Speech About My Great Grandfather

My great grandfather, Dr. A.J. Long, was a caring man. He was dearly loved by his wife, three children, and seven grandchildren. He came from a big family of sisters and brothers, he worked hard in life through college and had an impressive career. A.J. always wanted to go above and beyond in what ever he was doing, he never wanted to be average, this is what made him an amazing great grandfather and big influence in my life.
I didn’t really get to know my great grandfather, he passed away when I was eight years old to a sudden heart-attack. One of the few memories I have is we went sledding in Northern California and he put me on his lap and we zoomed down the hill. From the stories I would hear about him from my parents and grandparents

It’s only the time that you spend with that individual counts and that nothing else matters. That’s how I feel toward my relationship with my great grandfather. He was there for all the big moments in my life, from the time I was born, taking my first steps, and me saying his name to him. I would see pictures of him holding me with a giant grin on his face and me either crying or half asleep in his arms. He was born in Paris, France to a very wealthy family. His father was a successful businessman and his mother was a nurse and also looked after the children. He had four brothers and two sisters. When A.J. was born, he did not cry, nurses and doctors thought he was born dead, but kept him for observation through the night. He was found later in his crib crying and hungry for attention for the nurses. He was named A.J. after his father’s brother who died in an expedition to the Arctic circle when his ship was lost at sea. A.J was the youngest of the family and was the baby brother to his siblings who looked after

He came to America and had to learn to speak English, but he became a very successful doctor and real estate developer. He was known as “Doc Long” and he got his degree in acupuncture before it was even known in the United States. He was very creative and came up with all sorts of inventions he patented. He got married and moved to Kansas City, where my great grandmother grew up. When he was older, my great grandfather lived between his home in Arizona and his 200-acre estate on the Osage River at Lake of the Ozarks. He was very loved by all the people in the town of Warsaw, Missouri. He even became the honorary mayor and sheriff of the town and would ride each year in a parade down Main Street. He also donated the land for the town’s high school where there is a plaque inside dedicating the school to him. My great grandfather was written about in the Kansas City Star newspaper when he wanted to build a golf course on his property and did it himself. He hired a famous golf course designer to plan it, but it was actually my great grandfather on his bulldozer and backhoe each day himself who created what was known in the 1970‘s as one of the nicest private 18 hole golf courses in the United States. Sadly after his passing away, my great grandmother had to sell the estate because the golf course made it so expensive to maintain, but my great grandfather certainly enjoyed it while he was alive. He developed much of the Lake of the