EdDavies

"Ed Davies, son of a Welsh immigrant, was my father. I write the words "my father" with tenderness and enormous pride. Ed, Eddy, "Daddy" was a common, ordinary, hard working, and dedicated family man. Integrity and love of his fellow man guided him thoughout his life. He taught me more about people and life than I have the capacity to grasp"

Dawn "Davies" carpenter.

A Few of Ed's Favorite Things;

Color;Deep Blue

Song;My Melencholy Baby

Singer: Bing Crosby

MovieThe Misfits

Actor; Clark Gable

Poet; Edgar A. Guest

Poem;If; by Rudyard Kipling

Hero; Richard Davies (his father)

Food: Scalloped potatos &

pork chops.

Place; His own backyard with

friends and family on

a warm night

Charity;Any friend, neighbor

or family member in

need.

Travel; Anyplace the Ohio

State Football Team

was playing.

Game;A good game of

poker, anytime!

In his quiet, self assured way, my father was always there for us. Sensing when we were troubled, (more than likely it was written all over our face) he was an outstanding listener. There were many long evening walks where, as a child, your problems just spilled out. He never told you what you should do. Somehow, by the time you had returned from the walk, you knew what was the right thing to do to take care of your problem. This happened without ever feeling you were being criticized or told what to do. It was an extremely comfortable way to be raised.

Dawn 'Davies" Carpenter

IF by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting, too:

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

if you can dream-and not make dreams your master;

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same

If you can bare to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken

And stoop and build them up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnnings

And never breathe a word about your loss:

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on."

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch:

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run-

Yours is the Earth and everything thats in it,

And-which is more-you'll be a man, my son.

Important things that my father said to me;

At Age 3 or 4: "Let your Mother sleep."

Age 6, First day of school: " I'll walk to school with you, we can meet the principal"

2nd Day of school: " Never accept a ride with anyone you don't know., not even if it's raining or snowing."

A few days later: "I ran into your principal and he said he offered you a ride to school but you said, 'No, I don't know you!.' I'm very proud of you. That was the right thing to do."

Age 7; "You know, a person's character is shaped very early in life. You are already a person I know I can trust to do the right thing."

Age 6-13: 'I'll be there to see your teacher.'

"I'll be there to pick you up."

"I'll be there to see you in the play."

"I'll be there."

Age 13; " I'm your father, You can talk to me about anything and I'll always listen, but I can't tell you what to do. Everyone has to solve their own problems"

"Did you know your Dad got me my first job? I wanted to go to work but jobs were hard to come by. I was sent down town to talk to Eddy. He asked what kind of a job did I want. I didn't know but I liked the nice uniform the Telegraph Delivery Boys wore and I admired the bikes they rode in down town Columbus. I told him that. A couple of days later he called and told me to go down to the Telegraph Office..................."

One of Ed's nephews

"I never knew your Dad. Your family had moved to California before Sonny and I were married. I know how Sonny felt about him. Sonny, when he was driving on the West Side, would drive past your house. He would say, "That is where the best uncle a man ever had, lived. He was one man you could really talk to. If it hadn't been for him I don't know how I would have turned out." He would even drive our children by, when they were young, and tell them stories.................."

Widow of Sonny, who was a grand nephew to ED.

"It has been a long time since your Dad died, but I will never forget that man. He was one of the most handsome men I'd ever met. Not handsome in a "pretty boy" way, you know. He was a man's man. You could recognize him a long distance away. He would walk right up to you, look you straight in the eye and give you a heardy handshake. You could talk about any problem you had with him and he was always willing to listen. It didn't matter to him that you were just some young kid. I stll miss your father........................"

Conversation with a long time friend of my sister's while at a family wedding.