If
you've got about four hours of free time on your hands, Grampa Liberty
will be sure to oblige you with Godly conversation. Deacon Grampa Liberty
is the official representative from Landover Village, A $18.5 million
retirement complex located atop Soulwinner's Hill.
"I make sure the young rascals in authority aren't tryin to pull anything
that would affect us older folks." Grampa jokes. "I make sure we never
run out of drool buckets and sanitary napkins up on the hill."
Deacon Grampa Liberty is a WW1 veteran who says he "knew Ebeneezer's
daddy." Grampa was born in the Freehold area, and has been a member of
the Landover Baptist Church for nearly 85 years. "I remember when this
church only had 27,812 members," he recalls, "I knew every one of them
by name!"
Grampa Liberty suffered a tragic accident nearly 20 years ago. He remembers,
"I had one foot in the water fountain over there, and I was talkin' to
this young person. Well we talked and talked, and it seemed like it were
only 15 minutes, but I reckon near an hour had gone by. Well.. when I looked
down at my foot there in the fountain, I saw that old snappin' turtle had
darn near snipped off everything up to the ankle!" Grampa had to have his
entire leg amputated. It was replaced with a wooden leg. "Now I stick that
leg in the fountain, and that old turtle can snip and snap at it all he
wants!" He says. "Sometimes I just sit there for hours and hours just talkin'
to folks. Then I look down at that old turtle, and he looks back up at
me.. and we just laugh and laugh!" |