Dan Woods: he's got mad skillz1

So this guy whom I have never before met (that I can recall) made this AMAZING memorial for my dad and presented it to the airport yesterday.  Here he is on the right talking to Burt with the memorial cross between the two:

It is a silver cross made from a main rotor mast (totally cleaned up, obviously) 

and has engraving around the base that reads: 

James T. Cheatham 

A Helicopter's Best Friend

January 5, 1942 - 

March 11, 2009

I am constantly surprised by how many lives we each (in this case my dad) affect daily.  I have been able to find out about the great legacy my father left behind in the business and aviation communities.  People from the bank and post office clerks to heads of corporations tell me that they loved my dad - he was someone who took the time to ask how they were doing - AND really listen for the response.  He bragged about us kids because they tell me that he did.    It is really special to have such a father as mine, one who left a legacy of service and personal investment in all he did.