In Memoriam: Harold Glenn Veazey

[veazey21]

My great uncle Harold Veazey died this morning. He was born on December 7, 1908 (before it was Pearl Harbor Day), died March 2, 2010. He lived to be 101, and did more after 65 than most people do in their whole lives, and we will miss him

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[veazey21]

Probably so. We didn't get to see him anywhere near as much as we would have liked, but we made it a point to go down there for his birthday every year. We had a huge (especially for his house) party on his hundredth birthday, and took a bunch of pictures. He was on the ball that day, and we had a great time. He even told me it looked like I hadn't missed many meals, and that I'd been "rootin' everybody else out of the trough." It was great.
And we had a really nice funeral for him today. One of the nurses who took care of him has two sons who can sing & play the piano really well and they used to come and sing for him every once in a while. They sang "Amazing Grace," one of Uncle Harold's favorites. Plus, I got to see a bunch of people I hadn't seen since before my shoes had laces.

My grandfather's pretty upset that he couldn't have gone down to see him one more time, but he can't really walk that far any more and my grandmother's back is messed up so that she can't ride in a car for three solid hours like she used to. They did make it to the funeral home before the burial, though, and I know he was glad of that.