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Chad Williford aka silvereagle92 passed away at the end of April. He was a prolific poster and contributor here on the boards. Thought some of his friends would like to know. Treasure your fleeting moments here on earth as you just never know.
http://www.apexfuneral.com/index.cfm
My apologies for getting his posting name incorrect. Thanks to Paul for straightening me out.
http://www.apexfuneral.com/index.cfm
My apologies for getting his posting name incorrect. Thanks to Paul for straightening me out.
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-Paul
Chadler "Chad" Alan Williford, 17, of Holly Springs passed away April 30, 2010 after a brief illness. Chad was born December 4, 1992 in Greensboro, NC to Allen and Cameron Williford. He currently was a junior at Enloe H.S. in Raleigh where he was an honor student. Chad had a great sense of humor and like most teenagers was interested in computers and video games but his great passion was in coin collecting.
In addition to his parents Chad is survived by his sister Ryan Williford; his grandparents Joe and Elaine Williford, John and Susan Bullock and Lanny and Sandra Wofford; great grandparents James and Dot Kivett, Claude and Jean Harrison and Jennie Williford; aunts and uncles Jeff and Jodi Traen, Jon and Renae Williford and Stephen Wofford; and cousins Jordan Traen, Nick Wofford, Andrew Williford, Noah Williford, Matthew Traen and Chloe Williford.
A memorial service celebrating Chad’s life will be held Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 4:00 pm at Apex Funeral Home, 550 W. Williams St (Hwy 55), Apex NC. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3:00 until 4:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to either Duke Children’s Hospital or DUMC Transplant Services at Office of Development, 512 S. Mangum St. Suite 400, Durham, NC 27701-3975, (919) 667-2575 or www.gifts2duke@duke.edu.
Best wishes to his family.
-Paul
MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
It's not often we lose a 17 year old YN.
Ben
Can someone please confirm that Cary is close to the other cities mentioned... as I'm too shuck up to find Cary on any goggle map.
He will be missed.
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
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<< <i>Silvereagle92 resided in Cary, NC
Can someone please confirm that Cary is close to the other cities mentioned... as I'm too shuck up to find Cary on any goggle map. >>
Look to be about 6 miles apart. Both are just outside Raleigh....
<< <i>A very young guy, wasn't he? >>
I think 16.
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
<< <i>Silvereagle92 resided in Cary, NC
Can someone please confirm that Cary is close to the other cities mentioned... as I'm too shuck up to find Cary on any goggle map. >>
The HS is across town, about 14 or 15 miles away.
Although we lived in one area and my kid's public school was a little over 20 miles awayand we're in a very suburban and non-rural area, too. (we've recently moved closer)
This is terrible news.
<< <i>This is terrible news.
Using the proprietery information from prior business transactions that's definitely the correct information and the correct Chad.
Chad was a pleasure to deal with and his presence will be missed.
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
I didn't know him, but very sad indeed for a family to lose a young man so suddenly.
My condolences to his family.
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<< <i>Silvereagle92 resided in Cary, NC
Can someone please confirm that Cary is close to the other cities mentioned... as I'm too shuck up to find Cary on any goggle map. >>
Look to be about 6 miles apart. Both are just outside Raleigh.... >>
Thanks blu62vette as I was hoping it wasn't him, as this hit harder then any of the loss threads.
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
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Yeah, I had the Mrs. double-check the info just to be sure, and it looks true enough. This is a tragedy I can't even start to grasp right now.
My condolences to his family.
<< <i>From what I found, it was a car accident:
Chad's Obit >>
I believe that is a different Chad. That happened almost a year ago.
<< <i>From what I found, it was a car accident:
Chad's Obit >>
The article you linked was from June of 2009.
-Paul
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<< <i>From what I found, it was a car accident:
Chad's Obit >>
The article you linked was from June of 2009.
-Paul >>
Deleted - my error - sorry!
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
So sorry to hear.
