In Memoriam Robert Gain BLack, Sr (18 December 1928 - 17 September 2009)

Robert Gain Black, Sr (28 December 1928 - 17 September 2009)

Mom and Dad, May 1988

Norwegian Cruise 1999

 Five years ago today, my beloved father, Robert Gain Black, Sr, died after a long battle with kidney failure.  He is survived by his wife, Agnes McKenna Black, his eight children and multiple grandchildren.  He was the only child of Olga Andersen Black and Albert Gain Black.  he graduated from Harvard in 1949 and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1956, after serving in the US Army during the Korean War.  He was employed by Grumman for almost 40 years, and was the Director of Federal Legislation.  He retired in 1995 and he and Mom moved to South Carolina soon afterwards.  He is dearly missed and I talk to him every day.  He gave me my love of reading and of history.  He was a great husband and father, and he will never be forgotten.  He insisted that I take Latin and I have always called him Pater since then, amongst other nicknames!)  Besides my husband, of whom he thoroughly approved and who he loved dearly and was dearly loved and respected in return, he is the greatest man that I have ever known.  

My First Communion 16 May 1970

25th Wedding Anniversary- 2 September 1986

My Dad- sometime in the 1960s

Happy Birthday Dad!!!!!

Chip and Dad

Today is our Dad's 44th birthday!  Even with five sets of paws, we can't count that high! (WHN is older so she is ANCIENT in comparison to Dad) We of course ensured the sucess of the gifts by giving WHN very specific lists from which to choose and she chose wisely!  First up is a Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock game for Dad, then the Ducky Dynasty Christmas CD and a throw for the couch.  Next up was the turkey car for his train layout- which makes turkey sounds that are quite loud!  We also got him a set of glasses from his favorite movie, "A Christmas Story, and to round out the gifts, WHN gave Dad the mariner's compass wall hanging that she made and tickets to the ST Louis Museum of Transportation.  Our grandpawrents gave him a book about a local railroad and Dad has already started reading it.  Overall, he had a great birthday gift wise, and that is thanks to us!  He had WHN take pictures of each one of us in his train room posing with the turkey car that we gave him.

Snoopy and Dad

Dad and his Big Bang Theory game

Dad and his Duck Dynasty Christmas CD

Dad and his gift from WHN

Dad and another gift from us

Oh FUDGE!!!!

Duck Dynasty throw

Great book from Dad's pawrents

Anna and her Daddy

Tasha with her Daddy

Hope with her Daddy

 

 

Happy Birthday Dad

 Today is our Dad's 43rd birthday!  We are giving him his gifts tonight when he gets home from work, but WHN gave him hers this morning- A Christmas Story pajama set!  We have posted a LOT of photos from our past year- all of Anna Rose and her devoted slave-  the love that they had for each other was beautiful to see and we all miss her terribly, Dad the most- he is lost without her.  (Her ashes are home now and are on his bedside table- he has her close by) 

The LOOK

Her first sit by self!

Her birthday last year

Their first ever photo together- WHN knew there would be trouble ahead!

Cleveland Religious Freedom March

Memorial Day 2012- learning how to cook!

Father's Day 2012

Look of ADoration

Rainbow Bridge walk 24 June 2012