In remembrance of a beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Father-in-law and Good friend,
Jesse Allen McCarty.
After a long and rewarding day of work, it was time to retire for the evening. While the ranch hands prepared their fires for the night, the Cowboy saddled up his bags and mounted his horse to ride west before the sun gave out its light. The work he was commissioned to do had been accomplished. It was time to be moving on. Many wondered why he had to leave, but he would have been the first to say, “When you plow the field and plant the seed, you must practice patience and trust the field workers to till the ground and with tender loving care a tremendous blessing will be harvested.” The harvest season would soon be arriving and it was time for the loved ones he was leaving behind to be ready for that glorious day.
The number one rule for a Cowboy is to live each day with honesty and courage.
The Cowboy, also known in these parts as Jesse Allen McCarty, worked hard to live his life in this manner. In the beginning days of Christian Network Television to being a County Commissioner for Fayette County, Georgia, he always took the time to be a friend when you needed one.
A beloved husband, father, grandfather and let’s not forget, father-in-law, he was generous with his time and always had plenty of stories to tell about his exploits as a young man and the girl of his dreams, whose initials he once carved on a tree.
From the eastern shores of the Carolina’s to the California coast, there were many journeys and characters (as he would like to call them) in this Cowboy’s life, but the journey he enjoyed the most was the one he took with his family and following in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Affectionately known as “Oompah” by his grandchildren Jennifer and Zachary, his family and closest friends, he turned to look back and with a smile was gratefully pleased with the foundation that had been laid and that his loved ones were standing upon the “Rock” that no enemy or flood could wash away.
We wave as we see the Cowboy turn and ride towards the setting sun, but we will not say goodbye or farewell, rather we will say, “Until we meet again Oompah, we love you.”
He rides into the sunset, but he knows and we take comfort in knowing that he heads to a place where
“Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the LORD will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.”
Isaiah 60:20
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