Good Bye Stewart

 I got news last night that I lost one of my Best Friends, he passed away in his sleep in Franklin, Virginia !  Stu was just past 80 years old and had suffered Dementia for past year !

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Stewart Dimick lived in Franklin Virginia, He was originally from up here in Natural Bridge.  He moved south answering an ad in the paper for help in the Paper Mills years ago so he spent his life working in the Union Camp Paper Mill and raising a family . 

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He starting out as a Helper on the Paper Machines and working his way up thru the ranks to that of Mill Supervisor, working Shift work and being in Charge of the Paper Mill Part an Handling any an all issues !   24 years ago while working the night shift of 12Mid to 8AM while having trouble getting Paper onto the Paper Machine Stu while helping the men he Supervised which he was not supposed to do caught his right hand and lower arm in the paper machine and crushed it !

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This is what the Stacks look like that Caught Stu's hand and arm located on the dry end of the Paper Machine where the finished sheet comes off winding onto a big roll !

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Years of Surgery, Therapy and rehab and putting of 2 toes on his hand and a muscle from his leg they rebuilt his arm !   Stu went back to work and finished his career!! 

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Stu was my "Best Man" at my Wedding to My Honey !

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We spent vacations staying with him In Virginia, Fishing the Chesapeake Bay and Hunting.

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So Long Stewart till we meet up on the other side !

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