Rick L. Waugh

Wow… I never really thought I would be doing this… Rick was a good man and I can honestly say I never saw a mean streak in him and was always trying to do what is best and was always worked hard for his boys and his family. I do have many stories… so here is one. Him and I was building a log home in Thorntown, Indiana. Driving up there everyday in his Volkswagen bus. Needed many repairs… So for a month we are around each other a lot… And yes pranks were involved. For those of you who know him really well, you know he gets frustrated and I knew where that button was. So one day we are caulking the logs in place, and he was below me, and I dropped a strand of caulk on his arm. He let out with this frustrated grunt / yell of his, which I found out that was hilarious. So when he tried to get the caulk off of his arm, it smeared and stuck to the hair on his arm. The more he rubbed and smeared it, the worse it got and the more he grunted / yelled with his frustration noises. I could not stop laughing. So pay backs started in and I was determined to remain in first place as the days go by. So the owner had a farm tractor on site, and we needed to pull a wall in line at a door opening. So we hooked a chain on the wall, and got on the Tractor and started it up ( Travis do not make any comments about my ability to run equipment!!) so I started back down the hill away from the log cabin and the chain broke, the tractor died, and I am rolling backwards down the hill screaming RICKKKKKKKK! I hit a tree, busted the rear hydraulic lift, and about knocked myself off the tractor and it finally stopped of course when I hit the tree…. RICK yells back at what the blank, blank, do you think he could do… Then he could not stop laughing at me, and kept saying ‘ If you could only see the look on your face Steve, and started laughing again… Needless to say, no more pranks from Steve. Rick I will remember you forever and will never forget all the good times we shared. Thank you for being a friend… Looking forward to the day we meet again…. Amen! Steve

Rick was one the most amazing men I have ever had the privlage of knowing. This heart was always full of love and kindness toward everyone that had the honor of meeting him. I was blessed to have him as my brother in law and watch the way him and my sister Rocky loved each other unconditionally, I have never seen a love like theirs. I could call him day or night and he always answered and listened and gave me advice that I took and respected. He was and still is one of the purest and solid men that I’ve known. He will be greatly missed by so many. He always called me the little brat and I called him my BABIL lol I love you brother your fight is over rest high with your beautiful wife until we all meet again

I only knew Rick from his professional side, but am not surprised at the extensive video of his close ties with his family, and especially his love for his grandchildren. Rick took his work seriously and was always determined to do the right thing, regardless of how it impacted his bottom line. He had a small group of close associates who liked and trusted each other. I was always happy to have Rick on projects that I supervised. Since moving out of state and Rick moving on to other work that I was not connected with, I saw and heard little of him the past few years other than a few contacts and running into him in Nashville during lunch. I was aware of his medical condition and also knew that he trusted totally in his faith and am sure that must have buoyed him during all of the time that he fought his illness. Our Lord now has another fine worker in Heaven to help carry the load of keeping things working up there and with faith and prayer we may all have the fortune one day of joining him. May he rest in peace. Bob Navarre

Beautiful memories!!