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Beau Wann, Jr.

'     It's me again, fraunkenbrain...been frettin about coming to the hoedown on the 21st.  Not suupose to get in gateherings or be out with the public, not for the covert 18,19,20, but for any germ, and there are lots of em out there.,  We always wear masks and hand sanitizier when we go out or when anyone comes over...I know there's lots of thought on mask wearing,  but to my way of thinking, as uncomfortable as it is,  it couldnt hoirt.

      Woke up today, just exhausted,  and weak feeling.  My beloved had a steamin cup O joe ready for me, and bacon in the pan, and all kinds of breakfast stuff going on...yum.  Sure am blessed beyond all belief.

     If we decide to go to the hootnany on the 21st,  as much as I'd like to hug all yall, no can do,  surgery in about 2 or 3 weeks.  Dont want no complications.  This surgery is gonna ge scary, because they not sure what they will find, whereas the last 2 they knew what they were going in after, except mabe the one that wass done in college station. Now because of that, MDA is having to redo that one.

     Ok, gotta get outta heah, got a small load of lumber coming and some large stones today, gotta get ready for that one stuff.

     Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"
And I said, "here am I; send me"

Isaiah 6:8

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hello my pretties... 5:45 AM, as in early,  up here on the funny farm, got a busy next couple  of days, weeks, mounths, years ahead of me.   

      as far as i gno, we will be at the hookilau 21st. we'll scrub up, mask up and may  evevn wear gloves, yeah, thats the ticket....

    on a more sadder note,  James "Butch" Winborn died Wednesday.  dot lknow how old he was or what cause, he wass Dianes moms 1st cosin, i think.  They lived up here off Kickapoo road, we'd gotten together a couple times for dinner and supper, but not often enough.

     Thinkd I'm gonna stop for now, been so very tired this week. aarms andlegs ache like I've run a marathon.   Hope to see youse youtes on the 21thes.   

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, so sorry to hear that news about Butch, I think he was WHS class of '63. He and I worked together at St.Joe Paper company factory on N. Post Oak in Summer and Fall  of '65 as laborers on the corrugator, stacking just pressed and glued together with hot glue, corrugated box sheets on Pallets, a hot, hot job in an un air conditioned factory. At that time we were working the evening shift from  2pm until 10pm, and I was taking morning summer school classes at South Texas Junior College in downtown Houston.

My dad died in October '65 right after I entered U of H taking  night classes, and I was working at St. Joe that Monday morning when my foreman brought me a message to call a number immediately, and it was the hospital telling me to come there immediately! I didn't know what was going on until I saw my mom in the hallway crying. Daddy had undergone a stomach surgery the preceding Thursday and on Sunday night he was recovering and doing well expecting to be discharged the next morning.  Fran and I visited him that night and he said,  you two sit down on this bed and tell me about your wedding plans , which we did. He loved Fran as I did and was happy for us. He had a Pulmonary Thrombosis, ( blood clot), that next Morning and died immediately when the blood clot hit his lungs. He was only 59 years old. It was very hard for all of us, he was a good, good man in every way. 

Butch'es  dad Windy  was my barber and was a real character.  I last saw Butch at your house in Houston when y'all celebrated an anniversary, He looked at me and said, what are you doing here? I asked him the same question, small world.

 Rest In Peace Butch! 
 

Tom Britton '65

I think we are ALL looking forward to seeing Bo in a couple of weeks. Hang in there my friend. Many socially-distanced hugs await you. You, my friend, are an inspiration to the entire class. 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Thanks for those kind words tom,  all  yall have been an inspiration to me over a lifetime, so thank YOU.   Been sitting heere since about 4  or 3 and am just exhausted. Too tired to type. The girsl all have the right idea, napping. So ill be back in a while, howevere long that is.

Johnny Sheffield

Good morning , 

you can go to august 1st posting no 10576 

for the updated list on our summer fling.

See you all soon. 
johnny

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Thats rughgt, ut;s this Santernday,  in case you dont rememerbe me, Ill br incobnetio,  I'll be the masked chainsaw head.   

Patricia Williamson (Williams)

Beau - I wish you all the best and I'm sorry I won't be at the gathering to see you myself. I pray for you going forward. 

Teddie Jordan

Johnny Sheffield

Teddie 

my kind of a scam 

johnny

Jimmy Stockton

Teddie,

I've had the same problem lately, now I no what caused it.

Tom Britton '65

Awwww. So sorry I won't be able to see ya'll tomorrow. Unexpected out-of-town company. Take lots of pictures.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Thaanks Pat, and God bless you.   lost another post...hey TJ, Ice cream is just milk of a higher calling and a snickers is a more gooder and higher calling for legumes and cocoa, which we all know is some of 12 food groups, and is good for a liter Oak Forest kid, this is so tedious, gotta shuter doen.   

      the head head doc has reschechedled surgery for aug 31 from sep 2.. good, glad to get this behind us.

