Goodbye Jim. 

  Say hello to your comrades for us

What a guy. Actor, comedian, and singer. As a child, I looked forward to watching the 'Andy Griffith Show' to laugh and without knowing it then learn some type of wholesome lesson that was always at the bottom of the story being so well acted out right before my eyes. Jim Nabors has taken his talent to a higher stage at the age of 87.

 

He was born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama. A small city that is close to Birmingham. I guess that made it easy for him to fall into the role as Gomer Pyle effortlessly. He was discovered by Andy Griffith himself. Maybe their first meeting went something like this, 'Shazam Mr. Griffith, Iz not all too talented but shucks I doz need the money'. You says that all I have to do iz act naturally as this gas tentant'. 

 

Later. as the same character, he joined the Marines and played the bumbling private that was the biggest pain in the arse for his Sargent. The Gomer Pyle USMC show had the same high-quality standards as the Andy Giffith Show. Geez, I miss those types of shows!

 

His baritone voice was another way he touched lives. Having said that click here to hear him sing away the ending of this blog.

                          
                James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017)

                                                                    

                                                 REST IN PEACE