New old News

Liz or Elizabeth as I insisted that we call her when she was named but, onto the new old news... Liz and Dad were talking and he discussed a story dealing with my Uncle Bobby. Bobby died in the Funeral Home in the 1970's I believe... he had always been like a traveling sales man but he sold VA insurance. Unfortunately Bobby liked to drink, we all knew this, inspite of his drinking at least to me he was a very friendly nice man. I remember the year Mom had him down for Thanksgiving Dinner and the food was being passed "past him" and he was finding it hard to get any food on his plate. But, Dad told Liz that when Bobby was very young- they owned or managed one of the Hotel/Taverns in their past. Well Bobby was playing with a friend by the frieght elevators in the hotel and he pushed a button, his friend must have been under the elevator and he was killed. Bobby never got over that experience and the family felt that is one reason he drank as much a he did.