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You’ll be happy to know that this is the 7th and final chapter of the Pandemic Files. Why so? Because, frankly, I’m getting really tired of all this “stuff ” – and you know exactly what I mean by “all this stuff.” I’m ready as much as you are for this pandemic thing to be over so we can go back to exactly how things were before.

There comes a time where one has to stop, take a breath, look around, and reassess their place in the world. I feel like the last several weeks has been that time for all of us.

D.W. Lindley, Sr. was not a perfect man, but he is the man that God chose to be our father, grandfather, uncle and friend, and he filled each role well. He was born on June 9, 1925 at Stiver’s Hill in Wood County and in 1943 married the love of his life, Lena Geraldine Crabtree, who he met at a Christmas dance in Gladewater. They were married for 66 years and raised four sons, D. W. Jr., Kenneth Wayne, Willie Lee and Mark William. His long life was filled with grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, and he knew and loved them all.