Mary Weidner (Williams)

Beau bless you as you continue your journey! I love reading your posts! You should have been a cowboy, I mean writer!😂 

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

So enjoyed the party, i.e. BBQ, was delicious enjoyed seeing everyone, it's been a long time .  Didn't know T. Maddox could sing, all in all, good food, good friends, glad to have been there!

Beau Wann, Jr.

     tried to post last nnight numerous times, but each time, I fell asleep. what a great getogether that was yesterday, thank you Johnny and Lynn et al.  If  one of our gettogethers, couldbe botteled, it wouold be a miracle tonic doewn at MDA it sure made me feel good, grrrrreat as Tony the Tigger would say.    00PS, FELL ASLEEP AGAIN. well i can blame, in part, Little Miss, and me too.  i"m sitting where i sat last night, in her rocker relincer, and sh is in the top of the back, oand on miy shoulders, purring in my ear

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, we enjoyed the get together too, and your description is perfect. Seeing old friends is indeed like a tonic! And getting to see and visit with you and Diane was a good tonic for all of us!

New friends are true friends, but old friends are Gold friends!

Johnny Sheffield

I would like to take the time to thank everyone 

that came out to the summer fling. Great food and wonderful

fellowship. I believe we had around 47 folks that attended Saturday evening.

I wish you all good health and hope to see you all next 

April at our spring get together.

Johnny

Lynn Wren (Burkhardt)

Gloria Hornick (Walker)

The Summer Fling was great!  Thanks to all who planned it to perfection, and to Jimmie Lee for the pictures. Sorry most of us missed you, Don!

Teddie Jordan

Thank you for adding to my vocabulary Don, your explanation of y'all's timing made me laugh. Most folks had left and we had been there about 3 hours  and were getting ready to go. I always enjoy seeing y'all and finally got to talk to Shirley a little more. I just assumed you had another earlier commitment, but was glad to see you both. And I enjoyed catching up with old friend Lloyd Pond and others too.

And you taught me a new phrase to add to my "Golden Years excuses". "The Age of Unusual Occurences!" That's a good one.

Thank you!!

Teddie Jordan

Johnny, our hats are off to you and Lynn B. and Beverly and Jimmie Lee, and Tom and others for all of your efforts in making it all happen!

Pat Brantley (Ross)

So very sorry we missed the party.  The doctors seem to be playing a game with meds.  One adds a med and then a different doctor deletes it or doubles it.  My feet and legs have been swelling badly so sitting in the car is painful.  Went to Houston last week because Ron had his six month appointment at TMC.  He dropped me off at my sister's house and I slept for several hours.  My job is just to keep him awake in the car..  
beau, I am praying for you and your surgeons.  I understand being thrown around by technicians or nurses.  In my ill fated kidney surgery someone on the surgical team flipped me over on my right shoulder.  They damaged my shoulder enough that I am still in physical therapy.  turns out to be a good thing that we didn't come.  We had a man over Friday night for dinner and a movie.  This is kind of our small ministry now.  We have several guys who come for meals and movies.  Anyway, the man called back on Saturday afternoon saying he felt really sick.  We have been in isolation since.  Vaccinated people (us) can still shed virus onto unvaccinated or vaccinated!  I don't want to spread yuck onto my friends.

Thé guy's test results won't be back until tomorrow.  
i am continuing to cook for my grandson and his wife.  They made me a great grandmother.  Great grandson's name is Elijah.   They transferred back to texas three months ago.  My granddaughter in law said her baby needed to be born in Texas.  They live in Austin.  This is a joke.  Austin is spreading like Houston.  To me they live in Dripping Springs, but it is called South Austin.  As long as it isn't California anymore I am happy.  Google gives him 4 months of paternity leave.  Lam Engineering gives her six months and told her she could work from home as long as she liked and work flex hours.  Can you believe this?  Different world.  
 

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

I'd like to thank Beverly Hengst Allen for downloading all the photos and lableing them so quickly.  If you haven't seen the photos from last Saturday, go to Home Page, Flings, 2021

Ronna Brand

Thanks a bunch to Johnny, Lynn, Jimmie, Tom-everyone responsible for making our Fling happen.  It was great to see everyone and get caught up!  I always stop to say Thanks to Jackie for setting up this Web  Site and being so pro active in getting us all together-special lady!  Beverly, thanks for taking up the baton and keeping us all connected.  Beau-it was so great to see you looking so great.  Prayers will be lifted from everywhere around our great State for your quick recovery from this surgery.  We are all looking forward to your fascinating stories to resume!  Until next time, take care everyone!