Today was the annual RED day with Keller Williams in Knoxville. More than 70 agents from the two Knox County area locations in Bearden and Farragut. We volunteered to do clean-up at the National Veteran’s Cemetery, near Northshore Park.
The cemetery is the final resting place for several thousand veterans and their wives. The experience was both fun, in the camaraderie of manual labor with so many friends, and sobering – veterans of World War II layed side-by-side with others who served in the Persian Gulf.
I personally dedicated my labor in honor of my father, Albert Howard, who turned 21 in the rice paddies of Vietnam and 60 in the desert of Iraq. He still serves today, not as a soldier, but as a community volunteer – regularly delivering meals, made by my mother, to a few area shut-ins as well as helping widows in their small town with maintenance of their homes and carrying their trash to the local dump every Saturday morning.
The clean-up event was punctuated by an actual funeral, a fitting reminder of the importance of remembering the monumental contributions of those men and women who serve – whether they layed down their lives or donated a period of their lives to the defense of Republic.
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Rob Howard | Knoxville Realtor and Author | KnoxvilleRob | Frank Merchant Mysteries
Rob Howard is more than just a Knoxville, TN real estate agent; he is the author who captures the story of Knoxville. 23+ year industry veteran, Rob combines the data-driven expertise of a top-producing team with the narrative insight of a local historian and novelist.
Rob’s unique approach to real estate. Rob has focused on "wandering, listening, and absorbing" Knoxville since becoming a student at the University of Tennessee in 1991. Rob's relational approach to Knoxville and East Tennessee real estate earned him a feature in Jay Papasan’s (co-author of The One Thing) acclaimed book on real estate success. Whether navigating the revitalization of Downtown Knoxville, the historic charm of Fourth and Gill, or the community fabric of Farragut, Rob helps clients understand the true character of the neighborhoods they are buying into.
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