| Location | Chapmanville, Wv |
| Age | 75 years |
| Cause of Death | Suicide |
| Date of Birth | 16/10/1931 |
| Date of Death | 11/10/2007 |
| Visitors | 461 since 17/01/2009 |
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Papaw was my everything. He was my hero, my rock, my stability, my safety, and my rest. He was a jokester, always making others laugh with his silly antics. The day he passed was the darkest day of my life, because I not only lost my beloved papaw, I lost my daddy. The way he chose to go has been hell on every person that ever loved him. I will never understand it. But I've decided in my mind that the only thing I can do is do my best to cope and maybe I can use this tragedy to help someone else.
Paw, I love you and I miss you more than you'll ever know.
Forever your baby,
Chris
Willie The Unhappy Clown
Willie was a very funny man who loved to see people laugh. Very much like his son, my late husband Rocky. I'll never forget the mongoose in the box joke that he pulled on me the first time I came to Chapmanville to meet Rocky's folks. I was nervous at meeting them anyway, and when he flipped that switch and that piece of fur flew out and hit me in the face I was terrified. Rocky and his sisters laughed so hard, and I still remember Willie laughing so hard he was red-faced.
But I know that Willie was a shell of a person after BoDeen died, at a loss to know what to do with himself. He allowed her to be the decision maker in the family, and without her, he was a ship with no rudder. He still liked to make the children laugh, but it seemed it wasn't as much fun for his as when Bo was there to share it with him. I don't know what made him do what he did at the end, but I know he was miserable. I think he must have decided that he didn't want to deal with being sick and being without Bo anymore. At least that's what I like to think was his reasons.
I loved you, Willie. Be at peace.
Judi Gore, daughter-in-law
I still look for you
Willie, I still look for you when i go to the post office. I always look at your house. I miss our visits, And making german chocolate cake for you. The night you left us is a sad site i will never forget. Seeing you sitting in that recliner not breathing. I often wonder why you did this..and i regret not coming up the last time you called me. You said you had something to tell me..Now i will never know...I think of you and BoDeen everyday. Your Best Friend Emmie
He was a great man..I always got a kick out of the stuff he pulled on me and Chris...he always pulled little pranks and got us laughing all the time. I liked being around him he always had a good sense of humor
The memories I have of Papaw are so wonderful. I was his baby and he was my hero. I remember his jokes and pranks and they were always so funny. One of my favorites is how when I was very young, he set up a CB radio in a pumpkin at Halloween and sat it beside a bowl of candy. He sat inside next to the window and when kids would come up and take more than the limit on the sign, he would say something and they would jump! He did the same thing at a birthday party of mine with Pin the Tail on the Donkey. When someone would stick the donkey he'd say "OOOOWWW! Don't do that!" and other things to make the kids laugh. So many other things he did that brought laughter to others and not enough room to share them. The day he took his life was the darkest day of my life and if I had the chance to tell him one thing now it would be this. Paw, so many people loved you and so many wanted to be there for you. You could have told us, you could have come to us. I miss you more everyday and my life hasn't been the same since you've been gone. I love you more than you know.
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