Ron Haven
09-16-2016, 22:19
On the trail many years ago I met a hiker who seemed to have a leg injury but was heading on. I gave him my phone number and told him if he couldn't make it to call me. The next day he got a hitch into Franklin and called me from a pay phone. I went and picked him up and took him to get medical attention. After that he called me back and got a motel room at The former Haven Motel. He stayed for a few days hoping to gain use of his leg but it was causing him a big problem. I took him to the Atlanta Airport to go home.
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After sorter forgetting about him I got a call one evening a couple of years later. He said, you were so nice to me in Franklin and so were so many more people. He said, I have retired and just want to stay in that town a while. He moved to Franklin and shortly after I gave him a job. I know so many of you knew Victor because he worked at Budget Inn, Sapphire Inn, and Hiawassee Budget Inn as a manager. Just a hiker I met on the trail but was one of the most honest people I ever knew. He came back to visit us during hiker season this year in March and April. I just received word from his sister that he passed away yesterday in the Philippines.
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After sorter forgetting about him I got a call one evening a couple of years later. He said, you were so nice to me in Franklin and so were so many more people. He said, I have retired and just want to stay in that town a while. He moved to Franklin and shortly after I gave him a job. I know so many of you knew Victor because he worked at Budget Inn, Sapphire Inn, and Hiawassee Budget Inn as a manager. Just a hiker I met on the trail but was one of the most honest people I ever knew. He came back to visit us during hiker season this year in March and April. I just received word from his sister that he passed away yesterday in the Philippines.