The Grandfather Who Will Forever Make This Grandson’s Heart Sing

By John W. Fountain

By John W. Fountain

My latest column in this weekend’s Chicago Sun-Times: In memory of my grandfather, Rev. George A. Hagler, 97, who died Wednesday, March 7.

Never judgmental. An incomparable symbol. Of what it means to be a man. To stand.

Grandpa showed us. By the way he walked and talked how to let your actions as a man speak. To be gentle, meek…

I am the understudy who, quietly in the shadows, noted his every step.

The grandfather who will forever make this grandson's heart sing
In memory of my grandfather, Rev. George A. Hagler, 97, who died Wednesday, March 7. Never judgmental. An incomparable…chicago.suntimes.com