Wednesday, September 29, 2010

DICK GRIFFEY

DICK GRIFFEY
A MAN WE CALLED FRIEND


THE WHISPERS, HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF KNOWING RICHARD” DICK” GRIFFEY, SINCE 1974. ALTHOUGH IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE BLESSING THAT GOD PERMITTED US TO BE TO EACH OTHER, IN OUR BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSON LIVES.


HIS EMINENT INTELLECT AND ROBUST PHYSICAL STATURE WAS EQUALLED ONLY BY HIS UNIQUE SENSE OF HUMOR, BEWITCHING BAD BOY SMILE AND HIS GOD GIVEN VISIONARY ATTRIBUTES, QUALITIES THAT CAN NOT BE TAUGHT, BOUGHT, BORROWED OR STOLEN.


OUR GREATEST REGRET IS THAT FATHER TIME WAS NOT KIND AS TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL DICK, JUST HOW MUCH WE LEARNED FROM HIM AND JUST HOW THANKFUL WE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT OUR LIVES TOUCHED HIS IN THIS ALL TO SHORT ODYSSEY CALLED LIFE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, TILL TIME INDEFINITE, THERE WILL BE A VACANCY IN THE HEARTS OF EACH MEMBER OF THE WHISPERS. WE SINCERELY HOPE THIS SOBERING OCCASION WILL CAUTION US ALL TO, NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY” AMEN!


IN CLOSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND DEAR FRIENDS OF DICK GRIFFEY', TO READ PSALMS 23, IN YOUR HOLY BIBLES: IN PARTICULAR VERSE:4 WHICH SAYS,YEAH THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH: I WILL FEAR NO EVIL; FOR YOU ARE WITH ME; YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF THEY COMFORT ME”. AND AS YOU READ GODS WORD, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AS SURE AS GOD IS WITH EACH OF US, OUR HEARTS, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL OF YOU.



GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO WE
THE WHISPERS


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