David M. "Buster" Gean, Jr., my grandfather, was one of the great men of the world.  Most of his life he worked as a farmer or a clerk at a co-op.  He was never famous, except to the seventeen grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved and admired him.  He never did some great work in the world that would be recognized by anyone outside his community of Oxford, MS -- except for providing a steady, unflagging source of strength for those whom he loved.  He was one of the best men I have ever known.