They Lived Life Well!!!

Ernest Glassco and his sisters' Sunday School Class, 1920s

“…we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us…” (Heb. 12:1)

            If my father-in-law, Ernest L. Glassco, were still on this earth today, we would celebrate his 100^th birthday on July 14^th. In his honor, my remarkable husband used his dad’s famous recipe and spent hours barbequing 26 pounds of Boston Butt, 6 whole chickens, 50 country ribs, and 6 pounds of Conecuh County sausage for their family reunion on Saturday.

            Then on Sunday, we attended a sweet memorial service for my beloved sister-in-law’s dad, Ivan C. Yates, who passed away Saturday morning. Mr. Yates served our country as a Lt. Colonel in the United States Army Reserves as well as a valuable engineer for NASA during the zenith of space travel and Apollo missions.

            Two Alabama men who lived life well as:

followers of Jesus Christ,

            faithful servants of God,

hard workers,

                        loyal husbands, and

loving fathers, then grandfathers, and then great-grandfathers.

Oh, that we would do the same!

Thank you Mr. Glassco and Mr. Yates for being awe-inspiring examples!