Nina Fortune
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« : May 28, 2010, 09:00:09 AM » |
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A lot of you knew the Statler Brothers bus driver, Dale Harman. He passed on 5-28-10. I don't know a lot of details, the obituary is not up yet online. His health had been failing in the past several years. We all LOVED Dale, he was a different kind of person. He will be missed greatly.
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« #1 : May 28, 2010, 12:43:35 PM » |
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Nina,
Thank you for letting us know. My prayers go out to Dale's family at this time. The loss of a good friend is just like losing a family member - friendship is earned and valued.
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Eddie & Rose (looking down from Heaven)
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« #2 : May 28, 2010, 12:47:22 PM » |
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Our sympathies to Dale's family and friends, especially to all the Statlers who he served so well.
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Happinessangel
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« #3 : May 28, 2010, 04:01:38 PM » |
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Sending my prayers to the Statler Brothers and all of Dale's family on their loss.
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Heather Pelland
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« #4 : May 28, 2010, 06:56:44 PM » |
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Prayers from here, also. Thanks for letting us know, Nina.
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« #5 : May 28, 2010, 09:15:30 PM » |
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Prayers from NY Nina! Thank you for letting us know!
Riley
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Give me a sense of humor, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some humor out of life,
And pass it on to other folk!
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« #6 : May 28, 2010, 09:57:08 PM » |
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This is so sad. Prayers go out to his family and extended family.
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« #7 : May 28, 2010, 10:13:40 PM » |
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I am so sorry to hear this. I'm sure Dale was a part of the family for all who knew him and spent so much time with him. Losing a long-time friend and traveling companion will be difficult for all. Prayers for family and friends.
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Sarah W
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« #8 : May 29, 2010, 03:11:04 AM » |
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Nina,
Thanks for letting us know. This is such sad news. We've wondered how Dale was so many times, especially after you told me last year his health hadn't been good. I got to know him from going to so many Statler shows and going to Nashville for the tv tapings. We spent a lot of time talking and he shared so many great personal stories with me. A lot of them were about when he went to the races. He was so funny and so nice. One time when we all were in Pigeon Forge, I had car trouble and he went out and looked at my car, tried to help me. When he couldn't fix it, he told me where to take it to get it fixed and made sure they knew we were friends so they would be fair on the repair.....really was a great guy. I'm so sorry to learn he has passed.
Carolyn C
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« : May 29, 2010, 03:18:46 AM csc »
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« #9 : May 29, 2010, 10:13:04 AM » |
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So sorry to hear this and will keep his family in my prayers.
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Philippans 4:13
I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
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« #10 : May 29, 2010, 01:15:03 PM » |
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I just found Dale's Obit on the Staunton Newsleader page. Just go to the newspaper and it's in today's obits.
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Carolyn C Ohio
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« #11 : May 30, 2010, 11:27:11 AM » |
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Saw it in todays Newsleader also. Funeral is today and some from the Statler's band were pall bearers. May he rest in peace. He must have been an awfully good driver for the Statlers to have used him for all of those years.
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Philippans 4:13
I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
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« #12 : May 30, 2010, 01:18:53 PM » |
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Yes, of the pall bearers - everyone knows Billy James who played originally with the Statlers and is now Jimmy's business manager. Also I remember Bull Durham, who I believed played piano/organ with the Statlers at the same time that Billy played with them.
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Eddie & Rose (looking down from Heaven)
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« #13 : May 30, 2010, 08:06:21 PM » |
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To all -
Was Dale the gentleman who worked in the Statler office over the past few years? I called there one time and had a wonderful chat with a gentleman who said he drove a bus for the Statlers for years. Just wondering if he was Dale.
Doug
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« #14 : May 30, 2010, 10:30:03 PM » |
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Doug, I'm not sure...maybe Nina can enlighten us on that. The times I've been there or called, it was always the women who were working there.
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Philippans 4:13
I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
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