Jane And Ernie Calvert
Oh, my, where would I even begin!! We could talk all year about all the trail rides we went on and the exploding beans!!! LOL!!. Building the saddle club arena and her working that cook shack at horse shows with 5 kids of her own to watch after. Or going hunting at Bob and Cheryls and you kids riding in the back of the camper. Then Marvin making a tent OVER the wood stove!! Or building the float for the Dogwood festival and the goose laying the egg as we went down 54. (And we got the grand prize!!) Raising calves for 4H and playing music for them in your barn all night. Making CHRISTmas candy, including pulling Taffy one weekend and baking CHRISTmas cookies all weekend the next, every year. Making homemade pineapple ice cream!!! The guys snagging and we sat up all night cleaning spoonbill. Then cleaning the kitchen!! What a fish fry we had!!! Killing and dressing all those chickens!! Killing and dressing over 100 turkeys!! Sitting at the kitchen table playing pinnacle with her trying to watch Gene to catch him cheating!!!! Sitting at the kitchen table while someone stole food out of the freezer on the back porch. Your Mom and Dad saying they must need it worse than we do. Your mom laughing as Gene and Ern sat at the table with shotguns waiting on Sharon Kays date to show up. She tried to be serious telling them to put the shotguns away but the laughter would win out. Your Mother was the best friend a person could ever have. Nothing she wouldn't do for you and nothing she wouldn't try. At least once!! She was always game for ANYTHING that your dad, Junior, Leo and Ern came up with. I can still hear her say "Well, come on girls, looks like we've got work to do". And a worker and organizer she was. That "look" when she would say "Now, Gene. Come on, you know better than that". And the sheepish look on his face as he giggled!!! The Shirley's of the world are all gone. There will never be another like her. Love you. ❤️
Ern and Jane.