Year: 2006

JOHN H. DAVIS, 67, of RUMSON, died Sunday, Nov. 19, at his home on the Shrewsbury River. A leading scientist and executive at AT&T Bell Laboratories, John was a pioneer of digital networks and telecommunications, a beloved husband and father, a devoted paramedic and fireman, and an accomplished yachtsman. Born in Paducah, Ky., the grandson of a steamboat captain on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, his passion for electronics originated in his teens when he began building ham radios with [click for more]

Dad’s Dash Several months ago a friend of mine at work sent me a poem, one that had been floating around the Internet. As I was thinking of the remarks I wanted to make today, that poem came to mind. In this poem, it talks about the two dates on a headstone: one for the date of the person’s birth and one for the date the person passed away. Separating these dates is a dash, what appears to be a [click for more]