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Ask William Russell about his dad, Larry, and he won’t tell you about the Pinewood Derby races Larry organized in Hixson, or all the car shows they visited, or vacations in the Gulf.
Sure, those are sweet memories.
But for William, there’s a better Father’s Day story.
“When I think of what it truly means to be a dad, this is what I think about,” he said.
It was a December afternoon long ago. William was just a boy. His mom was at home – not at work. She was injured and recovering from surgery.