I REMEMBER JOE WHEN I WAS WORKING AT BYRON JACKSON AND THEN THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO FLOWSERVE WE HAD A BOWLING LEAGUE AND HE AND I WAS ON THAT LEAGUE ALONG WITH CB VAUGT WHO DIED IN THE NINETIES I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH DEALINGS WITDH JOE WHILE I WAS AT WORK BUT I DID SEE HIM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN WE WERE ON DTHE LEAGUE JOE CAME UP TO ME AFTER THE FIRST GAME AND HHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE COUNTING ON ME TO WIN THE TOURNMENT BUT TO NO AVAIL WE DIDN'T AT THE END BUT IT WAS FUN EVENTHO WE DIDN'T WIN, JOE WAS A GOOD PERSON AND EVEN DTHO I DIDN'T COME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER IT WAS GREAT THAT I KNEW HIM AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED FROM FLOWSERVE ESPECIALLY IN DTHE AREA STHAT I WORKED I BELIEVE THERE WAS ABOUT 7 JUSTT IN MY AREA THAT PASSED AWAY THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME AS I AM 83 YEARS OLD AND I STILL ENJOY GOLF AND BOWLING. MAY YOU JOE REST IN PEACE AMEN.