jinman
Rest in Peace
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- Feb 23, 2001
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- Texas - Wise County - Sunset
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- NHTC45D, NH LB75B, Ford Jubilee
Today was Bird's 70th birthday and we had a heck of a party for him.
What was best was that it was a total surprise. His daughters have been planning this for the last year and he didn't know about it. Behind the scenes, they contacted several of us who know Bird well and we passed the word around to those in the local area to come to his surprise party. Perhaps the most amazing thing is that nobody let the "cat out of the bag" and Bird didn't know about it.
The party was held at the VFW Hall in Denton, Texas. In the pictures that follow, that's why you will see so much military stuff. I'll try to let the pictures do most of the talking and others may have additional pictures and thoughts they would like to contribute.
A special thanks goes out to Muhammad for sending a brand new signed TBN ballcap and some TBN bumper stickers to hand out at the party.:0 Muhammad and Ibrahim signed the cap and then sent it to me. I took it to the party and all the attending TBNers signed the bill of the cap so Bird would have that as a keepsake. We are also giving him a framed picture of the group to hang in his garden to scare away the crows.
The first group of pictures shows Bird with his birthday cake. Thank goodness they didn't put 70 candles on that cake or we would have had to give Bird CPR. The cake had a picture of Bird and his prize pig and also a picture of him in his police uniform.
What was best was that it was a total surprise. His daughters have been planning this for the last year and he didn't know about it. Behind the scenes, they contacted several of us who know Bird well and we passed the word around to those in the local area to come to his surprise party. Perhaps the most amazing thing is that nobody let the "cat out of the bag" and Bird didn't know about it.
The party was held at the VFW Hall in Denton, Texas. In the pictures that follow, that's why you will see so much military stuff. I'll try to let the pictures do most of the talking and others may have additional pictures and thoughts they would like to contribute.
A special thanks goes out to Muhammad for sending a brand new signed TBN ballcap and some TBN bumper stickers to hand out at the party.:0 Muhammad and Ibrahim signed the cap and then sent it to me. I took it to the party and all the attending TBNers signed the bill of the cap so Bird would have that as a keepsake. We are also giving him a framed picture of the group to hang in his garden to scare away the crows.
The first group of pictures shows Bird with his birthday cake. Thank goodness they didn't put 70 candles on that cake or we would have had to give Bird CPR. The cake had a picture of Bird and his prize pig and also a picture of him in his police uniform.