George Edward Sanford (1922-2005)

 

George Edward Sanford was my father.  His birthday was June 20th and often it fell on Father's Day.  So Happy Father's Day, Dad and Happy Birthday.

When I was fourteen, Dad, who only had an 8th grade education, got his GED, enrolled and graduated from Austin Peay State University with a BA in art.   I remember he sat at the kitchen table and sketched his ideas or just doodled (a habit that I have).  Pen and ink was his medium he liked the most.

 He then went to Vanderbilt University and got his Doctorate in Theology and became a Methodist minister.  He was a minister for over 40 years.  His art took on a religious theme.

Dad was more than those two things; he was a poet, a sculptor, an inventor, a store owner, a WWII veteran.  He was a great Dad. 

      

      

     

      

 

                                                    

Comments

[merry jennifer]

I was thinking about Grandaddy today. I wish my kids could have known him.

[Merry]

You pegged him just right.