{"id":1301,"date":"2012-12-29T21:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T04:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2012-12-29T21:33:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T04:33:39","slug":"the-life-times-of-bish-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/the-life-times-of-bish-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life & Times of Bish Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

My grandpa passed away tonight. He went quietly, peacefully and without pain. I’m sad, and I will miss him.<\/p>\n

I’d love to tell you all about him but, thankfully, I can let him tell the story. Trust me when I say he could spin a yarn like nobody else on earth. I’m happy to have heard so many.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, I told him I wanted to record some of his stories. He assured me that he just wouldn’t know what to say. I got him into the booth, tested the mic a bit, then started rolling. Without a single prompting from me, he told story after story for a little over two hours. It was magical for me.<\/p>\n

Here’s what came of it.<\/p>\n

LaMar Eugene “Bish” Davis –
\nMarch 28, 1922 – December 29, 2012<\/h3>\n
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\nThe Beginning<\/a>
\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\nGoing Overseas<\/a>
\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

\nBARman<\/a>
\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\nKennecot<\/a>
\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBessie Davis<\/a>
\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My grandpa passed away tonight. He went quietly, peacefully and without pain. I’m sad, and I will miss him. I’d love to tell you all about him but, thankfully, I can let him tell the story. Trust me when I say he could spin a yarn like nobody else on earth. I’m happy to have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52],"class_list":{"0":"post-1301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-posts","7":"tag-life","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}