93-Year old man still has flag he made when he was 15

I know this man and he is great guy. Very sweet and down to earth.

 

http://www.macon.com/194/story/767016.html

 

dear treehuggin thanks for sharing this is a nice story love it even thou i am canadian but istill like the story i wish you a happy 4th of july too and a safe one ......cheers from eva

He has lived in the same rural area all his life. I'm also distant kin to him. Our relatives go back to the late 1700's on that area. Mr. Byron has written a family history book and he has written a lot of stories about growing up in the area.

 

I worked in the local hardware store about 30 years ago when I was in high school. My Byron would come in and chat with us. There used to be a family in town with 2 or 3 boys who were not "right" mentally. Their family didn't help the situation. They were dirty most of the time and didn't read or write. Mr. Byron would sometimes hire the boys to help him work on houses. He said if he got them away from their mama (or maybe it was their grandma they lived with - either way she was Crazy!), they did okay. He said he could show them how to do something and they would learn quick.

 

That was their grandma. That whole family was nuts!

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 Thanks for sharing such a heart warming story, Pat. He must be quite a man. 

Thanks for your commentary BFC! 

I should clarify. The man in the story is not nuts. I was speaking of the two boys who he would hire to work for him. Very odd family, that bunch.

Bare-  your point was clear, heck , this gentleman  seems to be many things, but "nuts" is not one of them LOL!! Thanks to you and your family for posting souch a touching story-- and you guys are so RIGHT about our "disposable" society. Thanks again-- I will be showing this to my kids when they get home, they love stories like this!!