JOHN LAVERTY'S BIRTHDAY(2/9/1912-5/14/1953)

     Today, I would like to pay tribute to my dad with the following on his birthday. Years ago, while visiting with Bill Lyle, a friend of my dad and long time resident of Laurel, he passed along something about my dad that I will never forget. He told me: "I knew your dad and he was the gentlest man I have ever known."