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Monday, December 16, 2013

R.I.P. Butterbean Carpenter

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R.I.P. James "Butterbean" Carpenter

Such a wonderful couple,
Dec 4th 2013
          While reading a blog this morning RvSue and her canine crew I noticed a comment leading to another blog Our Rv Adventures  and was shocked to read that Butterbean had bean killed in a tragic traffic accident on Dec 11th. 2013.

          We met Butterbean and Joyce on Dec. 4th this year and had been communicating with him for quite a long time. He made comments on many of your blogs (and many other bloggers as well) over the years. We were camped at Glen Rose Texas heading towards Midland Texas and they had invited us to stay at their Ranch near Valero Texas, which happened to be right on the  route we were taking. 

A quote from one of his emails was:
" We ain't never seen any REAL CANADIAN PEOPLES !!!!"

         So with a comment like that we just had to meet them.  Agreed to meet for lunch at Big O's BBQ restaurant in Valero Texas. First thing they did was park their vehicle and he said come here I have to give you a big ole hug. Such a super couple and really so glad that we did get to meet him and his wife in person.

         He will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.
Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.
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13 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting this picture of Butterbean and Joyce. He will be missed.

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  2. so sad to lose such a great character...

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  3. This is soo sad. I had Butterbean as a follower on our blog.

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    1. He was an amazing person to meet, too bad y'all could not have met him.

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    2. James Carpenter was his real name and told us the story behind his name. It is too bad what happened.

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  4. That is so sad. You had just met him a few days before.

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    1. So glad we did get a chance to meet him, he was such an interesting person to talk to.

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  5. So glad you got to meet him and that he did meet some Real Canadian Peoples. Like you said a great character he was. RIP Butterbean.

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  6. A bittersweet tribute to Butterbean . . . He was quite a guy. Thank you. Sue

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