Blog #3

My Grandfather

This is my grandfather Randy Lawton. He is 62 years old and has lived in Newcomerstown, Ohio all his life. He owned a heating and cooling company and has built many houses in this town. He was an avid carpenter as his houses were very well designed and my family currently lives in one of the houses he built, which he also dug a pond behind the house that I live in.

He built 3 identical houses side by side on Beagle Club Road, which he started to build the first house by hand in 1994. He said, “I am very proud of the houses that I built and all my past work, it has provided my family a place to live and made myself a living as well.’’

When he started to build the house I live in now, I used to hang around with him while he was building it. He hooked up a small television because there was electricity running to the house and made me a chair out of a cardboard box. I had a blast.

He is currently working on his fourth house, he is building it for himself and his family and is planning on retiring after the house is complete. He has done a ton of work in his time and has helped many people. We are all so proud of him.