Thread: Important Departed People...Share your Stories!

:-) My Grandad William (Bill) Hester. He was a Navy man. He invaded the beaches at Normandy as part of the Underwater Demolition Teams. He retired from the service as Chief Ship Fitter. He passed away on september 10th of this year after 6 years battleing heart-failure. He was as stubborn as an ass, an AMAZING prankster, and a loving man who never met a stranger. He had a wonderful library of war stories. As a "southern gentleman" many of them were off color but that didn't make them any less fantastic. Regretfully he lost most of his speach ability and the use of the left side of his body to 5 strokes. His wife Ruby was a "Rossie the Riveter" and a nurse. She was just as stubborn as he was if not more!