MEMORIES
Memory from Dinny Herron
Rob loved to go to St Cloud Restaurant in the South End for lunch. We went occasionally and when we walked there, he would take my purse and wear it over his shoulder. Don’t ask me why. Once when we walked to lunch, he told me a story about himself when he was a little boy growing up in Swanee, Tennessee. The circus had come to town. There was a gorilla in a cage that was despondent. The care taker told everyone that the gorilla had not been responsive for days. Rob went up to the cage and began talking to the gorilla. He just stood there talking quietly.
Soon the gorilla noticed him and came from the back of his cage to look at Rob. There seemed to be a connection between them and the gorilla started making all kinds of noise while staring at Rob. He seemed to bring the gorilla back to life. That was typical of Rob. He could charm anyone and make them feel like a million…even a gorilla!