TO BESSIE, HELEN,,STEPHANIE, MICHAEL AND THE REST OF THE FAMILIES; CARVER WAS MY CLAIMED LAST UNCLE TO PASS AWAY. WE GREW UP IN THE SAME COMMUNITY WITH BRO. LUTHER WRIGHT, MRS.ELMA AND MY GRANDDADDY BRO GARY AND GRANDMA MRS ANNIE...WE WERE JUST LIKE FAMILY, JUST LIVING SIDE BY SIDE IN ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD. I LOVED FOR CARVER TO TELL US STORIES OF HIS AIR FORCE DAYS WHEN HE CAME BACK HOME.. CARVER WAS ALWAYS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. WHEN I DIDNT IRON THE CLOTHES FOR THE DAY, CARVER ALWAYS CAME BY OUR HOUSE AND MOOCHIE SEND ME TO GET HIS BELT. I WAS THINKING SHE WAS GOING TO WHIP MY SISTER SANDRA BUT IT WAS ALWAYS ME. AND HE WOULD JUST LAUGH AND SAY SHE DONE TOLD YOU TO STOP HIDING THEM CLOTHES IN THE VEGETABLE BIN JUST GO AHEAD AND IRON THEM THEN YOU WONT KEEP GETTING WHIPPINGS.. BUT THEM WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS AS I LOOK BACK AND LAUGH. MAY THE ENTIRE FAMILY KNOW THAT PERSONALLY I CANT THANK CARVER ENOUGH FOR BEING AROUND MY FAMILY AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, GETTING MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY JOBS AT COLONIAL BAKERY YES, HE SURELY DID. CARVER WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US TO SURVIVE HE WAS A WARRIOR AND A FIGHTER AND MY OWN LAST CLAIMED UNCLE TO GO INTO HEAVENS WAY.. REST NOW UNCLE WE ALL MUST TRAVEL THIS ROAD TO OUR RECOVERY.