[AMC-list] Veterans Day 2018

["Eddie Stakes" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Veterans Day 2018. Thanks to all the veterans who have proudly served, past, 
present & future. My dad, Homer T. Stakes was a Veteran of WWII. I have no 
photos of him in uniform, do not know if he won any medals or honors, it is 
something he didn't want to talk about. And anything he might have had, 
including uniform, was destroyed in hurricane Celia, Aug 3rd, 1970 in Corpus 
Christi when out roof caved in. He was a Navy man & loved going to the Navy 
Relief Festival in CC on the base every year. Seemed to take him back to 
another time. I can't tell you if that was good or bad, but he sure liked 
going to the base, which was about 25 miles from our house on north side of 
Corpus Christi.

With that being said, it is going to freeze tonight in Houston. And many of 
you know while I never served, I am really fond of feeding Homeless Veterans 
in Houston! Is against the law you know but many of you know what I think of 
that law and it starts with capital letter F. Well, many of these homeless 
veterans are out in the elements when it gets mighty cold (freezing or 
below) and a number of them don't want anyone to intervene or help, but 
there are places for them to go like Star of Hope, hot meals, cots and heat.

So I guess in Homer T. Stakes sunrise June 1st, 1926; sunset October 30th, 
2005 memory, if you have some spare time, please go donate it at a shelter 
for these folks. Or go to dollar store pick up some small blankets to pass 
out to them. Or do like I do, I can make 5 pounds of food for $5 and feed a 
mess of them, good stuff too! A lot of Veterans need help in 2018.... and 
beyond. God Bless all Veterans & thank you for serving this country. Miss 
you poppa.

Eddie Stakes
713-464-8825 days
www.planethoustonamx.com 

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