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Sources
1. Title:   Betty Katherine Cole's Bible
Page:   Marriages

Notes
a. Note:   Betty said she remembers seeing him as a child, riding on a wagon load of firewood his father was bringing into Elkton for sale.
  He was medium height with heavy build, brown hair and gray eyes.
  When they were dating, he and Betty went to the movies at Todd Theater on South Main in Elkton.
  He liked cars -- after it scratched the door of one, he got rid of Betty Jo's pet cocker spaniel. He preferred Ford automobiles and owned a 1939 coupe, 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner with retractable hardtop and 1962 Galaxie 500, among others.
  Reminding her of her place, he called Betty Jo a "pissant".
  For years, he and Betty operated the Hampton-Harris Grocery, a country store at Tress' Shop. The fuel brand was "DX" with "Super Boron". He often sold customers food or gas on credit; many never repaid their debts.
  He raised tobacco and smoked cigarettes.
  He was a familiar sight, in his blue canvas cap riding slowly down the road between home and town in his pickup truck.
  At home, he enjoyed eating souse and drinking beer. Living in a "dry" county, he would often drive to Pembroke to buy liqour. He was a regular customer at the Harvest Moon west of Elkton. When the juke box was re-loaded, he'd bring the discarded 45 r.p.m. records home for Betty Jo. He'd drive his family to a restaurant between Hopkinsville and Cadiz for special meals.
  He was at Willa Cole's when Gary came to take Jo on one of their first dates and called them "Mutt and Jeff" recalling the comic strip characters.
  He showed Gary which way to turn his wheels to get his car unstuck from a snowbank on North Main in Elkton.
  In the summer, he kept the window air conditioner set low.
  Watching Kentucky's men's basketball on television, he expressed frustation when the center, Tom Paine miss a lay-up on television, , saying "He's seven feet tall -- all he has to do is drop it in." Questioning an Austin Peay star's academic status, he suggested, "Fly Williams doesn't have a book!".
  He cried at Jo's weddimg reception.
  In the summer of 1971, he helped Jo and Gary move furniture, driving his pickup from Elkton to their apartment at Cooperstown in Lexington. He said the ramp from I-65 onto Blugrass Parkway was sharper than he expected.
  When he bought a new mantle clock for his house, he bought a slightly smaller version as a gift for Jo and Gary.
  He visited Jo and Gary at their two bedroom apartment on Maywick Drive in Lexington.
  Before returning to Lexington after a visit, Jo and Gary went to her parents' house to say goodbye. Standing in his front yard, he told Gary he was doing well and seemed happy. He gave Gary a poket knife with yellow handles before going inside. He suffered from gout and had difficulty ascending the high step onto the porch when he went back in. He died in his sleep that night.



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