William John Emmert HARKLEROAD

                   CALLED "DUB"
FROM TIM HARKLEROAD WRITING ABOUT THE 1992 HARKLEROAD REUNION IN VOL.1, NO.1 OF TH HARKLE-WORD NEWSLETTER "THIS WHOLE REUNION WAS ALWAYS A DREAM OF MY FATHER, WHO UNFORTUNATELY, NEVER GOT TO SEE IT COME TRUE.  I KNOW IF HE WAS LOOKING IN ON US, HE WAS SMILING.  HE WAS PROBABLY REMEMBERING THE DAY HE WAS HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS SON CHANGEING HIS BIG, LONG NAME FOR SHOW-BUSINESS. SEVERAL AGENTS HAD TRIED TO PERSUADE ME TO CHANGE IT TO HARKINS OR HARKNESS OR SOMETHING THAT IS EASIER TO SPELL AND PRONOUNCE.  MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD ALL YOU WILL TAKE WITH YOU IS YOUR NAME.  IT WAS THE ONLY THING YOU WERE BORN WITH AND THE ONLY THING YOU WILL DIE WITH.  WEAR IT WITH PRIDE."
FROM TIM HARKLEROAD-" WORKED FOR COCA COLA, OWNED WHOLESALE MONUMENT, OWNED SUNRISE CEMETERY, OWNED CANNON TOWEL OUTLET, MAYOR OF BLUFF CITY, MEMBER OF KING LODGE 461."