Chadler Alan Williford, 17, of Holly Springs passed away April 30, 2010 after a brief illness.
Chad was born December 4, 1992 in Greensboro, NC to Allen and Cameron Williford. He currently was a junior at Enloe H.S. in Raleigh where he was an honor student. Chad had a great sense of humor and like most teenagers was interested in computers and video games but his great passion was in coin collecting.
In addition to his parents Chad is survived by his sister, Ryan Williford; his maternal grandparents, John and Susan Bullock; paternal grandparents, Joe and Elaine Williford; five great grandparents; five aunts and uncles and six cousins.
A memorial service celebrating Chads life will be held Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 4:00 pm at Apex Funeral Home, 550 W. Williams St, Hwy 55, Apex NC.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3:00 until 4:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to either Duke Childrens Hospital or DUMC Transplant Services at Office of Development, 512 S. Mangum St. Suite 400, Durham, NC 27701-3975, (919) 667-2575 or www.gifts2duke@duke.edu
Online condolences may be made at www.apexfuneral.com
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/02/463672/chadler-alan-williford.html#ixzz0njmqkBMR
<< <i>Silvereagle92 resided in Cary, NC
Can someone please confirm that Cary is close to the other cities mentioned... as I'm too shuck up to find Cary on any goggle map. >>
Rest in Peace Chad.
The name is LEE!
RIP and godspeed Chad
He will be missed greatly.
RIP Chad.
My condolences to his family.
I was drawn to numismatics at the tender age of eight. My great-grandfather had quite an accumulation of coins - a hoard of sorts. His accumulation included several thousand wheat cents, a few hundred Buffalo nickels, loads of 90% silver, and even the occasional gold coin. When I was 8, I received a small orange button silk pouch with a few of the wheat cents in it. That day, I decided that I was going to go around the neighborhood (it was a tight knit community) and ask the older folks for cents, to try to make $1.00 (a small fortune to an 8-year-old).
I finally met my goal, after about an hour, when the late Melvin Johnson, who lived about a block away from my great-grandparents, reached his tobacco-stained hands into his denim jeans, and pulled out the last 3 cents that I needed.
I was bitten. The bug had attacked me, and knocked me over. I kept those wheat cents, and the silk pouch, in a little green lock box that I had; along with about 25 shark's teeth, a Mickey Mouse watch, and 3 one-dollar bills. I hid the box under my bed, and kept those wheat cents safe.
About 6 months later, my family and I were browsing a local flea market, as we often did on weekends, and we decided to go 'inside.' This flea market has an outside portion for sellers with various wares - tennis shoes, yard sale junk, and the like. Then, it has an indoors portion for arts and crafts, antiques, paintings, you know - the more 'expensive' stuff. We had never ventured indoors at the flea market before, so we decided to go inside, completely on a whim. Right inside the door is a coin shop! It's pretty small, only 4 or 5 display cases, and one big vault in the back of the room. It's a husband and wife team, Neil and Christine, and they run the place.
Anyways, we ventured indoors, and at the shop my eyes quickly wandered. I felt myself drawn to a case of bright shiny new cents. But something was wrong with these cents - they were all, well, wrong! There was a velvet pad of probably 50 or more off-center cents. Christine saw me drooling over the coins, so she pulled out the pad, put on some cotton gloves, and gave me a lesson on how these things happen. She showed me basically what to look for - she wanted me to pick out a coin with a readable date, not too many marks, etc. I picked out a coin, and she put it in a flip for me and just handed it to me. I was in shock. Not only do I get to see these magnificent pieces (remember, I was only 8 years old) I get to take one home? No way! So, I stuck the error in my pocket, and we went home. Guess where I put the cent? That's right, in my green lock box, next to my 3 wheat cents, silk pouch, 25 or so shark's teeth, Mickey Mouse watch, and 3 one-dollar bills.
