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Black Snakes and Shipmates

Ron was the first person to speak to me after moving to Silverbrook Farms.  I couldn’t ask for a better person to be my neighbor and in short time a friend that I respected and admired and laughed with.  Our first conversation was over the number of mice in and around the units.  He was telling me about the rodent problem and in the same conversation he bragged about killing black snakes.   Ron was always looking out for his neighbors and he believed that killing those snakes was the best thing for us.  I had to beg him not to kill snakes, explained how killing the black snakes was most likely the reason there was a rodent problem and made him promise to call me if he came across another snake.  He never killed another that I know of.  I saved a few, and the rodent problem went away and never returned.  He used to sneak down to my place when Mary was out and we would share a beer and gossip.  He was like an old teenager sometimes and it was fun to be around him.  Ron and I also shared a history with the military.  We both served in the Navy and I really enjoyed all of his stories.  Sadly it was his service that slowly deteriorated his quality of life and I imagine most contributed to his passing.  But Ron never let his health problems get the best of him.  During the Revolutionary war men from the hills of what is now Tennessee & Kentucky came down to help fight the British.  These men had a sense of duty and honor that went beyond most and I believe Ron was cut from the same fabric.  I will miss him very much but that’s a good thing, he is worth missing and remembering.  Not all of us will be.  If nothing else I hope his passage will remind us that a veteran never stops being a soldier and the sacrifices we make go well beyond our time in service.  Safe passage shipmate.  Tarso 

Posted by Tarso
Friday August 21, 2015 at 10:38 am
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