Neatness is for sissies!

Curtis H. Cline with his Boys Sunday School Class.  He
loved these boys and stayed in touch with two of them
for over twenty years.  He was a man of great faith.

Curtis Henry Cline had a good heart.  He was a good Christian who tithed his entire adult life.  However, he was a bit rough around the edges in some areas.  His Grandma Kline taught her grandchildren manners, how to dress properly, and how to speak proper English.  Somewhere along the way, my Dad failed to grasp the lessons on neatness and how to dress.  He sometimes exasperated my Mother and my Aunt Grace with his failure to clean up after himself in the house.  He would wash his hands in the sink and just walk away without drying the sink.   Nor would he hang the towel on the rack after he dried his hands, he just left it on the sink or vanity and walked away.

The photo above shows that he wore the right clothes to attend church, but he could not be bothered adjusting his

collar or centering his tie.  Curtis never took time to look in the mirror to see if he was dressed suitably. He was a man with a mission, and neatness was a very low priority.  He purchased a good quality of work clothes from Buckner-Ragsdale on Main Street. The pants and shirts were an olive green.  He did not want to think about what to wear when he got up, so a standard uniform suited him perfectly.

My Dad just chose to do things his way,  but when it was necessary, he knew how to conform to society 's rules to please the women in his life.  The most important thing he did for his children was to give them unconditional love.  It is a character that is priceless.  He was rough around the edges, yet this world would be a better place with more people with like my Dad.  He was a man of love, compassion for those less fortunate, and a man who believed his word was his bond.  Curtis Cline was a man of integrity.