Dusty Rhodes, A Death in the Family

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 28 January 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

This is the other of my columns this week. This one also, will be of interest to only a few Freepers. Still, I hope y'all appreciate this.

John / Billybob

[Defendingliberty]

This is not the famous "Dusty Rhodes American Dream", is it?

[silent_jonny]

Dusty Rhodes died!!!???? I had no idea :(

[Grandma Pam]

Sorry for the loss of your friend. This lovely tribute says a lot about him AND you.

[ambrose]

bump!

[pickemuphere]

Our local oldies DJ goes by the name "Dusty Rhodes."

[Congressman Billybob]

Nope, this is a real man, whom we laid to rest yesterday afternoon.

John / Billybob

[Pete'sWife]

John, thanks for your touching tribute to a wonderful human being.

My God be with you and Dusty's family, now and forever.

[Severa]

Gotta admit I thought the EXACT same thing as silent_jonny when I first saw this story.

That being said, I offer my condolences to you Congressman on the loss of your dear friend. May he Rest in Peace.

[digger48]

Our local oldies DJ goes by the name "Dusty RhodesTHAT's where I"ve heard that name.

Sorry about your friend Congressman

[silent_jonny]

My mistake. I meant no disrespect.

[TaxRelief]

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[skeeter]

There was/is a Dusty Rhodes DJ in the Sacramento area for years, as well.

RIP to your friend, Congressman. His kind is becoming scarce.

[RGVTx]

I never spoke with him, but I recall reading some of his posts. One that stands out was his generous donation to FR during a long past FReepathon. He put the FReepathon over the top. God bless him and his family and friends he leaves behind.

[NormsRevenge]

Condolences to the family and friends. Sorry to hear of the loss of this good man.

I knew a 'Dusty Rhodes' as a kid too,, he just had a different name in my old hometown.

He ran a Cliff's Little Supermarket for 40 some years or so .. thru good times and bad, he was always there to help folks out in the community if he could.

[185JHP]

Wordsworth: "You know, every act of kindness is a little bit of
love we leave behind."

[ishabibble]

Absolutely beautiful and touching. Thank you for your kind words for this dear man.

[moonpie57]

I wondered if this was our Dusty Rhodes, the ex wrestler. I just saw one of the commercials he does for a local car dealer this evening.

[dwilli]

I remodeled a drug store in Highlands back in the seventies.
It took several days and every morning I would get to the job site a few minutes before the lady who ran the store.

Outside the store was a makeshift shelf and every morning there was a pile of change on the shelf. Curiosity got the best of me and I finally asked the owner why it was there.
She said locals would walk by in the morning and get a newspaper from the stack dropped off by truck and simply
leave the money on the shelf.

That was also back when land was cheap in those hills.

I lived in Charlotte at the time where no quarter was safe
just laying there.

[LowOiL]

Funny how we all know of one or two special people like your friend. They are the sweetness that makes life bearable.