ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, DAD GREW UP IN BANESWELL NEWPORT. HE DID A BARBERING APPRENTICESHIP THEN WENT OFF TO WAR.HE WAS A LANCE CORPORAL. HE RETURNED AND MARRIED MY MOTHER EDNA HOWELLS AND THEY HAD ME AND MY BROTHER. DAD ALWAYS WORKED HARD, MOSTLY AT STC NEWPORT AS A CHARGEHAND. HE RETIRED AND DID OTHER WORK TOO. HE SUFFERED WITH A BAD CHEST FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ALWAYS REMAINED CHEERFUL AND SUPPORTIVE, FOR WHICH WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND LOVE HIM. HE HAD SO MUCH PATIENCE AND WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND SATISFIED WITH HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED US ALL AND NONE MORE THAN HIS TWO GRANDSONS DAVID AND GARETH. THIS YEAR DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIXTY ONE YEARS TO MAM AND HE WOULD HAVE BECOME A GREAT GRANDDAD A ROLE HE WOULD HAVE LOVED. DURING DAD'S ILLNESS HE WAS A PLEASURE TO CARE FOR, HE WAS ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE DID FOR HIM, JUST HAPPY TO BE IN HIS LITTLE FLAT. SO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING DAD, FOR THE LOVE, THE SUPPORT AND THE ENDLESS PATIENCE, WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU, AND ALWAYS ALWAYS LOVE YOU SEE YOU DAD LOVE FROM ROSE AND TERRY AND ALL THE FAMILY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX