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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1797670" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>Just got in from visiting my uncle. He was released from the hospital to Hospice due to a bone infection. He is 95 years old and went turkey hunting last spring and took a big eight point buck last fall.</p><p>He was born and raised on land explored and settled on by his ancestor, in three lines, in the late 1700s. Until recently, the title to this land had never been out of our family. His grandfather was part of a family that developed a strain of burley tobacco in the 1880s that is still known today. They developed a tobacco seed business that was very successful.</p><p></p><p>He grew up during the depression and did not get an education, but is one of the smartest men I ever knew. He made his living as a tenant farmer in tobacco, only purchasing his own farm later in life. He knew all the tricks of making money in tobacco and I learned a lot from him back in the1980s when we farmed together.</p><p></p><p>What a conversation we had. We talked about how slow the grass was coming in. We talked about deer, turkeys and the condition of local streams, just not the haven for smallmouth bass they once were. We talked about the old home place, about daughters and grandkids.</p><p></p><p>What a loss to our part of the world when his memories grow silent. I ask you think of him in a kindly way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1797670, member: 32879"] Just got in from visiting my uncle. He was released from the hospital to Hospice due to a bone infection. He is 95 years old and went turkey hunting last spring and took a big eight point buck last fall. He was born and raised on land explored and settled on by his ancestor, in three lines, in the late 1700s. Until recently, the title to this land had never been out of our family. His grandfather was part of a family that developed a strain of burley tobacco in the 1880s that is still known today. They developed a tobacco seed business that was very successful. He grew up during the depression and did not get an education, but is one of the smartest men I ever knew. He made his living as a tenant farmer in tobacco, only purchasing his own farm later in life. He knew all the tricks of making money in tobacco and I learned a lot from him back in the1980s when we farmed together. What a conversation we had. We talked about how slow the grass was coming in. We talked about deer, turkeys and the condition of local streams, just not the haven for smallmouth bass they once were. We talked about the old home place, about daughters and grandkids. What a loss to our part of the world when his memories grow silent. I ask you think of him in a kindly way. [/QUOTE]
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