OBITUARY: courtesy of Texarkana Gazette:
IDABEL, Okla.-John Neal "Rosy" Todd, 81, of Waco, Texas, died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a Waco clinic.
Mr. Todd was born June 9, 1918, in Wright City, Okla. He was co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber, a member of Wright City Masonic Lodge 483 and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Todd of Waco; one daughter and son-in-law of Waco; one son and daughter-in-law, of Liberty, TX, and four grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Norwood-Coffey-Leonard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Denison Cemetery.
Published in the Texarkana Gazette [Texarkana, TX], Apr 12, 2000.
BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer:
John Neal Todd is the son of John Louis and Delphia May Scroggins Todd. Born in the small town of Wright City, McCurtain Co., OK, he was called "Rosy" from an early age. His father worked for Dierk's Lumber Co., originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., and his mother worked the telephone switchboard and office for Wright City which was located in their home.
On 29 Sep 1942, Rosy enlisted in the Navy and served his full term in WWII. His service was on The USS Cascade. A Destroyer-Tender maintaining the ships in the Pacific. it was the only one of it's kind during this war and was mainly docked at several of the Marshall Islands maintaining and servicing the US Destroyers. The Cascade also saw action in Yokohama Japan. On 1 Dec 1945, after he discharged from the Navy, Rosy married Ruby Jewel Sanders of Ft. Towsan, OK. They moved to Newton, TX, and he joined his father and brother working in the Sawmill and timber business. They lived there 2 or 3 years and had a daughter born there in 1947. They moved the family to Waco and spent many years there where Rosy was a co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber Co. He was a long standing member of Masonic Lodge #483 in Wright City, Oklahoma as were his father and brother. An avid lover of horses, he raised and showed Quarter Horses for many years with his daughter in Waco, TX. They took well known quarter horses "Waco Joe" and "Texas Reed" to shows for many years. After retiring, Rosy and Ruby spent most of their time in her hometown of Fort Towsan, OK with occasional trips back to Waco.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Conley Leon Todd, Sr., of Newton, Texas.
Survived by his wife Ruby, his daughter and son-in-law in Waco, his son and daughter-in-law in Liberty, four granddaughters, and two great grandsons along with a niece who loved him so much. A man who loved his country and his family and a memorable character. I adored my Uncle Rosy and he will forever remain in my heart. Next to my father, he was one of the most important men in my life.
Rest peacefully Botts. I will love you always...
for Rosy and all Vets:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
IDABEL, Okla.-John Neal "Rosy" Todd, 81, of Waco, Texas, died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a Waco clinic.
Mr. Todd was born June 9, 1918, in Wright City, Okla. He was co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber, a member of Wright City Masonic Lodge 483 and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Todd of Waco; one daughter and son-in-law of Waco; one son and daughter-in-law, of Liberty, TX, and four grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Norwood-Coffey-Leonard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Denison Cemetery.
Published in the Texarkana Gazette [Texarkana, TX], Apr 12, 2000.
BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer:
John Neal Todd is the son of John Louis and Delphia May Scroggins Todd. Born in the small town of Wright City, McCurtain Co., OK, he was called "Rosy" from an early age. His father worked for Dierk's Lumber Co., originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., and his mother worked the telephone switchboard and office for Wright City which was located in their home.
On 29 Sep 1942, Rosy enlisted in the Navy and served his full term in WWII. His service was on The USS Cascade. A Destroyer-Tender maintaining the ships in the Pacific. it was the only one of it's kind during this war and was mainly docked at several of the Marshall Islands maintaining and servicing the US Destroyers. The Cascade also saw action in Yokohama Japan. On 1 Dec 1945, after he discharged from the Navy, Rosy married Ruby Jewel Sanders of Ft. Towsan, OK. They moved to Newton, TX, and he joined his father and brother working in the Sawmill and timber business. They lived there 2 or 3 years and had a daughter born there in 1947. They moved the family to Waco and spent many years there where Rosy was a co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber Co. He was a long standing member of Masonic Lodge #483 in Wright City, Oklahoma as were his father and brother. An avid lover of horses, he raised and showed Quarter Horses for many years with his daughter in Waco, TX. They took well known quarter horses "Waco Joe" and "Texas Reed" to shows for many years. After retiring, Rosy and Ruby spent most of their time in her hometown of Fort Towsan, OK with occasional trips back to Waco.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Conley Leon Todd, Sr., of Newton, Texas.
Survived by his wife Ruby, his daughter and son-in-law in Waco, his son and daughter-in-law in Liberty, four granddaughters, and two great grandsons along with a niece who loved him so much. A man who loved his country and his family and a memorable character. I adored my Uncle Rosy and he will forever remain in my heart. Next to my father, he was one of the most important men in my life.
