A cowboy obituary

Cowboy Obituary

During his childhood, Ebert "Sonny" Walters was counseled by his tough old cowboy grandfather from Montana that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on his oatmeal every morning.

His family said Ebert did that religiously every morning. He outlived his wife Iona by 52 years, he died last Thursday at age 104.

Ebert left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grand- children, 25 great-great-grand-children, and a 15-ft. deep hole where the crematorium used to be.