Site Team member Rooster-UK - Died Sunday 6th June - aged 62

[underdog13]

I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. Like others, I shall miss Rooster's wonderful sense of humour and good nature.

 

Sincere condolences to Bob's family and friends.

[jailbird]

This is what Rooster posted on my thread when Mum died. Well I now post it fo Rooster and his family ........

 

 

 

 

The Rose Still Grows Beyond The Wall

 

 

Near a shady wall a rose once grew,

Budded and blossomed in God's free light:

Watered and fed by morning dew,

Shedding its sweetness day and night.

As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,

Slowly rising to loftier height,

It came to a crevice in the wall,

Through which there shone a beam of light.

Onward it crept with added strength

With never a thought of fear or pride,

It followed the light through the crevice length,

And unfolded itself on the other side.

The light, the dew, the broadening view

Were found the same as they were before.

And it lost itself in beauties new.

Breathing its fragrance more and more.

Shall claim of death cause us to grieve,

And make our courage faint or fall?

Nay, let us faith and hope receive,

The rose still grows beyond the wall.

Scattering fragrance far and wide,

Just as it did in days of yore.

Just as it did on the other side,

Just as it will forevermore.

 

By A.L.Frink

 

 

RIP Rooster

 

Chris & ASBO

Edited June 9, 2010 by jailbird
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[Mr lex]

Death is nothing at all

 

Death is nothing at all,

I have only slipped into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by my old familiar name,

Speak to me in the easy way which you always used

Put no difference in your tone,

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,

Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.

It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,

Just around the corner.

All is well.

 

Henry Scott Holland

1847-1918

 

RIP Bob and thank you for everything you have done for us all.

 

Alex and Wendy

[The GodMother]

Rooster posted this on Charley's Angels thread when one of the Angels suffered a bereavement, it seems appropriate to post it in memory of him today.

 

KnellyK i have just read that and it was very fitting

[The GodMother]

Well hes defently gonna be missed. I certainly will miss his straight talking nonsense and how he can be funny at times.

[SOD'EM]

[honeybee13]

I'm so sad to hear he lost his battle, and too young to leave us, as well.

 

I won't forget you, Rooster.

 

HB

[slick132]

Such a sad loss.

 

Bob helped so many folk, and kept us smiling with his great sense of humour.

 

Condolences to Bob's family.

[citizenB]

Yes, Bob was a true gentleman. Well respected, as the posts on this thread prove.

 

I never met Bob, but I shall miss him very much.

[babybear39]

To my dear and precious friend RUK. May you rest in peices all over CAG. Let your ashes fugg up the atmosphere where your loved ones see fit the throw them out of a convenient window

[postggj]

can we send anything to help with the funeral arangements

[hilaryfrances]

yes I am up for that as well postggj

[babybear39]

Me too.

[Fred Bassett]

Very sad. His words and opinions were always among the ones I valued most. He'll be missed.

[saintly_1]

Epitaph on a Friend

 

An honest man here lies at rest,

The friend of man, the friend of truth,

The friend of age, and guide of youth:

Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd,

Few heads with knowledge so inform'd;

If there's another world, he lives in bliss;

If there is none, he made the best of this.

Robert Burns

 

R.I.P Rooster-UK

[diskmandave]

can we send anything to help with the funeral arrangements

 

Me too.

[Dodgy Geezer]

Oh No. This is tragic news. Im so sad.

 

Rooster UK Rools OK.

 

God Bless you Bob. R.I.P.

[pompeyfaith]

can we send anything to help with the funeral arangements

Perhaps all these wonderful messages of condolence could be made into a simple softback book and given to Mrs Rooster.

 

There are some nice pictures and poems here too.

 

There are plenty of folk here that are good at graphics you only need to arrange them on to half a side of A4 then use A4 card to make a nice cover.

 

Im sure she will be very pleased with that and make a nice keepsake.

 

PF

[caro]

Tilly isn't about at the moment but has asked me to pass on her condolences.

[lexis200]

Just saw this awful news and am sat here tearing up.

 

Like so many many others Rooster helped me, not just with the dreary bank stuff but also when I had a down day when he would always try to buck me up. I know I was one of a huge group that he helped in the same way.

 

My condolences to his family, he really will be missed dreadfully.

 

xx

[determindator]

Rooster Bob is in my thoughts, very shocking so young. Thinking of the family at this sad time.

[elsinore]

Very sad news.

 

R.I.P. Bob

 

Els

[andrew1]

How sad to find this thread. I'm always looking for inspiration on threads, Rooster always provided it. May you rest in peace young man and may your family know that you were loved and respected by many he never met, such is the world of cyber friends.

 

Andrew1

[elizabeth1]

How sad to find this thread. I'm always looking for inspiration on threads, Rooster always provided it. May you rest in peace young man and may your family know that you were loved and respected by many he never met, such is the world of cyber friends.

 

Andrew1

I will echo Andrew1's sentiments - Rooster provided us all with lots of inspiration at the times when we all needed it. R.I.P.

[frettful38]

My deepest sympathy for family and freinds of Rooster, this is so very very sad, I was reading a poem and thought I would post it in memory of Rooster. A great loss to CAG, and even bigger to his family and nearest and dearest.

 

You can shed tears that he is gone,

Or you can smile because he lived,

You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,

Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see him

Or you can be full of the love that you shared,

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him and only that he is gone

Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on,

You can cry and close your mind be empty and turn your

back,

Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes,

love and go on