Rest peacefully Botts. I will love you always...
for Rosy and all Vets:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
OBITUARY: courtesy of Texarkana Gazette:
IDABEL, Okla.-John Neal "Rosy" Todd, 81, of Waco, Texas, died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a Waco clinic.
Mr. Todd was born June 9, 1918, in Wright City, Okla. He was co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber, a member of Wright City Masonic Lodge 483 and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Todd of Waco; one daughter and son-in-law of Waco; one son and daughter-in-law, of Liberty, TX, and four grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Norwood-Coffey-Leonard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Denison Cemetery.
Published in the Texarkana Gazette [Texarkana, TX], Apr 12, 2000.
BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer:
John Neal Todd is the son of John Louis and Delphia May Scroggins Todd. Born in the small town of Wright City, McCurtain Co., OK, he was called "Rosy" from an early age. His father worked for Dierk's Lumber Co., originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., and his mother worked the telephone switchboard and office for Wright City which was located in their home.
On 29 Sep 1942, Rosy enlisted in the Navy and served his full term in WWII. His service was on The USS Cascade. A Destroyer-Tender maintaining the ships in the Pacific. it was the only one of it's kind during this war and was mainly docked at several of the Marshall Islands maintaining and servicing the US Destroyers. The Cascade also saw action in Yokohama Japan. On 1 Dec 1945, after he discharged from the Navy, Rosy married Ruby Jewel Sanders of Ft. Towsan, OK. They moved to Newton, TX, and he joined his father and brother working in the Sawmill and timber business. They lived there 2 or 3 years and had a daughter born there in 1947. They moved the family to Waco and spent many years there where Rosy was a co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber Co. He was a long standing member of Masonic Lodge #483 in Wright City, Oklahoma as were his father and brother. An avid lover of horses, he raised and showed Quarter Horses for many years with his daughter in Waco, TX. They took well known quarter horses "Waco Joe" and "Texas Reed" to shows for many years. After retiring, Rosy and Ruby spent most of their time in her hometown of Fort Towsan, OK with occasional trips back to Waco.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Conley Leon Todd, Sr., of Newton, Texas.
Survived by his wife Ruby, his daughter and son-in-law in Waco, his son and daughter-in-law in Liberty, four granddaughters, and two great grandsons along with a niece who loved him so much. A man who loved his country and his family and a memorable character. I adored my Uncle Rosy and he will forever remain in my heart. Next to my father, he was one of the most important men in my life.
Rest peacefully Botts. I will love you always...
for Rosy and all Vets:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
IDABEL, Okla.-John Neal "Rosy" Todd, 81, of Waco, Texas, died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a Waco clinic.
Mr. Todd was born June 9, 1918, in Wright City, Okla. He was co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber, a member of Wright City Masonic Lodge 483 and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Todd of Waco; one daughter and son-in-law of Waco; one son and daughter-in-law, of Liberty, TX, and four grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Norwood-Coffey-Leonard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Denison Cemetery.
Published in the Texarkana Gazette [Texarkana, TX], Apr 12, 2000.
BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer:
John Neal Todd is the son of John Louis and Delphia May Scroggins Todd. Born in the small town of Wright City, McCurtain Co., OK, he was called "Rosy" from an early age. His father worked for Dierk's Lumber Co., originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., and his mother worked the telephone switchboard and office for Wright City which was located in their home.
On 29 Sep 1942, Rosy enlisted in the Navy and served his full term in WWII. His service was on The USS Cascade. A Destroyer-Tender maintaining the ships in the Pacific. it was the only one of it's kind during this war and was mainly docked at several of the Marshall Islands maintaining and servicing the US Destroyers. The Cascade also saw action in Yokohama Japan. On 1 Dec 1945, after he discharged from the Navy, Rosy married Ruby Jewel Sanders of Ft. Towsan, OK. They moved to Newton, TX, and he joined his father and brother working in the Sawmill and timber business. They lived there 2 or 3 years and had a daughter born there in 1947. They moved the family to Waco and spent many years there where Rosy was a co-owner of Tucker-Todd Lumber Co. He was a long standing member of Masonic Lodge #483 in Wright City, Oklahoma as were his father and brother. An avid lover of horses, he raised and showed Quarter Horses for many years with his daughter in Waco, TX. They took well known quarter horses "Waco Joe" and "Texas Reed" to shows for many years. After retiring, Rosy and Ruby spent most of their time in her hometown of Fort Towsan, OK with occasional trips back to Waco.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Conley Leon Todd, Sr., of Newton, Texas.
Survived by his wife Ruby, his daughter and son-in-law in Waco, his son and daughter-in-law in Liberty, four granddaughters, and two great grandsons along with a niece who loved him so much. A man who loved his country and his family and a memorable character. I adored my Uncle Rosy and he will forever remain in my heart. Next to my father, he was one of the most important men in my life.
Rest peacefully Botts. I will love you always...
for Rosy and all Vets:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
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