A WARRIOR OF LIGHT

MY NEPHEW MARK WENT TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY IN HEAVEN DECEMBER 1ST, 2018.( he will join PATRICIA,EVERETT,DORIS,TIMMY,MATTHEW,GEORGE,AND MANY OTHERS) I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM AND HIS LOVE FOR LIFE. MARK NEVER CONFORMED TO SOCIETY AND PRETTY MUCH STAYED THAT WAY RIGHT UP TO HIS DEATH. MARK HAD A SENSITIVE SOUL AND LOVED THE OUTDOORS AND LEARNING ABOUT NATURE. WE HAD ALOT OF FUN WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER ON OUR CAMPING TRIPS TO WILSON STATE PARK. MARK WOULD GO OFF WITH A 5 GALLON BUCKET AND SEE WHAT HE COULD CATCH AND BRING BACK FOR THE OTHERS TO SEE. ONE DAY HE RETURNED WITH A BUCKET FULL OF PEEPERS. HE WOULD HELP ME FETCH FIREWOOD AND LOVED PLAYING IN THE CAMPFIRES. LIKE ALL BOYS HE WAS WILD AT HEART WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE. LOVED CLIMBING TREES. LOVED SWINGING ON VINES WE WOULD FIND IN THE WOODS. HE WOULD COLLECT BONES, BUGS,BARK,MOSS,AND ASK ME A MILLON QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HE CAME ACROSS ON HIS SCAVENGER HUNTS. OH YEAH LETS NOT FORGET THE CRAYFISH HE CAUGHT ON HIS JOURNEYS THROUGH THE CREEK BEDS, TURTLES, AND NEWTS HE WOULD DISCOVER UNDER A ROCK OR A ROTTEN LOG, AND A OCCASIONALLY A SNAKE WHICH HE KNEW I LOVED. HE HAD A SET OF EARS LIKE UNCLE PATRICK. I TOLD HIM IT WAS SO WE COULD HEAR BETTER WHILE WE WERE TRACKING ANIMALS. I LOVED BEING A ROLE MODEL FOR HIM. HE WAS EASY TO BE WITH IN THOSE DAYS. FOREVER HE WILL BE MY EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO MADE FRIENDS, WAS ALWAYS LOYAL TO THEM. HE WAS A FIERCE PROTECTOR FOR THOSE HE LOVED. HE HAD A BIG HEART FULL OF COMPASSION. I LOVE YOU MARCUS AND HOLD A PLACE FOR ME. UNCLE PATRICK