**Obituary for Marvin Barker Sr.**
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Marvin Barker Sr., who was called to his eternal home on [date]. Born to Virgil Barker Sr. and Anna Barker, both of whom have preceded him in death, Marvin lived a life full of love, devotion, and faith. He
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    DAD'S RESOLUTION
Last year when I called my parents to wish them a happy New Year, my dad answered the phone. "Well, Dad, what’s your New Year’s resolution?" I asked him. "To make your mother as happy as I can all year," he answered proudly. Then mom got on, and I said, "What’s your resolution,
                    
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                    Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Dec 29, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This poem was written by a workaholic dad:
I have a son who’s five years old, a boy so very fine.  
When I look at him it seems to me that all the world is mine.  
But seldom do I ever see my son awake and bright.  
I only see him when he sleeps.  I’m only home at night.  
When I come home so weary
                    
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                    DAD-ISMS
Here are a few dad-isms from a recent website I visited - 
"Get in and get out." 
This applied to an open back door or refrigerator. Just because you don’t pay the gas and electric bills, that doesn’t mean you should waste energy, he’d tell us as we alternately let the cold air into the
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    DAD'S ALARM
A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Nov 12, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A little boy that said to his dad, “dad, why is the sky blue?”  I don’t know son. "dad, why is the grass green?"  I don’t know son.  Dad...etc.  Finally the boy said, "Dad, do you mind me asking these
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE COOLEST DAD IN THE UNIVERSE
He was 50 years old when I was born, and a "Mr. Mom" long before anyone had a name for it. I didn’t know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their dad around. I considered myself very lucky.
Dad did so many things
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THEN GOD MADE DADS
When the Lord was creating fathers he started with a tall frame.  And an angel standing nearby said, “What kind of father is that? If You’re going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high?  He won’t be able to shoot marbles without
kneeling. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT 
As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection.   A thick slab of ham, a fresh bun, crisp lettuce and plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard. The corners of my jaw were aching in anticipation, 
I carried it to the picnic table in our backyard, picked it up with both  hands
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 28, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BRAGGIN' 'BOUT DAD
Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about who had the better father:    
The first boy says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $100.”  
The second boy says, “That’s nothing.  My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece
                    
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                    Contributed by James Chandler on Mar 31, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ASK YOUR DAD
A father watched out the kitchen window as his 7 year old son played in the backyard sand box. He watched him moving several large rocks out of the sandbox. 
There was one very big rock that was giving his little boy a great deal of trouble. He watched his son move the rock to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
                
                
                
                    DAD, ARE YOU GOD?
One day after church, the pastor asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday school. The lad said, "I learned that God loves me more than anything else in the whole world."
"What else did you learn?" asked his dad. "I learned that when I’m bad, He spanks real hard." 
"What
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 4, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MY DAD'S TESTIMONY
My Dad died of cancer in a nursing home. He was in a partial coma when I visited him before that day came. We had come down from Queensland to Wagga Wagga, his birthplace. I was wondering where he was in terms of his relationship with Christ. And yes, the thought crossed my mind
                    
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