Letter by Chuck Crooker a nephew to Carter Van Luther

Who was Carter Luther? He was a son, brother, a father and a teacher. I know because when I was young he taught me years ago about grafting fruit trees, but there was more to the lesson than just agriculture, he was showing me how different types of apple trees could be grafted together to make one tree with many different colors and apples all on the same tree. And he was right, I have since that time have met and come to know many different  colored apples (people) and we have become one strong tree. He just smiled , a great smile that I will remember forever. To this day I go to my mothers house in the summer and see that apple tree in her yard in bloom with all the different colored and types of apples and I think of uncle Carter and that smile, and it makes me smile inside and out. I've been lucky over the years at every family gathering to see uncle Carter and his smile, I will miss him.

Sincerely,
Chuck Crooker  (Luther)