Gordon Ross, also known as Martin Wade, as the founder and moderator of Odd People, first a MSN group, and later on Yuku. He was kind, strong, friendly, and encouraging to me and others. He was a great person and a father figure in the best sense. Today he would have been 65.
Gordon was a native of Baton Rouge. He had served in the Army during the Viet Nam war. Married but divorced. He ran a housecleaning service in Jackson, MS.
I knew him strictly online; yet we regarded each others as good friends despite our age differences and other things. He was a man of infinite kindness and patience. He transcended his ill health in his later years by always seeing the brighter side of things. If there is a Heaven, surely he rates a celestial crown and a harp! (Although I suspect he would rather a trombone.)
I miss you, good friend. You were one of the best!
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Gordon was a native of Baton Rouge. He had served in the Army during the Viet Nam war. Married but divorced. He ran a housecleaning service in Jackson, MS.
I knew him strictly online; yet we regarded each others as good friends despite our age differences and other things. He was a man of infinite kindness and patience. He transcended his ill health in his later years by always seeing the brighter side of things. If there is a Heaven, surely he rates a celestial crown and a harp! (Although I suspect he would rather a trombone.)
I miss you, good friend. You were one of the best!
He was a really great guy -- so sad he died. He loved those Kliban cats (the Ubergato thing); it was pretty cool you use one.
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