Pap, I was just getting to know you and then you all of a sudden you were not there.
The night mommy got that call, we came to your house and my little eyes could not find you anywhere.
I as a baby for the first time just then started to call out Pap.
Something in my little mind knew something was different somehow not understanding that yet.

My son AWS was 4-5 months old and always was

Pap, I was just getting to know you and then you all of a sudden you were not there.
The night mommy got that call, we came to your house and my little eyes could not find you anywhere.
I as a baby for the first time just then started to call out Pap.
Something in my little mind knew something was different somehow not understanding that yet.

My son AWS was 4-5 months old and always was welcomed at his Grandpa Gary by a big smile and his conversation as he sat in his favarite chair facing the front door to the living room only to be taken there when there was an atmosphere or of sadness as Mommy cried and wept.

I had met Gary about 2 1/2 years before his passing and enjoyed the chance to meet and to get to know him. Physically he was small in stature, yet he was known and will be remebered for his huge personality (as if it were a stockpile of dynamite). I will greatly miss him yet will not forget him and his goodness and am happy he was able to hear words from God and accepted the Lord as his savior.

GARY WAS THE HAPPIEST PERSON KNEW. HE WAS SO KIND AND IS MISSED VERY MUCH. MY CHILDREN LOVED TO STOP BY AND SEE HIM. WHEN MCKINLEY WAS VERY SMALL,ONE OF HIS FIRST FEW WORDS WAS STOGGY. WE WILL MISS HIM ALWAYS!!

I remember my dad Gary E. Rodeheaver a kind loving and helping person. He didn't know a stranger. He would help anyone. I remember my dad telling me he was thinking of buying a place in Florida and asked me what I thought. I told him I thought he should do it. I love and miss my dad every day. He is always in my thoughts. Your grandson Alex loves and misses you very much....