John Pickens

Nice Story about my dad :)

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From: Ethel Lady <ethel.lady@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:43 PM
Subject: John Pickens
To: heatherkeppler@gmail.com

I decided to clean all the games out of Anthony's closet and take to him. I figured that Gina would make a quick decision on what to do with all of them. While Anthony was helping me unload them from the back of my car, he picked up this little square zippered leather thing and said, " do you know who gave this to me?" I replied , " I did not know.", he says " John Pickens, he was teaching me to play backgammon and it is a backgammon set. Glad I did not go through and make the decisions to get rid of everything. He was tickled to have it!  Told your Mom and she did not know he had given anything to Anthony.  Your Mom and Otto came by to visit this evening, poor Otto was worn out from day camp. Dad's birthday is Feb 2nd and we are going to celebrate it January 29th in Abilene, at a hotel that way we can all stay in the same place that has an indoor pool and be able to stay up to visit. Mom and Dad were so proud of the Christmas card you sent to them, soon as I got to their house they told me about the card. This was the first year that I can remember that I did not get a photo card out. I may still do a Happy New year card. Glad all is well with you. Love to you and your family, Ethel (Gigi)