I have a ton of Barbara stories and not so many John ones. I did so love spending time with him last year. Otherwise, this one from a while back…

Putting this in writing makes it seem trivial but it wasn’t at the time! I’d been working on getting Steve to agree to getting a hot tub for a couple years and I was almost there. Right about then, Steve met John on a trip with the Bellas AND husbands. That hardly ever happened! I’ll jump to the end…John advised Steve not to get a hot tub, Steve was relieved, and I was pissed at John forever.

Well that’s not true - because I got over it quickly but it made for a better ending I think.  

I was a home builder in Tallahassee for many years. I did a lot of pools with John, he did the pool at our home. My wife was John's ad rep for the Tallahassee Democrat. We both loved working with John and had a lot of respect for him. John was as good a person as you could get to know and was always a pleasure to talk with.

God Bless