A friend remembers Bob, Odelle Buckles

MEEKER I I stop at the VFW to have a beer. I run into Mike Gould and over the laughter and music blaring from the juke box, he tells me sadly of Odelle Buckles’ memorial service. I missed it, working out of town lately so much. He sighs and says they brought Bob Buckles up for the service from Lafayette, where he’s been living in an assisted living home near his daughter’s place. We are…