tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428817928879126412.post8434446171961980518..comments2012-06-30T12:28:17.064-07:00Comments on In Honor of John Sims: Reunited after 42 yearsMaxine Conradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423417924211270542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428817928879126412.post-84752595511937537142011-02-10T14:50:53.678-08:002011-02-10T14:50:53.678-08:00eeee.... look at those short trousers and jumpers....eeee.... look at those short trousers and jumpers. I remember wearing those. The only thing missing now is the balaclava and some woolly mittens. What a trip down memory lane :0)Peter Fagghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660981642383905460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428817928879126412.post-2491402969873883142010-06-21T07:17:10.027-07:002010-06-21T07:17:10.027-07:00I remember Ben and Gerry really well. They were b...I remember Ben and Gerry really well. They were both so tall, and yet were so different. Ben was very outgoing, whilst Gerry was very quiet. I went to Chelsea Close with them to teach your Mum and Dad on a couple of times because of your Dad and me loving Rovers so much.<br /><br />I was at your Mum and Dad's baptism. I had been baptised by John Denney and the late Richard J Mccormack on 22 August 1968. (Richard, sadly, passed away in 2001.) I had an amazing experience though, very close to the end of my mission. I was at my last Zone Meeting, and turned round to see a couple named Elder and Sister Merrill sitting behind me. I asked them if they were related to a David Merrill who had served a mission in the North-East British Mission. Sister Merrill said, "No, but my son served there." I asked his name, and she said, "Richard J McCormack." I told her that he had taught me the Gospel, and we both shared a fair few tears. Apparently, she had been widowed, and married Elder Merrill shortly before they came on a mission.<br /><br />You are right that your Dad would have loved the reunion. He is a great friend, and always enjoys when his friends do good things. He is one in a million.Alan Tong.noreply@blogger.com