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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 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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May-June, 2005 Edition PPW - SBA Comments to: Editor at anvilfire.com |
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