tom standiford
i met Hartsel jr in 9th grade....he was in 8th...for some reason we became friends...i always called him 'Hartsel'..never did i call him 'buddy'..guess it was just to be different....we were very good friends for as long as i can remember....we spent 1000's of hours together playing cards together at either my parents house or at the dorms at west liberty...he helped me paint my dads camp at shiloh wva and we night fished there and caught mud-puppies at 3 am....u should have seen him run when that fish spread his legs and chased him for a foot or 2....in our early years i knew hartsel very well and i always enjoyed every minute....he was really very funny....i always figured that after we went our own ways for our life's adventures that we would meet again someday in our older years and rekindle our friendship.....hartsel was like a lil brother to me and in fact he was my little brother in our college fraternity...i am really sorry that i didnt know he was so ill, if i had known i wd have told him how much i loved him.....i know his dad hartsel sr, and they are alot alike....never ever heard anyone say anything bad about either.........i miss JR already, i always thought i wd see him again.....and i hope i do.......what a great guy !!!
Thursday May 11, 2017 at 11:37 pm