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Story about Davy Warwick
Songwriter who penned 9-11 tribute dies Monday
By JACK STALLARD
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Like many Americans, Davy Warwick was moved to tears when planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
Warwick, a late-budding songwriter who was 75 when the terrorists attacks happened, sat down and put his thoughts to words. His song "Angels Wings to Fly" wound up in the Library of Congress — one of 278 pieces chosen to be exhibited by the library relating to the events surrounding 911.
"He wasn't a veteran. He was an American," Toni Gebhardt said of her grandfather, who died Monday at the age of 80 — five years to the day after the attacks.
"He was really moved by the tragedy and that so many lives were lost. He was moved, and he wanted to memorialize it in some way. He was a ceramic mold maker, and he used to drive the roads a lot listening to music. He always said he could write a song, and he did."
Poems, songs, artworks and music poured in during the days and months after the attacks. From those tens of thousands of items, the Library of Congress selected less than 300 to be exhibited. Warwick, in a story published by the Longview News-Journal in 2002, said, "It took me 76 years to make my mark on this world, but I have done it now. This is something that does not happen every day."
Warwick's wife died in January, and while he and family members waited in the emergency room at a local hospital, he fell ill.
"They found a mass on his lung that day, and we found out he had terminal lung cancer," Gebhardt said. "We were hit double hard that day."
Warwick died at his residence in Overton.
"We kind of thought it was ironic but a little bit fitting," his daughter, Patricia Hill, said.
Hill said her father simply felt he needed to do something to memorialize those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
"The song was mostly dedicated to the firemen and the policemen who went into those buildings and knew they were risking their lives," Hill said. "He dedicated it to them. It was mostly about them, as well as just the terrible feeling people had watching this."
The song flowed from Warwick's heart to his pen quickly.
"I remember the (writing) process," she said. "It came to him quickly. He just felt it. He didn't start his song-writing career until he was in his 70s, and he was really heavy into it at that time. When he watched the news that day, he had a vision, sat down and wrote about it. He felt it deeply, and he said he cried while writing it."
By JACK STALLARD
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Like many Americans, Davy Warwick was moved to tears when planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
Warwick, a late-budding songwriter who was 75 when the terrorists attacks happened, sat down and put his thoughts to words. His song "Angels Wings to Fly" wound up in the Library of Congress — one of 278 pieces chosen to be exhibited by the library relating to the events surrounding 911.
"He wasn't a veteran. He was an American," Toni Gebhardt said of her grandfather, who died Monday at the age of 80 — five years to the day after the attacks.
"He was really moved by the tragedy and that so many lives were lost. He was moved, and he wanted to memorialize it in some way. He was a ceramic mold maker, and he used to drive the roads a lot listening to music. He always said he could write a song, and he did."
Poems, songs, artworks and music poured in during the days and months after the attacks. From those tens of thousands of items, the Library of Congress selected less than 300 to be exhibited. Warwick, in a story published by the Longview News-Journal in 2002, said, "It took me 76 years to make my mark on this world, but I have done it now. This is something that does not happen every day."
Warwick's wife died in January, and while he and family members waited in the emergency room at a local hospital, he fell ill.
"They found a mass on his lung that day, and we found out he had terminal lung cancer," Gebhardt said. "We were hit double hard that day."
Warwick died at his residence in Overton.
"We kind of thought it was ironic but a little bit fitting," his daughter, Patricia Hill, said.
Hill said her father simply felt he needed to do something to memorialize those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
"The song was mostly dedicated to the firemen and the policemen who went into those buildings and knew they were risking their lives," Hill said. "He dedicated it to them. It was mostly about them, as well as just the terrible feeling people had watching this."
The song flowed from Warwick's heart to his pen quickly.
"I remember the (writing) process," she said. "It came to him quickly. He just felt it. He didn't start his song-writing career until he was in his 70s, and he was really heavy into it at that time. When he watched the news that day, he had a vision, sat down and wrote about it. He felt it deeply, and he said he cried while writing it."
Davy Warwick's Obit (Grandpa)
Warwick, Davy
OVERTON -- Services for Davy Warwick, 80, of Overton, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel of Overton, with the Rev. Bill Baker officiating. Private burial will be in Rusk County Memorial Gardens of Henderson. Mr. Warwick died September 11, 2006, at his residence. Born May 30, 1926, in Columbia, Mo., he was a renowned songwriter, carpenter, architectural designer of homes, manufacturer of ceramic molds, and member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his sons, Jim Warwick and Scott Warwick; daughters, Pat Hill, and Joan Warwick; and sisters, Lila Elizabeth Ramer and Pauline Nosler. On line registration of condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/12/2006.
OVERTON -- Services for Davy Warwick, 80, of Overton, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel of Overton, with the Rev. Bill Baker officiating. Private burial will be in Rusk County Memorial Gardens of Henderson. Mr. Warwick died September 11, 2006, at his residence. Born May 30, 1926, in Columbia, Mo., he was a renowned songwriter, carpenter, architectural designer of homes, manufacturer of ceramic molds, and member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his sons, Jim Warwick and Scott Warwick; daughters, Pat Hill, and Joan Warwick; and sisters, Lila Elizabeth Ramer and Pauline Nosler. On line registration of condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/12/2006.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Update
Tis Sunday September 10, 2006.
My car is in the shop with a broken motor mount, water pump, both radiator hoses, and a heater hose.
I carried the Marvell Mustangs to Earle Friday night but we lost. Earle scored many times but we only scored once. While there some service had free hotdogs, chips, cookies, bottled water. I cut half into my pinkie finger with my pocket knife after opening a tough packet of mustard.
I had a huge infection on my left side under my arm that finally broke. Pus shot out like a water hose all over the wall. I'm glad it broke I was getting worried. I have some antibiotics but I think I need a different kind.
I got my first check from Alternatives last week. $11oo ish for 3 weeks work.
Mom is doing well.
My car is in the shop with a broken motor mount, water pump, both radiator hoses, and a heater hose.
I carried the Marvell Mustangs to Earle Friday night but we lost. Earle scored many times but we only scored once. While there some service had free hotdogs, chips, cookies, bottled water. I cut half into my pinkie finger with my pocket knife after opening a tough packet of mustard.
I had a huge infection on my left side under my arm that finally broke. Pus shot out like a water hose all over the wall. I'm glad it broke I was getting worried. I have some antibiotics but I think I need a different kind.
I got my first check from Alternatives last week. $11oo ish for 3 weeks work.
Mom is doing well.
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