In memory of Arthur Wooley, "gone home."
May 15, 1889 ~ Feb 24, 1965
and
In memory of Maggie Della Wooley, "gone home."
September 7, 1891 ~ February 16, 1989

The photo is of my Dad and Mom,
on the day I got married to Shirley,
over 46 years ago, now.
I was so proud to have them stand there and
witness their youngest living son say his vows to
his young bride. It was the first marriage
that they had attended for one of their sons.
And it was the first semi-formal one.
(No tuxedo for us, as we couldn't afford one.
My mom was 40 years old when I was born,
and with a twin brother, she never had a lot of time
to show much affection to us. There was one more
brother still in diapers, so I can understand that.
Since there weren't any disposables in those days,
it was very hard on her.  She was too danged
busy making a life for the whole brood to spend any
time hugging around on us younguns.
It didn't diminish the affection I have for
her though. How can you not love the person that
taught you a love for God and Jesus,
and not be in love with her?
There isn't a day goes by, that I don't think of her,
and her matronly ways of getting things done.
The song that Merle Haggard sang, about Mama's Hungry Eyes,
fits her to a tee. She never had
the luxuries she wanted, but she always had
the things she really needed. One more reason for my
Mama's hungry eyes. She lived to be 97 years old,
and never quit giving, until she was bedfast,
for the last two years of her life.
I am sitting here, blubbering, while I recall
these wonderful times, that I did know this
magnificent man and woman.
My Father was just as magnificent.
Arthur and Maggie Wooley,
The wind beneath my wings.
They are my Heroes.
~Lloyd Wooley, Son













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