Robert A. Bateman Sr.

We will all miss them very much. Hopefully the emptyness in our hearts will soon heal. But their memories will never fade. They are some of the best memories us grandchildren will haveand they taught us so much in their time spent with us.

The one person you could count on to make fun of you when you were in trouble was always Poppie. He loved to tease his grandkids. Whether it was making faces at us or taking out his false teeth and trying to give them to us. I remember Poppie walking me up to the playground when I was little. I called it the "Red Playground" because everything was made out of red metal. He would walk me up there in the summer, while I ate one of his fresh picked tomatoes from the tomato garden he had in the...

I love you poppie!