This weekend we also said a sad goodbye to BJ's grandfather, Papa O'Dell, he was 89 years old. He passed away on Thursday, October 28th and the funeral was held on Sunday. He was a sweet man who loved his family and always called it like he saw it. BJ has fond memories and stories about his Papa, and he shared many of them at the funeral.
Its hard to believe that when BJ and I got married 5 years ago that we had 7 of our 8 grandparents still with us, and now we are still blessed to have all 4 of our grandmothers, but sadly our Papa B, Papa O'Dell, and Grandaddy have since passed away. An interesting fact, is that our grandfather's birthdays were three days in a row, my Grandaddy's birthday was December 29th (he passed on his 96th birthday and would be 98 this year), Papa B's birthday was December 30th (he passed at age 88 and would be 90 this year) and Papa O'Dell's birthday was December 31st (he would have been 90 this year). I know this year they will be celebrating in heaven this year, maybe they will all get together and share a piece of cake :)
We will miss Papa O'Dell, but we are so grateful for the time we were able to spend with him and all of the fond memories we have of him. Here are the last two pictures we have of him, he was able to share most of Gus's first year with us, which is so special.
Its hard to believe that when BJ and I got married 5 years ago that we had 7 of our 8 grandparents still with us, and now we are still blessed to have all 4 of our grandmothers, but sadly our Papa B, Papa O'Dell, and Grandaddy have since passed away. An interesting fact, is that our grandfather's birthdays were three days in a row, my Grandaddy's birthday was December 29th (he passed on his 96th birthday and would be 98 this year), Papa B's birthday was December 30th (he passed at age 88 and would be 90 this year) and Papa O'Dell's birthday was December 31st (he would have been 90 this year). I know this year they will be celebrating in heaven this year, maybe they will all get together and share a piece of cake :)
We will miss Papa O'Dell, but we are so grateful for the time we were able to spend with him and all of the fond memories we have of him. Here are the last two pictures we have of him, he was able to share most of Gus's first year with us, which is so special.
We love you Papa.
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