I am glad I got re-aquainted with Skip in the late eighties. I admired his intellect and his dedication to his two sons. I never saw someone more into music than him. It was something he got from our dad, CW McRae. In fact, at times I wished I had had someone like him pulling for my musical career. He was funny, brash, stubborn , musical, witty, sometimes pesky, but never boring, and always ready with sage advice on almost any subject. He was excellent at whatever he undertook to do and always did what he deemed was his duty. He never talked about his military service, but I know he was very partiotic. Well, as the song says, "Go rest high on that mountain....son your work on earth is done".