R.I.P. Martha Rollings

We attended the funeral of Martha Rollings yesterday in Jefferson, along with at least 160 others at the town cemetery. Mother of Teresa, Phil’s wife. My nephew Zane and niece Victoria spoke. Both did excellent jobs. 

Hard to know who’s who in Jefferson without a scorecard. Martha was the wife of Honey, who ran the gas station. They would occasionally make appearances down on the beach over the years. In addition to Teresa’s family, Martha was also close with Larry & Susan, Monte & Lynn, and all their kids.

Saw so many people at the funeral. Rusty Ingram and wife drove up from Moultrie. Dic Dac and Debbie were up from Mt. Pleasant. Sunday night Dic organized a late night card game (I passed). Beau wrote a nice tribute. Ann. Rusty and his family. Brett and Donna. JayBuck and Martha, and daughter Bettina. Waylon. Richard. Lots of other familiar faces.

Earlier Rusty and Ben had grilled thick burgers for lunch. Kelly cooked bacon and baked beans. Very good. Spent the rest of the day working, from 648 am to 330 pm.

Winnie got to hang out with all the Miller dogs. She got to run out in the fields with Corrine’s dogs, and observe Lennie’s cats. Wore her out pretty good, but she loved it. She was moving slow last night.

Someone shared old football photos from back in the early 1970’s – Dic Dac, Richard, and Steve Jackson. Good stuff.

The funeral was at 4 pm. We were back at Ceil’s parent’s house by five, and on the road back shortly thereafter. Stopped in Lugoff for Chickfila, then drove straight through home. Trouble on 285, so the GPS routed us downtown then up 75 north. Arrived home shortly after 10 pm. Averaged 39 mpg.

This morning I forgot to leave my glasses in the car, so on the treadmill I was able to actually read the ESPN SportsCenter info for a change. With Shane and Eric and Angie and Vanessa out of the office today, I didn’t feel like wearing my golf shirt. Wore a t-shirt to the office instead. Born to be wild.

NOMAR GARCIAPARRA [SABR Bio] was the first Red Sox player to hit fifty or more doubles in a season more than once. In 2000, Garciaparra hit 51 2B, in 2002, 56. Garciaparra’s 30-game hitting streak in 1997 (setting the AL record for rookies) tied Tris Speaker’s 1912 streak. They both trail Dom DiMaggio’s 34-gamer in 1949. In his 14 years in the majors Nomar hit .300 or more nine times, twice winning the batting title. His career stretched from 1996 to 2009. In 1999 he hit .357, in 2000, .372. He spent his final season with OAK.