If that wasn't enough to get me into collecting, a while after that, the "tooth fairy" left me an ike dollar, and a 1992 Kennedy Half under my pillow one night. I just couldn't get enough.
In the beginning, I started like most of us did. I would collect coins out of pocket change, out of those change jars. I received 4 or 5 blue Whitman albums one Christmas from my maternal grandmother. She and her husband also had a small box of coins, all in paper envelopes. There were maybe 300 silver Roosevelt dimes, a handful of Mercury dimes, some silver Washington quarters. It turns out that my grandfather had collected these when he was a teenager, from his summer job tending to vending machines. He would remove the till from the machine and sort through the coins. He would pull out any silver coins he found, and replace them with their clad counterparts. So, together we sorted through his box of coins, and filled holes in those Whitman albums. I would read him the date and mintmark, and he would try and put the coin in the album. We all know how those blue Whitman albums are - you have to have a PhD to know how to get the coins in there correctly!
I have had several stages in my collecting, like most of you. I've had a World Coin stage, a currency stage, a Dansco stage (I owned upwards of 20 almost complete Dansco albums at one time), and many more. The stage I remember most vividly, and the one that influences my collecting habits most today, was probably my Morgan Dollar stage. My aim was to complete a Morgan Dollar date set, which I eventually did. It forced me to learn how to grade coins, how to spot cleaned/altered coins, and to really research what I was buying. I focused on circulated original coins, instead of shiny cleaned junk. It took a strong discipline, especially when that $20 that I got from mowing the lawn was burning a hole in my pocket. But I did it, and the sense of accomplishment I felt was very rewarding.
I purchased my first graded coin in January of 2006. The coin was a NGC-graded 2005 Kennedy Half Dollar PF69UCAM. I won it for the exorbitant amount of $0.99 on eBay. Until then, I was under the impression that I could not own a slabbed coin for less than $50. I had watched Coin Vault a lot, and thought that since they claimed it cost $50 to get a coin graded, it would make no sense to sell one for less. So, I eagerly awaited its arrival. Upon receiving the coin, I decided to do more research on the NGC product. I visited their website, and found out about the Collector's Society, and their message boards. I lurked for a while, and finally joined. A while later, I joined the PCGS boards, and I have been learning ever since.
Currently, my focus is on circulated type coins. I have a registry set that I am using to build a certified type set. I focus on crusty original, deeply patinated specimens. I am also working on a raw Dansco 7070 US Type Set album. I'm about 45% done with that set, but I've still got a ways to go. I like the idea of a type set, instead of a single series, since you can explore all different series, and get a feel for a wide array of niches. You also explore how coinage has evolved over the years, and the history behind the changes in design. The story of the Racketeer nickel, and the wartime coinage comes to mind.
Today, what keeps me collecting is the joy of holding history in my hand. I find numismatics to be a way to connect to the past - something that cannot be easily accomplished by other means. To hold a coin in your hand that was minted during the American Civil War, or World War Two, and imagine where the coin has been for all this time, and whose hands this coin might have passed through is truly fascinating to me. I mean, to even see a coin that was minted at the birth of this country - or any other country, for that matter - gives me chills sometimes. Someone iconic could have held a coin you own. Maybe your Capped Bust Half was in the pocket of a Civil War Soldier. Or your Walking Liberty Half was carried in the purse of the wife of a WWII marine away on the front lines. Heck, maybe your Half Disme was held by George Washington. I love to think of all of the possibilities, and know that, for however brief a time, I added my own little piece of history to that coin. With all of the passion I have for numismatics, I want you veteran numismatists to know - the future of your hobby is in good hands
I had some nice conversations with him.
It's always sad when someone passes away. Moreso when it is someone so young...
RIP
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I also had some pm's with Chad,
he won something from me at a contest for YN's
and he was and is an asset to our forum,
I will miss him.
Yes, Cary, NC is right outside of Raleigh, NC and close to Duke Medical in Durham, NC.
–John Adams, 1826
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