Papaw loved sitting in his garage and listening to music. I was hanging out with him one day, and a very mean bee landed in my hair. Of course, I freaked out. Papaw tried to calm me down, but I was hysterical. And that mean bee stung me. Papaw saved the day with his rusty pliers, removed the stinger, and gave me a bandaid. I still have a scar from the incident…probably because of the rusty pliers
When I first met Neil in 1992 he was in the the “dog house”. Which is what he always called his place out in the garage. I can’t even imagine how many hours we sat out there talking about his days at Modern Iron, Duggins, BPS plus so many of his misadventures. While Ruth would have something delicious cooked up for us. I sure miss those days.
Well I’m definitely daddy’s little pumpkin. I never did anything wrong LOL. Until one day I decided to sneak out and go roll a house. Daddy was at Garland Scout Ranch with Tim who was in boy scouts. Well daddy had a feeling his perfect little pumpkin was up to no good so he drove all the way back home in the middle of the night to catch me. All I remember is hearing the familiar voice saying “HOLD IT”. Needless to say daddy’s little pumpkin was in trouble and the next day I was knocking on a stranger’s door to explain to them that my friends and I had rolled their house and that I was there to clean it up.
Neil and Ruth have been our friends for so many years. There was not a sweeter couple. We spent long hours on our front porch drinking coffee and solving the problems of the whole world. We r going to miss our dear friend Neil.
When Ruth would go anywhere with me or Jane and she cut up Neil blamed us his Ruth was an angel did no wrong lol….. But he gave me so many talks when I was down he encouraged me to be the best and had me believing I shared that halo with Ruth.. He loved his family
It has just been the last 10 years or so that he has been “Neil” for me. So many memories in our childhood, especially all those roads we made on the bank in front of our house: but he will always be “Scroochie”.
I do not know how he got it unless Uncle “C” and Aunt Amy called him that as a baby. He was a couple years younger than me and that is all everyone called him that I can remember. Maybe another cuz will shed some light on it.
Cousin Neil he was a wonderful friendly loving man in the early years I remember Neil and Ruth coming over to my Mom and Daddy’s house and they were always so much fun to sit around the table and talk and visit and have cake or coffee or or lunch mom always had something cooked and we all enjoy the visits lots of fun memories Neil and my dad were close and you could always tell because he would be there at any family gathering or any emergency that we had Neil was there to see if he could help and he did just by his presence and we will all dearly miss him we had lots of visits and we were a huge group but we always seem to be very close when we were all gathered together at Mama’s table or out in the front yard enjoying a fresh glass of iced tea and talk it over everything we sit for hours in the rocking chairs me personally remember our last phone conversation he had lost my number and he called me he found it on a scrap of paper and he called he said his this Ginger and I said yes is this Neal and he said yes I knew it was him by the sound of his soft-spoken voice and we talked for hours,, will always remember him ,I can only imaginehe has met up with all the ones that have gone before him , Great Reunion ✨
Uncle Neil was always a kind and funny uncle that made holidays and reunion fun and enjoyable. I will concur that he loved and cherished his children and wife. Prayers for comfort during this loss.
NEIL WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. WE D PLAY DOMINOES EVERY WEEKEND WHEN THEY CAME DOWN FROM SHREVEPORT. WE D GO TO MANY IN THE EVENINGS AND GET HOT TAMALES FROM A VAN ON MAIN STREET. IF ANY FAMILY MEMBER WAS HOSPITALIZED IN SHREVEPORT, NEIL VISITED EVERY DAY. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT WE WILL MISS HIM SO MUCH. PRAYING FOR RUTH, KIDS AND GRANDKIDS
I’m sure it’s been mentioned here before, but Pawpaw always wanted a hug. Everytime I would come over, the first thing to do was hug his neck. He would remind me if I had forgotten haha. For, as long as I can remember I am a hugger and it’s thanks to Pawpaw. He was a very consistent man from what I remember. Pretty much always wearing overalls and watching the same western shows. I remember when I was younger I was excited to start a fire with him during the winter. I was fascinated as a kid for some reason with fire and would love to watch the fire with him. He was a great pawpaw and I’ll miss him dearly.
My family was neighbors with Neil and Ruth from 1994 through 1998. I spent many houis spent many hours in Neal’s garage talking about about just about anything.. I remember just telling the wife that ithat it took me a long time to be able to understand Him because of his draw. He was and always will be considered a very good friend. My condolences to Ruth and the family on such a great loss.
