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Mark Denton (Blossman Gas)... I will always re- Jeff Gresham (Crum & Forster Insurance)... Bill
member that boisterous laugh that was bigger was a great friend We have known each oth-
than life, and I can tell you that you didn’t want er through the propane industry for the last 30
to do Yeager Meister’s with him because he years He was a family man, business man, sports-
could go all night! Bill was always having fun and man and a good friend to our industry I will miss
he connected and engaged with everyone in the his friendship and sense of humor He enjoyed
room! life, loved his family dearly, and was a joy to be
around God’s speed my friend!
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Andy Wise (Thompson Gas)... Bill was a good
friend and always
brought laughter
to our Association
meetings I always
looked forward to
our trips to D C for
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Propane Days as
it was a delight to
Mark Nelson (Alabama LP Gas Board)... Bill Mont- be around Bill at
gomery was one of a kind He and I have debat- all times I will sure-
ed many issues, both in public and private, and ly miss one of my
he was one heck of an opponent Sometimes best friends in the
he would bring me around to his way of thinking, propane industry
and sometimes I could win him over My fondest
memory of those debates is that Bill was always
civil and open-minded The reason he was so ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
intelligent was because he was open to differ-
ent perspectives whether he agreed or not He Tom Cheatham (Leran/Home Depot Pro)... It was
served faithfully on the Alabama LP Gas Board, a pleasure to have known Bill all these many years
and he provided much needed common sense in the propane industry and to visit with him at
and thoughtful insight to discussion Oftentimes, various industry meetings and functions We cer-
Bill was the first to alert me to new federal reg- tainly enjoyed our business relationship, but all of
ulations that were working their way down the our conversations always began with family news
pipeline What and sports You can imagine all the fun we had
was really fun talking about the Auburn vs Georgia rivalry over
was to get Bill the years As a Georgia fan, and in memory of Bill,
Montgomery and I’m proud to say “ War Eagle ”
Charlie Vawter Special love to the Montgomery family
worked up about and please know that you are in my daily prayers
something and
watch both faces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
turn beet red, and
then watch them Jerry Walker (Superior Gas)... I came to work for
both laugh with Superior Gas in December 1998 I met Bill shortly
you when you revealed the truth I suspect those after. It did not take me long to find out what
two are together now, and they can be heard kind of a person and man he was One of the
from a great distance with their uproarious laugh- enjoyable things about working for Bill was he saw
ter and storytelling Rest in peace things in black and white, never gray No matter
which side you were on, you never had to won-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ der about him!
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