I can not believe it has been a year. I miss you so much and wish you were still here, but I know you are no longer in any pain and you are walking the streets of gold with Jesus. You were the best grandpa in the world. You were a true man of God. You were a Role Model for others. You were always singing or humming around the house. You were so loving. One of my best childhood memories is coming and spending part of my summer with you. I watched you cut grass and work in the garden. I watched you study and get ready for church time. I loved helping you roll the change from church and take it to the bank. I learned so much from you as a hard working man and the fruits of your labor paid off with all the wonderful veggies coming from the garden. I loved hearing you preach and sing in church. I miss you calling me or me calling you and you saying Hey Joy Bells. Your church family was family to you and even some of the kids were like grandkids to you. You helped so many people and you were the type of person who would give the shirt off your back if someone needed it. Since my kids were so little I am so glad I can share my memories of you with them. I tell them about when I was visiting you that every night after church you would stop at the gas station on the way home and would get me a chocolate milk, other nights we would sit at the kitchen table and you would make me peanut butter crackers and we would sit and eat and talk, then every nght at bedtime you would sit and tell me stories about Bigfoot - you would be so tired but you would not stop until I was fast asleep, you always made sure that we went to get me a blizzard at least one time while I was. You always made sure I was having fun and taken care of while I was in. Then when I had to come back home you missed me and said the house was too quiet. These are just some of my memories of you. I could go on. You were such a wonderful man. I sit and look at pictures of you all the time and then I watch movies of you. I am so glad I took pictures and videos of you every time I was in. I have those to share with my girls. I really wish you were here but that would be selfish of me. You are where you want to be and where you have lived your life to be. I love you so much Papaw and miss you so much. Til we meet again.

Joy