I have good fishing memories!  Ira gave nicknames to all his fish!   For example: a huge flounder he would call a “saddle blanket”. A sting ray he would call “stinger rey”. Ira could also cook!  He taught me how to make sausage gravy! He just said “not too much greese and burn the flour.”  Betty laughed and told me to just “watch him.”  Many times Ira would call San Antonio and ask if our battery was charged up?   He meant are we ready yo go fishing!  He had some good hunting stories too!  Ira could do just about anything he put his mind too! Example: wiring chicken coop for heat, wiring boat for light switches, canning vegetables and growing garden.  Lots of folks gonna miss Ira.  He was a good horse rider too!

Rodney and Celia, you are both in my thoughts and prayers. A parent is a precious gift and it sounds like yours was a true blessing.  I know he will be missed. 

Sorry for yalls loss but I'm glad he's not hurting right now anymore. Loved both of them so much. But what made me feel so loved is when they had granny at the end and she was staying with them in Westlake, they had to go to Alexandria and wanted to stay a few days there, well anyway I stayed there with granny because I was really the only one they trusted to stay at their house with her. Really meant the world to me!

I just caught up with my Facebook feed and saw that Uncle Ira had passed.  I can empathize with you totally having recently lost mama. I'm so very sorry for y'all's loss. I loved it when we got to visit y'all's house because it was on the river and we could fish or whatever. And Aunt Betty could definitely cook.  I know she got that from Grandma Lawson. I know your mom and dad will be greatly missed. I love y'all, each and every one. ❤ 

My siblings and I are so fortunate to have grown up with great parents. Dad and Mom loved us and cared for us until the day they passed on to their reward. I remember Dad, even with an iron rod in his back, teaching me how to catch the football over my shoulders as I ran away from him. He would grunt every time he threw the ball, but it wasn't until many years later that I understood what that grunt meant. It hurt him to throw it. But he never let on and spent many days doing so until I could catch anything he could throw in my direction.

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Survivors include their children Ricky, Brenda, Diana, and Rodney, 17 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren.

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Ira Cain

April 8, 1934 – October 5, 2021

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