Letter to the Editor

While I realize I was not at my best, at least my heart was in the right place when I attended and shared remarks at the recent gathering at the Wallace Depot to show my love and appreciation for Warren Hepler, a man who helped me so much and one who served in various positions to make our community and the world a better place. He was one of the best.

Wallace has always seemed like a second home to me, having moved there the night I graduated from high school and going to work the next day with Stroud Construction. I tell folks I laid the bricks on the Roy Carter home across the street from the barbershop. And I did. I laid them on the scaffold for the brick mason. While living and working there, and playing music every Saturday night at the Legion, I met a lot of wonderful people. I lived there until I entered the Armed Forces.

David Henderson, a man who would run and become a member of the U.S. Congress would play an important role in my life, while I did everything I could to help him. There was no way I could ever repay him for all he did for me. On the lighter side, I will never forget the night we went backstage at the Grand Ole Opry and took pictures with Dolly Parton. That was a night we would long talk about and remember. LOL.

Warren had a strong commitment to the preservation of the Depot. You can honor him by making a contribution to the ongoing maintenance, as I plan to do. Wallace Depot, 206 Southwest Railroad St, Wallace, NC 28466.

Charlie Albertson, Beulaville