Hey List! I talked to Jeri this morning, Joepete's wife, and she told me he's in St. John's Hospital in Creve Coer, just outside of St. Louis. His white count was way down so no flowers, fruit, or visitors! She hopes to bring him home in a couple of days, if he starts responding to the medicine. He's having a hard time of it, they've found more cancer, and of course, being 80 years young, his body doesn't take to the medicine too well. Can't operate, can't do radiatioin treatment, but he's on chemo. I don't know if ya'll know what a special man joepete is. He's a decorated WWII veteran, was in the Air Force for 31 years and worked at the VA in Washington DC for 19 years. When his time comes, he will be either interred or entombed at Arlington. A true hero, he was on a bomber that was shot down over Europe, crashed in the English Channel...the story he told me curled my hair, and made me so sad for all our young men that go to war. I always tease joepete and call him "Gump", because he's been everywhere when things were happening. WWII, Japan, Miami during the Bay of Pigs, Birmingham during the Civil Rights marches...and started off in RRCO, up Kiomitia way. We are related several ways, but the one that comes to mind quickest is he and my grandfather, Sam Brock were first cousins. His Mama was one of the numerous Walker sisters, Joseph Walker being the man that ran that plantation up Kiomitia way. I have learned a whole lot from joepete about my family, and how things were back "in the day" Let's all send him prayers of peace and love, and painlessness. Thank you all Carrie Brock Pierce Pecan Gap, TX >From: "Bonnie Shiro" <bon_yelle@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Jopete >Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:56:33 -0500 > >Sam,if you will send me Jopete's address,I will write to his folks. If you >think it is ok. Do we know how old a person Jopete is? It does not >matter,but anyway. >And are you doing ok in these last few days? >Bonnie > > >>From: "sam embrey" <sembrey@cox-internet.com> >>Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >>To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Jopete >>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:43:42 -0500 >> >>Yes, he is in a rest home, and his daughter or wife or someone downloads >>his >>e-mails. Sam >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Bonnie Shiro" <bon_yelle@hotmail.com> >>To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:57 PM >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Jopete >> >> >> > Sam,I am so sorry to hear of Jopete's trouble. Where is he located,does >> > anyone know? >> > Bonnie in Idabel,Ok >> > >> > >> > >From: "sam embrey" <sembrey@cox-internet.com> >> > >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >> > >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >> > >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Jopete >> > >Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:46:28 -0500 >> > > >> > > Today I received an e=mail from the family of Joe Peterson, Jopete >>to >> > >the list, and Mr. Peterson seems to be in a very critical situation >>with >> > >his health. I won't pretend to repeat all the problems that he is >>having, >> > >but I believe he is in a resthome, and not completely aware of what >>is >> > >going on around him. He is one of us, and his family and himself can >>use >> > >everything we can send up in his behalf. >> > >Sam >> > >Paris >> > > >> > > >> > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >============================== >> > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>records, >> > >go to: >> > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >> > >> > >> > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>records, >>go to: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> > >> >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>go to: >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus