The Father Figures
Larry Wilkerson. That’s about all I know of my biological father. Actually, I know a few other things; he was a short order cook, lived in Baton Rouge/New Orleans, liked to sing with the band but was not WITH the band, he was just another drunk in the crowd making an ass of himself.
I have picture of him. If I cover that long freakin' chin of his with one finger, and his big, long forehead with the other, it’s like looking in a mirror. I have noticed that I am needing to cover up less of his forehead lately J. I can’t say for sure, but I believe that his eyes were all I got from him. My mother is a highly intelligent woman (though she hides it well) and I believe the genius came from her side. My grandmother died before I reached full reasoning potential, but I recall her as being very quick of the mind.
Buck, Sandy’s father, was probably the most influential father-figure in my childhood with the exception of my grandfather of course. I remember him as a gentle man. He was short like my mom and always seemed to be smiling. He was my “daddy”, and I called him that. I loved him very much and was devastated by his death in a single-truck accident. AG Buchanan was his real name. His friends, and he seemed to have many, called him Buck for short. Speaking of short, he was, at just 5’4”. He tipped the scales at about 155. Buck was married to, in my opinion, the “other woman”. I know absolutely nothing of his real life (or his real wife and real kids) other than his son Jimmy dated my sister Earlene for a while and drove Plymouth Super Bees. Funny what a little boy will remember.
Jack, Jackie’s father was a good guy. His example was brief in my life and came at the most inopportune time. I remember him fondly.
-b
I have picture of him. If I cover that long freakin' chin of his with one finger, and his big, long forehead with the other, it’s like looking in a mirror. I have noticed that I am needing to cover up less of his forehead lately J. I can’t say for sure, but I believe that his eyes were all I got from him. My mother is a highly intelligent woman (though she hides it well) and I believe the genius came from her side. My grandmother died before I reached full reasoning potential, but I recall her as being very quick of the mind.
Buck, Sandy’s father, was probably the most influential father-figure in my childhood with the exception of my grandfather of course. I remember him as a gentle man. He was short like my mom and always seemed to be smiling. He was my “daddy”, and I called him that. I loved him very much and was devastated by his death in a single-truck accident. AG Buchanan was his real name. His friends, and he seemed to have many, called him Buck for short. Speaking of short, he was, at just 5’4”. He tipped the scales at about 155. Buck was married to, in my opinion, the “other woman”. I know absolutely nothing of his real life (or his real wife and real kids) other than his son Jimmy dated my sister Earlene for a while and drove Plymouth Super Bees. Funny what a little boy will remember.
Jack, Jackie’s father was a good guy. His example was brief in my life and came at the most inopportune time. I remember him fondly.
-b
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