Paul Strong

We played together as tiny children; we went to school together for twelve years; we went square dancing together. What fun we had during all those years! I'll miss you forever, my dearest cousin. Love you, Paul. Jeannie

Paul was my first cousin. We grew up together and were close enough in age to be in the same class all through grade school and high school. He is the first playmate I can remember. We spent a lot of time playing with his two younger siblings, Joy and Bill, and my younger sister, Pat. Paul was the bravest boy I ever knew, climbing up and walking across the beams that spanned the ceiling high up in the barn. Sometimes we would lie in the bins full of grain to escape the heat of...