I have a lot of ideas, but that is all they would
be if I did not have
Cathy Knudtson to bring them to life. There are no words to say
how much I think of her, or what she means to me and my
family. One thing I do know, she was sent by God. All I can says is,
Thank you Cathy.
Joe (Papaw) Anderson
Sad to say there are no photos of Mr. William's last
birthday party. The reason is because his Mommy was taping it on her camcorder
because Papaw and Nanny hired a man by the name of Tommy Rash, who billed
himself as a "Professional Peddler of Fun, Frolic & Foolishness". At
that time Mr. William was into magic, big time. This was what he was going
to do when he grew up. "Papaw I will make you float in the air", he would
tell me. This was the first and only birthday party Mr. William ever
had on time, so Nanny and I wanted it to be very special. Mr. Rash
also did magic shows, so this is what we had him do. Mr. William, of
course, was the star. It was the best time he ever had. He and
Mr. Rash just took to one another right away. At the end of the show,
he asked the other kids if they would like to see him turn Mr. William into
a rabbit. The kids all yelled "YES, YES". I could tell when Mr.
William looked over at me, he was not to sure about this trick. What
happened was Mr. Rash unrolled a shade with a rabbit on it in front of Mr.
William. Everyone laughed, but I saw a real look of relief on Mr. William's
face. He later told me he was a little worried. He said "Papaw I like
rabbits, but I don't want to be one". So you can see this image that
Terri has made has a little magic in it. Thank you Terri.
While Mr. William was only with us a short time, he
did more, accomplished more and touched more lives and hearts than anyone
could ever imagine. Please join us now as we celebrate the life of Mr.
William.
(A SPECIAL NOTE: Throughout this page you will
notice presents contained in the body of the page (not the ones to the side).
For a great surprise, please click on the present to see what has been
sent to us to celebrate the life of Mr. William. To return to this page you
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Mr. William is given a Wal-Mart cap and vest. In
less than a week, the associates at Wal-Mart, Peace Haven Baptist Church
(Mr. William's Church), Wilkes Regional Medical Center and the lab where
Mr. William's Mommy worked, Harley Riders at Tyson Foods and many other churches
around town raised around $7,000 in cash and tickets to Carowinds, Tweetsie
Railroad, which came from Key City Furniture, along with $300.00 spending
money for Mr. William. The workers at Coca Cola Bottling Company donated
more tickets to Carowinds, so not only the whole family, but some of Mr.
William's playmates, could also go. There is no way that we will ever
be able to thank all of the people who made this possible, but we will keep
on trying. There was also enough to send Mr. William, his sister, his Mom
and Dad to Disney World.
Mr. William is given a cake by Wal-Mart
associates which says on it "Have A Great Trip"
This was a party held for Mr. William by the associates
at our local Wal-Mart in early July, 1999. They raised funds to send Mr.
William to Carowinds at Charlotte, NC and to the North Carolina Zoo at Ashboro,
NC. They also got tickets for the whole family.
Mr. William on horseback at Tweetsie Railroad looking
over the town
Mr. Willaim gets ready to drive the train.
Mr. William and Papaw with Tweetsie Railroad workers
in front of the train, we had
just returned from our ride.
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special gift
Mr. William swinging from the monkey bars as Papaw
looks on at Tweetsie Railroad.
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Mr. William and Papaw at Carowinds riding Rip Roaring
Rapids. We got wet.
Mr. William on the swings at Carowinds. He rode
the swings about 6 times before he got enough.
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Mr. William at his favorite place, Chuck E. Cheese.
Papaw, this is where a kid can be a kid and a Papaw a Papaw.
Mr. William and Kristi are petting a special rabbit
from another country. I have forgotten which one. This trip was made
possible by a special lady at the Wal-Mart store in Ashboro where the North
Carolina National Zoo is located. When we got to the zoo, a special
guide was waiting for us with a special car in which were were taken to every
place in the Zoo. Had it not been this way Mr. William and Kristi would
have been able to see only about one third of the Zoo. We never knew
who the lady was, but I want her to know that we thank her from the bottom
of our hearts. Mr. William had been to the zoo a couple of times
before with his Mommy and one of his dreams was to take his Papaw to the
zoo.
Mr. William giving me a peck on the jaw.
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special gift
Mr. William and Mommy, Dad and Sister, Courtney,
at Disney World.
Mr. William and Courtney search for rocks for Mr. William's
collection, Kristi looks too. July 4th cook out at Aunt Missy's
house.
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special gift
Mr. William and Courtney playing in the lake at
White Lake, 1999
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Mr. William playing kickball with the doctors
and nurses at the doctor's office. No one could get the ball by him.
This was early October, 1999.
This photo is very special.
This is the one that is one his name plate. We did not
have anything to go by except a wallet size. We talked to Miss Erwin,
the school principal and she got in touch with the photographer who did the
pictures for the school and explained why we needed more photos. They
sent us 8, 8x10's, 5x7's and about 50 wallet photos. We will never
run out of photos.
Mr. William only went to Kindergarten for about 2 months,
but Mrs. Story gave him his Diploma just as if he had been there all year.
When she mailed this to me I was overcome with joy and pride. She
will never know what this meant to our family.
This one also meant the world to me. We never
expected it, but here was the school yearbook and at the bottom of the page
"In Memory Of Our Friend William Anderson". The first photo on the page (with
the heart next to it) is Courtney, Mr. William's sister. He was very
proud of his sister and loved her with all his heart.
Please take a moment to sign our guestbook
so we will know you have been here
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