<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0a5285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Shaw ~ Price ~ Richardson ~ Smith Connection</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Shaw Price Richardson Smith Conne"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Matters"><U><B>Family Matters</B></U></A><B>          </B><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Photos"><U><B>Family Photos</B></U></A><B>          </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Memorium"><U><B>In Memorium</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0a4d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="0c2b08c0.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c1b0860.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c5b0800.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Joe at a FWISD showing of his photographs (2001).</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>My Black Knight</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mr. Joe Lloyd Fobbs, Jr. (03/11/1943 - 09/15/2002)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Joe was my "Renaissance Man".  </div> <bR> <div> He was an avid HAM Radio Operator (N5HOJ); a professional photographer; an accomplished operatic tenor-baritone; an excellent bassist-guitarist; an amateur skeet and game shooter; a maker of exquisite masculine jewelry; a fine builder of multimedia computers; a gourmet cook; a lover of fine wines; an educated listener of all things classical; a voracious reader of all things science fiction; a friend to all hobbits, elves and wizards; a caring teacher of children; a very good carpenter; an exceptional plumber; and my companion.  Had he lived just a few months more, he would have given me a new title...his beloved wife.</div> <bR> <div> Below is a running joke that Joe and I had about getting older.  I hope you laugh when you read it...we always did.  I miss him more than words can ever reveal.  Rest well, my Black Knight in Rusty Armor.  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>BK</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Black Knight...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Faster than a speeding wheelchair,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>More powerful than Milk of Magnesia,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Able to leap tall rose bushes using a single step-ladder.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Look...up in the sky"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's a bird?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's a plane?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>No, it's a bird.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>BK</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-191/benedic.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>