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WORD LIST
Jim PawPaw Wilson Memorial Hammer-In

Saturday June 18, 2005
Photo by Glenn Conner Reading of the List - Photo by Glenn Conner 

As presented at Paw-Paw's memorial service May 16, 2005 by Mary Katherine Schumacher, wife of one of Jim and Sheri's 27 foster children and then read at the Memorial Hammer-In on June 18th.

Jim’s Autobiography from his book, The Revolutionary Blacksmith.

Paw-Paw - photo by Sheri Wilson
About the Author

Paw Paw Wilson was born in Malden, W. VA. in 1940. He graduated from High School in Kenai, Alaska. He has served in the United States Army Special Forces, as a law enforcement officer, and has held many other positions. He has lived and worked in much of the United States. He currently demonstrates historical blacksmithing for both the Revolutionary War and Civil War periods.

While trying to come up with something to say about Jim, I asked various people who loved him to provide descriptive words. When I got a blank stare as a response, I decided to turn it into an Alphabet game like I play with my children. The following represents the results of that effort.

Asshole - First thought from many sources when asked for a word that starts with ‘A’ that describes Jim. Since I won’t let my children use this word, I won’t say it in church. After they got that out of their system, the following list came to mind.
Arrogant
Articulate
Artist
Author
Blacksmith
Boisterous
Bold
Bossy
Brass
Brother
Bus Driver
Camper
Carpenter
Chauvinist
Computer Service Technician
Confident
Correspondent
Crass
Creative
Dad or Daddy - Depending on the Moment
Defiant
Devious
Drill Sergeant
Effective
Efficient
Egocentric
Electrician
Eloquent
Enforcer
Entrepreneur
Extraordinary
Fanatic
Father
Forgiving
Friend
Frustrating
Fun
Generous
Giving
Godfather
Good Hearted
Good Person
Grandiose
Gregarious
Had his Moments
Handy
Heavy Handed - as illustrated by one of his employees in the storey about a Hang-over, an 80 degree day and a task involving a Jack-Hammer!
Hell Raiser (as illustrated by a friend in a story about a recent 4th of July celebrated with 30 year old military ordinance that had been 'acquired' and the suburban DC boat house that was almost burned down)
Husband
Individualistic
Ingenious
Intelligent
Intuitive
Irresponsible
Irritating
Jack-of-all-Trades
Jerk (at Times)
Jester
Jock's (anvilfire guru's) Friend
Joyful
Kind
King of his Domain
Knight (would come to your rescue in a white truck instead of a white horse)
Knight of Columbus
Know-it-All
Licentious
Locksmith
Loud
Lovable
Loving
Maintenance Supervisor
Manipulator
Manufacturer
Masterful
Merciful
MMMM … He sure did love Pecan Pie
Moody
Motorcycle Rider
Mountain Climber/Rappeller
Negotiator
Never Lazy
No Fear
No Nonsense
Non-Sensicle
Nutcase
Obnoxious
Observant
Open Hearted
Opinionated
Optimistic
Ostentatious
Pack-Rat
Paw-Paw
Plumber
Policeman
Problem Solver
Questioning
QWERTY
“Quiet Dog! Or I’ll drop kick you across the room!”
Racy
Rambunctious
Rapscallion
Reliable
Reptile Cooker (despite popular opinion, this did not originate with Dinosaurs)
Resourceful
Respective
Responsible
Reticent (when he felt it was needed)
Ridiculous
Ring Master
Rootbeer
Rowdy
Sappy (have you read his book?)
Sarcastic
Security Installer
Selfish (at times, but then who isn't!)
Serious
Serving
Significant in our Lives
Silly
Skillful
Sky Diver
Sneaky - especially when Pecan Pie was on a little girl’s plate and she looked the other way!
Son
Special Forces
Story Teller
Student - he never stopped learning
Talented
Teacher
Temperamental
Tenacious
Trainer
Trooper
Trustworthy
Trying
Ugly Olde Fart
Understanding
Unforgettable
Unique
Viet Nam Veteran
Wiley
Wilson Family Circus
Worker
X-Rated
Yacker
Young at Heart
Zany
Zebra (with many stripes)
Zealous
Zoo Keeper

The thing we remember most about Jim is that when it mattered, he was there for you. Whether it was important to him or not, he was there for YOU. As we say good-bye to Jim, we quote the Ringmaster, 'The show must go on!'
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