The following poem was written by my good friend, Dr. Dan Armstrong.
They will bury Alvin today
Sixty-three and not a gray hair
He owned a first-class guitar
It had been in and out of hock
He wrote songs, all unpublished
His voice was deep but rattled here and there
He cut hair, painted houses and barns
His first love was to write songs and sing
Maybe it was his second love
His vision of musical success was blurred
Alcohol was his greatest love affair
He lived in and out of the city tank
He knew the real world
Slept in parks and inside cardboard boxes
He always spoke of going straight
Of publishing songs and being famous
But he never got around to it
Today he was published for the first time
The obituary column had the barest of details
They will bury Alvin today . . . without a song.
Dan C. Armstrong, D. Min.
1737 Nottingham Road
Gate City, VA 24251
You Are Visitor Number
Hilton Head 2009
Our Latest Family Beach Trip
About Me
- Don Doyle, DMin, PhD
- Since 1966, I have functioned in some official capacity as a psychotherapist, minister, or counselor. In that period of time, I have logged more than 50,000 hours of listening to people from forty-two states and eighteen foreign countries. In addition, I was in the pastoral ministry for thirteen years, ten of which was spent in one church. Prior to entering the ministry, I served as a Naval Aviation Officer. I joined the Navy to see the world and spent three years in Florida! Nonetheless, those three years were invaluable to me personally and professionally. The value of my military experience was equal to a post-graduate degree. In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, I enjoy conducting seminars, conferences, and key-note addresses to corporations, civic groups, churches, and counseling centers. For eight years, I was Associate Director of the Burlingame (California) Counseling Center. Since 1987, I have directed the Doyle Family Counseling Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
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