Apparently Belmont (known to the rest of the world as Jim, but to his family as Belmont) reached his goal, to sing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" to Mona on their wedding anniversary. He died at home on Thursday, the 17th of March. The above poster appears on the Facebook page of the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office. In reading that and Belmont's obituary, and other stories on the internet, although I already knew much of it, I have the say the numbers still impress me:
3 children
4 great-great grandchildren
7 grandchildren
18 great grandchildren
30 years service as deputy sheriff
60 years service at the annual Oklahoma State Fair
74 years as music director for the Downtown Baptist Church
75 years marriage (plus 5 years waiting to marry Mona!)
94 years of age at his passing.
2 comments:
I am sorry for your loss. He seems to have been a good man.The world needs all of those we can get.
I'm on an e-mail alert program from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's department. (When they have an alert out for a suspect, etc.). I got this information on an e-mail the day he passed away. The Sheriff and his staff were very proud of this officer.
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