Post by sixfingers on Jul 4, 2011 15:27:02 GMT -5
I attended the funeral of my ex son-in-law over this 4th of July weekend, in the fine city of Texarkana,TX...His mother was 1st cousins to Otis's father and I remember when my daughter introduced him to the family,we shook hands and I told him that he was from the hometown of one of the Temps and he said "yes sir",,,your'e talking about "cuzzin bird's" son Otis? and I said yes..so he started telling me about how his family pulled out the "big pots" when Otis came home to visit his daddy,along with the other Temps,but the Temps that stuck out in his mind was Melvin with that "voice Ron for his sweet-smelling colonge and everybody else that was with them for the way they "chowed-down"on that East Texas food!!!!At his "wake"they was showing a slideshow video of his life,some childhood ,military,prom ,siblings,mom and dad then all of a sudden this photo of him and Melvin appears,so I go into my Temp research mode",wondering if I could maybe talk to the funeral home or a family member to let me take a snapshot with my digital camera and let Walgreens "blow it up" later...So I got a chance to talk to his sister and brother and they told me that they had all kinds of Temptation photos at their mom's house from when they came down with Otis to get research material from their mom in order for him to write the 1st book and that the Temps will always be considered "Family...And as far as the pictures are concerned for my collection,I was promised by the brother,that he would have these photos transferred to a disc and send them to me,and when I recieve them I will share them with anyone who Love the temp the way I do...RIP my son!!!Happy 4th of july to my Temptation family....