Sunday, October 26, 2014
A tribute to my uncle Buddy:
My uncle Buddy will be greatly missed by this adoring nephew and many others. While I now, myself, have adult children with families of their own, only now do I realize how important the patriarchal legacy of a man like Buddy Byrd is. He inspires me and should be an example for all men. I remember him not only as a loving and caring father and husband over the many decades I have known him, but also as a true servant - to his family, church, community and nation. I have embraced him as an uncle, Christian brother and fellow Air Force Airman. I have also known the sacrifices uncle Buddy made as a civil 'servant'. If life is a scale, and we are tested by the amount we give compared to the amount we take, uncle Buddy's giving cup runneth over...
I was also always impressed with uncle Buddy's wisdom and practical knowledge (of so many subjects). He was a man who would study things, understand things, give things, fix things, make things, and re-invent things. But, more importantly, he always elevated his Christian example in all that he did. Uncle Buddy was a practical, hard-working man who has now been delivered into an eternal place of rest. While he and his family were tested in the latter years because of the ailments of this earthly body and the trials of life that the good Lord sometimes places before us, for me, his legacy is one that I just described. I will always choose to remember him before his body failed him. While we grieve OUR loss, Buddy is now smiling into eternity as he has heard the words we all hope for one day: "Well done thy good and faithful servant"
In memory...
Royce
Nephew
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