{:(....just can't keep a good man down!....or a good joke to yourself....{:) sumpin' to remember during your strolls through the ancestral burial grounds when you are frustrated in searching for your family tree....{:) Dan Fairfax Nashville, Tennessee ================= -----Original Message----- From: Gregory, Pam Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:37 AM To: Williams, Emily; Coleman, Noel; Bridges, Barbara; Fairfax, Dan; Thomas, Ted; Jackson-Holder, Denise; Woodard, Janice; Purcell, Jim; 'Cook, Kathy'; 'Fleming, Shawn'; 'Hawkins, Elaine'; 'Hogan, Laquilla'; 'Huff, Darlene'; 'Jacobs, Jinnette'; 'Jacobs, Melanie'; 'Johnson, Paul-work'; 'Lopehandia, Shirley-work'; 'McLin, Belinda'; 'Pat Lee-work'; 'Robert Spencer'; 'pammyg3@juno.com' Subject: FW: sad news I don't usually pass on sad news like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is about: There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey," died last week at 83. It was especially difficult for the family to keep him in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and....well you know the rest