Junior, Sonny, Famous

Did you know that Grandpa Pres is not the first to carry such a great name? That's right, he was named after his father and according to Junior, he went by Sonny as a kid. I wonder if Senior had as many great nicknames and Grandpa has had over the years?

Last week at dinner Johnnie told us about her and Ted's trip to Arlington National Cemetery where they discovered this fact.

While Ted was being a bit weird-ed out at seeing his father's (really his grandfather's) name on a tombstone, Johnnie was rereading the lettering - his name is spelled wrong! The second 'r' in the last name is missing.

I just searched for great-grandpa in the Nationwide Gravesite Locator and his name is spelled correctly in the registry. Sounds to me like the engraver was hungover. I have to give him a little slack, though, since we do carry a unique last name.

Great grandpa was born in 1899. That would make him 113 years old in April. Thinking about his life vs. mine is pretty incredible. Forget facebook and smart phones, he was gone before the invention of hula hoops and Barbie Dolls. My how toys have changed.

It's hard to picture Grandpa as Sonny, but I guess you can't start out in this world being called Famous.