Great Obits (#2) - Secret Fishin' Hole

ROCKPORT, Texas - Harry, 67, passed from this life on Friday at his home.

Harry was an avid fisherman and a United States Navy veteran. One of his greatest joys was taking all the grandkids fishing; he would bait all the hooks and just smile when they hooked a big one. Harry was a man of very few words and he did not leave behind a great fortune for his family, but he left behind something that most of us only wish we could when it's all said and done. He left behind the wisdom of knowing when to and not to speak, knowing exactly what to say, and the fact that if you know nothing about the subject you probably shouldn't say anything at all.

Harry died just as he lived, very modest, nothing fancy and when given the grim news just a few short months ago about his illness, he chose not to put his family through the long road of hope and suffering and trips to the hospital and countless dollars spent on him; he simply said "Let's Go Home". Harry did just that and without the aid of doctors or miracle workers he once again did it perhaps the only way he knew how, the old fashioned way... He took it like a man!!

Until now, Harry never lived in a mansion or walked on streets of gold. He now fishes in a pond where the catch will never grow old. There will not be a large church gathering or a line of visitors or friends. Just one final request from one of God's simple men. He asked to be cremated and his ashes scattered in the wind near that secret fishin' hole he thought was all his. Final resting place, Estes Flats in Aransas Bay at Rockport, Texas.