Tony Neil Eason
Papaw loved sitting in his garage and listening to music. I was hanging out with him one day, and a very mean bee landed in my hair. Of course, I freaked out. Papaw tried to calm me down, but I was hysterical. And that mean bee stung me. Papaw saved the day with his rusty pliers, removed the stinger, and gave me a bandaid. I still have a scar from the incident…probably because of the rusty pliers
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When I first met Neil in 1992 he was in the the “dog house”. Which is what he always called his place out in the garage. I can’t even imagine how many hours we sat out there talking about his days at Modern Iron, Duggins, BPS plus so many of his misadventures. While Ruth would have something delicious cooked up for us. I sure miss those days.
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Well I’m definitely daddy’s little pumpkin. I never did anything wrong LOL. Until one day I decided to sneak out and go roll a house. Daddy was at Garland Scout Ranch with Tim who was in boy scouts. Well daddy had a feeling his perfect little pumpkin was up to no good so he drove all the way back home in the middle of the night to catch me. All I remember is hearing the familiar voice saying “HOLD IT”. Needless to say daddy’s little pumpkin was in trouble and the next day I was knocking on a stranger’s door to explain to them that my friends and I had rolled their house and that I was there to clean it up.
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Lol you tried being sneaky, but Papaw wasn’t having it 😂
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Neil and Ruth have been our friends for so many years. There was not a sweeter couple. We spent long hours on our front porch drinking coffee and solving the problems of the whole world. We r going to miss our dear friend Neil.
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Papaw talked about y’all all the time. I know he loved y’all and really cherished y’all’s friendship.
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When Ruth would go anywhere with me or Jane and she cut up Neil blamed us his Ruth was an angel did no wrong lol….. But he gave me so many talks when I was down he encouraged me to be the best and had me believing I shared that halo with Ruth.. He loved his family
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I love this 💕
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I remember yall cutting up at Caddo Lake. Lol Daddy was ranting about that for days.
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It has just been the last 10 years or so that he has been “Neil” for me. So many memories in our childhood, especially all those roads we made on the bank in front of our house: but he will always be “Scroochie”.
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I would love to hear more about this nickname!
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I do not know how he got it unless Uncle “C” and Aunt Amy called him that as a baby. He was a couple years younger than me and that is all everyone called him that I can remember. Maybe another cuz will shed some light on it.
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Cousin Neil he was a wonderful friendly loving man in the early years I remember Neil and Ruth coming over to my Mom and Daddy’s house and they were always so much fun to sit around the table and talk and visit and have cake or coffee or or lunch mom always had something cooked and we all enjoy the visits lots of fun memories Neil and my dad were close and you could always tell because he would be there at any family gathering or any emergency that we had Neil was there to see if he could help and he did just by his presence and we will all dearly miss him we had lots of visits and we were a huge group but we always seem to be very close when we were all gathered together at Mama’s table or out in the front yard enjoying a fresh glass of iced tea and talk it over everything we sit for hours in the rocking chairs me personally remember our last phone conversation he had lost my number and he called me he found it on a scrap of paper and he called he said his this Ginger and I said yes is this Neal and he said yes I knew it was him by the sound of his soft-spoken voice and we talked for hours,, will always remember him ,I can only imaginehe has met up with all the ones that have gone before him , Great Reunion ✨
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Uncle Neil was always a kind and funny uncle that made holidays and reunion fun and enjoyable. I will concur that he loved and cherished his children and wife. Prayers for comfort during this loss.
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NEIL WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. WE D PLAY DOMINOES EVERY WEEKEND WHEN THEY CAME DOWN FROM SHREVEPORT. WE D GO TO MANY IN THE EVENINGS AND GET HOT TAMALES FROM A VAN ON MAIN STREET. IF ANY FAMILY MEMBER WAS HOSPITALIZED IN SHREVEPORT, NEIL VISITED EVERY DAY. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT WE WILL MISS HIM SO MUCH. PRAYING FOR RUTH, KIDS AND GRANDKIDS
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I’m sure it’s been mentioned here before, but Pawpaw always wanted a hug. Everytime I would come over, the first thing to do was hug his neck. He would remind me if I had forgotten haha. For, as long as I can remember I am a hugger and it’s thanks to Pawpaw. He was a very consistent man from what I remember. Pretty much always wearing overalls and watching the same western shows. I remember when I was younger I was excited to start a fire with him during the winter. I was fascinated as a kid for some reason with fire and would love to watch the fire with him. He was a great pawpaw and I’ll miss him dearly.
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My family was neighbors with Neil and Ruth from 1994 through 1998. I spent many houis spent many hours in Neal’s garage talking about about just about anything.. I remember just telling the wife that ithat it took me a long time to be able to understand Him because of his draw. He was and always will be considered a very good friend. My condolences to Ruth and the family on such a great loss.
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Thank you for the kind words.
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