FReeper "Jay1949" (Log Cabins ping list) has died

backcountrynotes ^ | November 14, 2010 | Self

[ErnBatavia]

Something reminded me this morning to check up on Jay....

[ErnBatavia]

Jay Henderson had been fighting cancer for quite some time; comments on his blog advised that he left us in early October.

[ErnBatavia]

http://www.backcountrynotes.com/

[ErnBatavia]

Link below is a tribute to Jay from a fellow blogger...

[ErnBatavia]

http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2010/10/jay-hendersons-endgame-loss-of-witty.html

[ErnBatavia]

Sad news ping...

[Celtic Cross]

I love that website. Got it favorited and everything.

I didn't realize he was a FReeper, though.

Lord have mercy.

[Joe 6-pack]

Sad news indeed. I appreciate the notice.

[FrdmLvr]

Very sad news. Prayers for his family and friends.

[Responsibility2nd]

This from Jay:

I am an ex-urbanite who escaped the city life and has lived for the past 29 years in a rural, mountainous area of southwestern Virginia that in colonial and early-American times was part of the “Backcountry.”

This is the true melting pot of the U.S.A., its culture and traditions dominated by “born fighting” Scotch-Irish immigrants and enhanced by German, Highland Scot, Dutch, Welsh, and yeoman English settlers.

Having absorbed and inculcated the history, values and views of the Backcountry, I would like to share information and insights from the place where America began. - - Jay Henderson

http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2010/10/jay-hendersons-endgame-loss-of-witty.html

RIP, Friend. I’m glad you found “the place where America began”. We’ll miss you.

[Gator113]

His words from his site......

“I am an ex-urbanite who escaped the city life and has lived for the past 29 years in a rural, mountainous area of southwestern Virginia that in colonial and early-American times was part of the “Backcountry.” This is the true melting pot of the U.S.A., its culture and traditions dominated by “born fighting” Scotch-Irish immigrants and enhanced by German, Highland Scot, Dutch, Welsh, and yeoman English settlers. Having absorbed and inculcated the history, values and views of the Backcountry, I would like to share information and insights from the place where America began.” - - Jay Henderson

May Jay Henderson RIP and be remembered for the good man that he was.

[Tax-chick]

Oh, I’m so sorry. I enjoyed his blog very much.

[Red_Devil 232]

I will miss his threads here on FR. His blog was always informative and interesting.

[Tax-chick]

I think you’ve all been on the Backcountry threads from time to time. Sad news about the writer.

[Gator113]

Less than one minute apart between your #9 and my #10. Strange.

[Smokin' Joe]

I’m glad Jay got to discover the ‘back country’ roots of America. God Bless him, and I offer my humble prayers for his family and friends.

[Jacktown]

I loved his blog also.

RIP Mr. Henderson. I wish I had told you how much I enjoyed your pictures and writing.

[SouthDixie]

Awww what a shame, I have always enjoyed Jay's articles on homesteads...May God hold him in the palm of his hand.

[Jim Robinson]

I’m so sorry. Prayers on the way.

[MHGinTN]

Sad news ...

[Monkey Face]

I haven't been aware of this FReeper, but seeing the recipes, I wish I had. Some seem to have come straight from my mother. In retrospect, she used to tell me that the “English” spoken in the Virginia Hills, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, was as close to Elizabethan English as this country would get.

In my innocence, I was raised on Soul Food and didn't know it. The only thing lacking was grits, which were not available where we lived. I feel I have missed something important. :o[