Bedford Forest Burton memories from Mary K. Huffman
Bedford Forrest Burton was my grandfather. I never knew him.
My mother said he had curly hair, and she remembered combing it as a little girl.
He liked to play solitaire and would hum hymns to himself while he played. He died while playing solitaire, mom remembers that the cards were not disturbed the next morning.
He was a blacksmith in Arkansas. He helped build a gas station to get 1/2 interest in ownership.
He bought a Model T in about 1920.
He helped rebuild the “Winnie Mae” airplane after its first crash at Wiley Post Airport.
He was hard of hearing. A schoolteacher hit him on the ears.
Later in life he was one of the first to own a Sonotone hearing aid. He walked to work and after he got the hearing aid he commented that it was the first time he had heard a bird sing.
He loved baseball. He would set his hearing aid by the radio and turn down the volume so that only he could hear the baseball game.
He brushed his teeth with Garrett snuff.
