019 | Features, Our Father's Legacy
Rich O’Keeffe Staff Contributor On April 3, 2019, my mother passed away. Five weeks later, my dad passed away. This is the eulogy I gave at his funeral. Today we are gathered to celebrate a life well lived. Dad’s was above all else a life full of love, of...
