Odis Unley Swallows Sr.

Odis Unley Swallows Sr.
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Odis in WWII
Photos and poems
Betty Jane O'Neal (Odis's wife)
Odis Swallows and family 1953
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In The Mood

My daddy was the center of my small world, the focus of my affections, the star that lit my life, shining bright.
Shining still in my heart.
The years have led me here,
weathered with maturity and responsibilities, and I see more clearly now.
The hardships, burdens of love,
and all the small sacrifices he made for me, for our family.
He created stability, a place to call home.
All the photographs I browse through of a child long forgotten, scarcely remembered smiling, so happy and so loved.
Grown up, I see differently now...
A new perspective of a man I have always known.
My heart is full, my emotions overpowering just in the certainty of that bond.
He's been there for me through all the conflicts helping me over the rough, ragged stones of growing up.
I am honored to know him, to love him, to be of him.
He's my hero, and I am his daughter, his little girl.
The sentiments of -
Patricia Swallows Carden

Odis Swallows Sr. married Betty Jane O'Neal April 07, 1945

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by - Grandson - Andrew Carden 2001

I remember like a faint yesterday
Him coming to our homestead
He said “You have to watch the ball into your hands”

I remember like the warm sun
Walking along the creek
He said “These bamboo sticks make good fishing poles”

I remember like a humming birds buzz
Sitting on the back porch
He said “That’s a red-winged black bird”

I remember like a cool autumn breeze
Walking through the woods
He said “Them are sugar maple trees”

I remember as it was passed on to me
Listening to my father
He said “Just love your children”

I remember as it was passed on to him
As he stood in my living room
He said “Anybody can play football when they feel good”

I remember like a fiery brand
As he looked me in the eye
He said “There’s nothing good about war”

I remember like a cold rainy day
As he drove her to the nursing home
I said “Surely even Solomon and all his wisdom
Could not influence me like He”

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