Narrator: Jason Waldrip(Melvin's grandson, Rick's son)
Told on: 2026-01-03 · Service timecode: 48:06 to 48:47 · Duration: 41 s
Preservation source: Memorial service recording, 48:06 to 48:47
hi i'm jason waldrip i'm rick's son and mel's grandson um sitting up here just hearing everyone
i'm thinking about how many pieces of mel and marvin just exist in all of us today
and just thinking about how much of that got passed down to my dad and
and rob and everyone else i mean the same generosity came from both my dad and rob i got a start in tech
because of rob you know and and you know all this generosity of putting your hand out and helping
your family really comes a long way and um i'm just really grateful uh i see a lot of myself and
and grandpa i have that joy and that i just love to make people laugh
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An excerpt from the family memorial recording, retained as an attributed recollection.
- Machine transcript with family-name corrections. The recording remains the source.