Grandfather

I never really knew Mom's father. I have a vague memory of him from my early childhood that might be more reinforced by pictures and stories than from my actual interaction with him. He died soon after I turned two years old.

I am trying to remember what I can recall about him. Some of the things that come to mind first...

• He went to Southern University in Greensboro (now Birmingham-Southern College) and was in the Class of 1899 (or was it 1898?).
  
• He was a farmer and a one term member of the Alabama state legislature.
  
• He served as Sunday School Superintendent of Ivy Creek Methodist Church for fifty years.
  
• He reared four fine children, all of whom graduated from college at a time when that was not so common.

I always liked a story about how much he liked coffee. One night he told my grandmother that he was thinking about warming up coffee in the fireplace. She asked him what he was going to do when it kept him up all night. He replied, "I guess I'll lie in bed and think about how good it was."