06/25/2003 I was
told that Dean passed away June 13, 2003, and was buried in Goldston
Can you make the Dean's List?
When I (Allan Goldston) was in Charlotte yesterday
(12/13/2002), I looked up and met Dean Davis for the first time. His late
wife, Evelyn Goldston was the daughter of Edward Moreau Goldston, son of
Andrew Jackson Goldston. Dean is 85 and
at age 78 became totally blind. The first thing he told me yesterday after we
shook hands was about his new part-time job
with the Charlotte Cancer Association. The reason they hired him to work in
the Breast Cancer Department was because he is blind. "It seems," he said,
"that women are very reluctant to expose their breasts to someone they have
never seen before. But when they realize I am blind, they strip right down.
The breast cancer nurse taught me how to use my hands. I learned very quick
and thoroughly enjoy my job."
Then he talked of his 30 day journey west with
Evelyn and managed to condense it into 1 1/2 hours. He remembered the names
of most of the motels and restaurants where they stayed, even remembered what
foods they ordered. They visited Ray Goldston in Colorado, Ellen Goldston
Cook in Dallas before returning to Charlotte.
He even remembered he and Evelyn sitting on the
beach one afternoon in southern California when a bottle washed up on shore.
Evelyn picked it up and saw something inside. She took the cap off and a
genie popped out. The genie said "You can make one wish and I will perform it
for you."
Evelyn thought for a moment and said: "I wish you
would build a highway from here to Hawaii so we could visit there. I can't go
by boat because I get so seasick and I'm afraid of flying."
"Wow," the genie said. "You know how far that
is? And the ocean may be 5 miles deep in places... and all the high waves and
storms! That would really be a lot of work for me. Why don't you make another
wish?"
Evelyn thought for a moment and said: "I wish you
would tell me what makes Dean's mind work."
The genie considered this wish and replied: "Did
you want a 2 lane or 4 lane highway?"
Oh, well... it blows my mind how a person can go
completely blind in his old age and still enjoy his life. He lives by himself
in his original home in the Providence Road section of south Charlotte but has
neighbors and grandchildren who come by on a daily basis. His dog died 3
weeks ago from old age, but he's not completely by himself... he still has
his sense of humor.
