A Cantankerous Texan with a Big Heart

Sounds like was an a**hole and paid his way out of it at the end.

 

Gee, that's about As Good as it Gets!

 

Cranky SOB didn't have a friend left to leave anything to except for little miss stuck putting up with his crap at Luby's Melina

 

The real question is, how much did he leave for a tip every day? Or did he stiff her before Rigor Mortis stiffed him?

 

How much did he leave to the gay guy with the little dog who lives next door?

 

When i read the thread title i thought we were talking about Rob Lay

 

Insufficient data.

If you'd lived long enough to see your friends, family, and children all die before you, you might get just a smidge testy as well.

Or maybe he was just an ornery cuss who didn't have much use for people.

Or maybe he just left some money to the few people he knew who still believed the old-school notion that "the customer is right", rather than just going through the cattle-car motions. (How long since you've heard a "have it your way" burger ad?)

We have the "news", but we still don't have the story.

(I did a quick google on this: pages of "news sources", all just quoting the same thin AP fluff "filler" piece.)
(2 column-inches, between the ads, below the fold)

 

+1

fwiw..I like that story. Hell, I kinda like him too.