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Joseph Walter
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1948 - 2017
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Joe Made A Difference

I met Joe Langston at Flagstaff High School, probably in about 1967; Joe was dating a girll, a friend of mine, she indroduced us.  Then, Joe and my life intertwined for the next 12 years.  We worked together at Burger Chef on Route 66 (Santa Fe) and, H & H Wholesale Grocers in Flagstaff and we were partners in the "Gypsy Drywall Company" in the late 1970s in Phoenix.  Athlete?  OH MAN . . . City League basketball, Joe just lit it up, game after game "beat'em to the jump ball joey".

Joe taught me everything there was to know about restaurants, warehousing, distribution and, of course, dry wall.  Joe was the self proclaimed "drywaller extraordinaire"; and, he was extraordinary-his hands were lightning fast, the strength, the incredible geometry skills to bid jobs and not waste product.  He was, literally, a genius . . . And . . .

And, that's not it though, that's not what defined our relationship.  Joseph Langston is the funniest, the most fun person to walk the planet . . . all of those things said above, are true, he taught me everything.  And, we laguhed and we laughed and we laughed.  Joseph's delivery of one liners . . . well, I use them daily and I can hear Joseph saying them.  Who was Joe Langston?  The hardest worker I have ever met, smartest person I have ever met, best athlete I ever met, best mentor I have ever had, work hard, laugh more.  How lucky I am; I had Joe Langston in my life.

Posted by Bud Hart
Monday April 10, 2017 at 12:13 am
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