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This photo is in remembrance of my grandfather on my mother's side. He was the toughest man I ever met. Born in 1919 he survived the Great Depression, WWII / Normandy (USS Arakansas), and Atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll. He was killed the day after Christmas 2009 when a f-150 hit him in is driver door at 50mph. Three years prior to that he fell off a ladder attempting to rob a hive of bees and broke his neck so severely that it required permanent fusion. He lived the last 9 years of his life alone as widower. He loved to hunt and fish and was a skilled archer and black power rifleman. His best friends called him preacher. He had 5 children and many grandchildren. He was a true God loving man of honor and I miss him greatly.
Both of the knives below were his. One is a Shrade that he gave me when I turned 10.. that's right 10. The other knife is an Old Timer that he carried in his left front pocket ALL the days that I knew him. It was with him when he passed and is among my dearest earthly possessions.
The photo the knives rest upon is of his graduating naval class. You could once determine which was him but a flash flood in 2008 damaged the photo.
Rest in Peace Carl Edward Stancil
Both of the knives below were his. One is a Shrade that he gave me when I turned 10.. that's right 10. The other knife is an Old Timer that he carried in his left front pocket ALL the days that I knew him. It was with him when he passed and is among my dearest earthly possessions.
The photo the knives rest upon is of his graduating naval class. You could once determine which was him but a flash flood in 2008 damaged the photo.
Rest in Peace Carl Edward Stancil
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