Readers share stories of Dad

They work hard, they’re funny, they’re responsible ... sometimes.

We asked Facebook followers to tell us stories about their dads. Here’s a sampling:

• Kelly McDonnell: My father, Ed McDonnell, just passed away a couple of months ago, so this is very hard for me to write.

... He was funny, caring, and compassionate. He volunteered in the schools in Phoenix, teaching kids about drug awareness and he also worked with Alzheimer’s patients. He was an amazing father, but he was the greatest “Poppi.”

• Stephanie Juan Reza: My father is Albert Marez. He is the hardest working man I know.

He is strong hearted, very loving, very giving and hilarious — the best recipe for a great dad, not to mention an awesome “Pampo” to his grandkids.

• Brittany Nathan Aupperle: My dad is special because he sacrificed so much time for the Navy; he was out to sea a majority of his career, just for his family to get by.

• Erin Minyard: My dad, Raymond Curt Minyard, is a great dad because he has always been so supportive of us kids — he’s even “adopted” a few of our friends.

I could tell him I wanted to sky dive from space, and he would say, “Well, get off your butt, take lessons, and do it!”

• Kourtney Anthony: Ricky Jameson is the closest I’ve ever had to a dad. I’ve known him just about my entire life. He has always treated me like family and been there for me.

When I had my daughter in the hospital, he was there making sure I was OK, and worrying for me ...

I remember a couple times he would call to tell me about the new “tomb raider” games and where he was at on them — he got me addicted to them.

... We don’t see each other or talk much anymore, but he made a big impact just being in my life.

• Holley Quintana: My dad (actually my grandfather) was the funniest person I have ever encountered.

Back when I was still doing drugs and spent a lot of time in the county jail, he would write me letters about once a week. He would describe what was going on at home, but always, ALWAYS cracked jokes, most at my expense.

I started reading the letters out loud to my cellmates and eventually pretty much the entire pod would be anxiously anticipating my daddy’s letters.”

Leslie Radford: When I was little, my dad worked hay season over the summer, usually working nights because his tractor didn’t have air conditioning.

When he’d come in, around 2-3 in the morning, he’d wake me up and I’d have dinner with him every night — grilled cheese and tomato soup, and we would watch “Elvira” on late-night TV.

• Diane DeWitt: My dad, Dr. Elwyn Crume, would hitchhike from Clovis to Lubbock while he was attending Texas Tech in 1948. He had a suitcase with the double T printed on it. He would turn the suitcase toward the road, and always got a ride.

• Judy Vance Crume: My dad (Bill Vance) was a fanatic about his yard ... He was cutting out a shrub that had outgrown the place it was planted.

He went after the roots with an ax. The head came off the ax and cut through shoe and foot, necessitating a trip to the emergency room to stitch and patch the foot.

When he was released, he made them scrounge through the trash and find his shoe, because it was repairable, in his estimation, and there was no point in throwing out a good shoe.

• Rebecca Martinez Holt: My daddy’s name was Charlie Carlos Martinez. He was a good looking cowboy who ... always wore a nice black hat in the winter and a nice straw hat in the summer.

He had a nickname for many people who came across his path.

Back in the early ’80s to the mid ‘90s he was the only taxi driver Clovis had.

My daddy, my greatest hero, was called home to heaven Christmas 2012 after a short battle to lung cancer.

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