Obituaries in your local paper.
First thing I look at as well as the Nevada on line papers. I never used to at all, but it must come with age.
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Amusing obit from local paper
A somewhat well-known Corpus Christi lawyer passed away Monday and tonight I read his obit in the newspaper of our one-horse town...don't know who wrote it or how self-serving it may be, just found it amusing and thought I would share it with fellow hags...oh and the Knuckleheads mentioned at the end of the obit is a barbecue joint in Corpus Christi.
Seems the scan is a bit hard to read, so I typed it out...
DOUGLAS TINKER
Douglas Tinker died on November 10, 2008. He wore
out, he bit the dust, he dropped off the twig, he lost his
appeal. He was frustrated that he could not stay longer, as
he thought there might be just a bit more marrow in the
bone of life, but in the end he was okay with it. He said
that when you get right down to and realize that nothing
in, or about life really, ultimately matters, why then things
get easier. Kinda takes the pressure off. And he had one
hell of a run!
He loved boats and water and people and folks who
loved boats and water and people. He was kind to
strangers, children, waiters and bartenders and always
tipped well. He was a champion of the working man, and a
thorn in the side of the corrupt, the powerful, and the self-
righteous. He was proudest when he helped for free or next
to free just because it was right. He would listen to bums
tell their tales of woe and then give them a twenty and say
"It's alright if you buy booze with that." He understood people
and did not judge them. He taught a lot of us everything
we know as lawyers, but he was quick to point out that
he had not taught us everything he knows.
He would knock an opponent down, but always helped
them back up. There is not a judge or a lawyer or prosecutor
in South Texas who doesn't have a favorite Tinker story.
And when they tell it, they always smile. He called himself a
one-trick-pony. There are sure a lot of just plain folks who
are glad that he was on their side. That he was their one-
trick-pony.
Doug loved dogs, women, booze, boats, friends and
defending people accused of committing crimes. When the
whole world was down on somebody, he figured there ought
to be at least one person to stand up for them, regardless of
what they were accused of. So he took cases others
would not take. Because it was right. If it paid a little bit, or
got some attention, well, that was okay too.
He is preceded in death by his son Anderson Tinker,
whom he loved with his whole heart and missed terribly.
He is survived by his sister xxxxxxx and her husband
xxxxx of Houston; his sister xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx of Dallas
and his brother XXXXXXXXXXXX and wife xxxxxxxxxxx of Hawaii.
So now the one-trick-pony has gone to the barn.
Remember him well.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday,
November 13, 2008 at the Galvan Ballroom, 1632 Agnes
St. In lieu of flowers, cash donations may be made at the
service for the girls at Knuckleheads.