Tomorrow morning my wife's great uncle will be laid to rest. After 86 years of serving the Lord here on Earth He has been called home to undoubtedly farm a nice piece of ground and drink coffee. LOTS of coffee.
He served on so many boards and committees, we were unable to get all of them written in the obituary. Since his passing, so many have reached out to let us know of different offices he held. One he was most proud of was serving on the Soil and Water Conservation district board for 48 years. When we started adding up all the years of service to his community the number topped 200 years.
His commitment to stewardship and hard work resulted in the farm being recognized by the Texas Land Heritage Program in 2017 (though he refused the trip to Austin for the recognition because he didn't care for Sid Miller).
He loved my two boys like they were his own. I recall a couple years ago my oldest was plowing and had a tire go flat on the plow and jokingly I told my son his pay was going to be docked for the cost of the tire. Great uncle heard this and lit into me and told me that he would pay for that tire, because my son did nothing wrong. It took 10 minutes to calm him down that I was joking. We laughed about that last time we were all together.
Though he wasn't an Ag, his grandson is an Aggie and he was so proud of that.
Rest In Peace Harold Dean, send us a little rain along the way, we'd sure appreciate it!
He served on so many boards and committees, we were unable to get all of them written in the obituary. Since his passing, so many have reached out to let us know of different offices he held. One he was most proud of was serving on the Soil and Water Conservation district board for 48 years. When we started adding up all the years of service to his community the number topped 200 years.
His commitment to stewardship and hard work resulted in the farm being recognized by the Texas Land Heritage Program in 2017 (though he refused the trip to Austin for the recognition because he didn't care for Sid Miller).
He loved my two boys like they were his own. I recall a couple years ago my oldest was plowing and had a tire go flat on the plow and jokingly I told my son his pay was going to be docked for the cost of the tire. Great uncle heard this and lit into me and told me that he would pay for that tire, because my son did nothing wrong. It took 10 minutes to calm him down that I was joking. We laughed about that last time we were all together.
Though he wasn't an Ag, his grandson is an Aggie and he was so proud of that.
Rest In Peace Harold Dean, send us a little rain along the way, we'd sure appreciate it!
