One Nation, Under God

Winston Mitchell wears many hats

World War II Veteran, farmer, tinkerer and poet

My Uncle Winston

By Nikki Barrett

3/3/98

Winston is a man full of old stories,

I could listen to him for hours on end.

He loves to collect and talk about tractors,

And it seems he is always making a new friend.

He wears cowboy boots,

And Bib overalls.

He makes all sorts of gadgets,

Like some he has made are antler dolls.

He loves all his family,

He loves all his friends.

Winston is a good man,

A brave man, and most of all, my friend.

Taken from a scrapbook owned by Winston Mitchell.

The above poem, just 80 words long, describes Landusky's Winston Mitchell to a tee. If you have known him for...

 

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