What else is a farmer? He is also a husband, a father, and a grandfather. Hewill scold you when you do not listen, then pick you up for a hug, even though he's been in the field plowing all day. He wil do with out many things he needs, just so you can have things you only want, not really need. He may not have had the formal education he would have liked, gu the will do everything in hi power to see that you do, so yo can be all that you might be. That's what Lem Butler of Boaz, Missouri, OUR FARMER was, to h is wife Delphia, all of his childraen, especially m yAunt, Rayo Butler Howard, and me, his granddaughter Linda Kay Butler and he is missed, oh so much! He left our world in 1981, but the wisdom he shared is in our daily thoughts for those of us who remain, we remembe with a grin those many times, he said , " A man can be the smartest manin the world, bu if he doesn't have any Common Horse Sense, he'll never amount to nuthin' " . He avoided crerdit like the plague, and when he said, "I f you can't pay cash, don't but it", I knew he meant it. Yet, he never hesitated to give his neighbors a h and and a little money if he had it to spare when their crops failed and times were hard. This was done with just a shake of his gentle but strong hand. What is a farmer with a family? He is a man with a loving and hard working wife, children who sometimes disagree, but always, always love and respect him. If he is lucky and hardwork doesn't kill him at an early age, he will also have grandchildren, who love and worship their gentle giant who they believe created the heavens and the earth just for them, because he is their "Garnpa". He is envied by some, respected by most of his neighbors, and always defended by his wife, who also works the fields, does many barnyard chores, the canning, the housework, the bearing and raising of the children, always ready for defend her proud way of life and still he in a happy mood when the farmer comes to the table for his food at noon. She knows all he wants to hear her say is the magic words, "Dinner's on the table waitin' on you".