David Wesley Rout

Having a good heart a caring heart

When I was a kid, David was one of my heroes. He was 11 years older than me, and seemed larger than life. I remember going on many trips from our home in Wichita to Oklahoma to visit Wesley and Juanita and David and Richard at their home in Oklahoma City and visit my uncle John and Loretta at the farm in Crescent. I remember watching David play in a high school football game. I remember Juanita becoming my favorite aunt when she cooked me a whole pound of bacon after learning that I never...

My memories of cousin David mostly took place in the1950's. My mother Betty, brother Russell, and I would drive to Oklahoma City to visit my Uncle Wesley and Aunt Juanita and their two boys, David and Richard. David was a big high school football player and I, being 8 years younger, was his great admirer. He probably didn't even notice me. Aunt Juanita would fix enormous, delicious breakfasts and he'd go back for more at least 3 times. I've seen and talked to him occasionally over the...

Pops was a stubborn ole man, he was onery as he could be!! Especially when it came to driving Troy nuts!! When we ever had questions about things we could always go over to pops house and rack his brain for whatever it was we needed .. He always had an answer!! His cattle became his pets and kept him on his toes all the time!! He loved driving to McDonald's every day for breakfast just to give the lady in the drive thru hell!! Pops will be missed for sure by "the girls"!! Rest in peace pops.....

God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

We loved going and having lunch together and we did it quite often

One of the first memory's I have with David is I was helping him feed his cows and we seen a little back spot laying by the fence and went to investigate the situation it was a baby calf the last of twelve to be born he was back with a white face .David wanted to make sure the baby could get up so we pulled up there I got out of the truck walked up to the baby reached down and touched the little on and he raised his little head seen me jumped up and bolted we both laughed and said to hear her...