I first ‘met’ Newbius about three years ago, via an email to my work email, where he ‘outed’ me… Scared the hell outta me at first, as y’all know I’m pretty low key.
Turned out he’d put two and two together, and figured it out since he’d actually met me through work related functions.
We started having lunch every week or so on Thursday, as the local slop chute had a pretty good meatloaf lunch plate, and we both liked meatloaf (it wasn’t till later that I found out he was a pizza aficionado, and made his own). We talked about shooting, and he was in the process of assembling an AR-10 from pieces/parts and he kept giving me updates and finally we made it to the range. It took a little time but the gun finally came in, and Newbius, being Newbius, wanted it shooting right out of the box…
We had a LONG discussion about patience that day…LOL
He was willing to listen, and was good at putting the pointers he received into practice!
We stayed in touch, and I finally met his lovely wife and daughter at the blog dinner in the snow 🙂
We made a couple of shoots together, including the NRA shoot, NRAAM Pittsburg, the North Coast shoot (and that was where I found out how good a pizza he made)!
Newbius was always willing to pitch in, help others out, and be a GOOD role model for the 2A and CCW folks.
He was proud of his kids, worked hard to give them a good role model, and a good Christian; working with the church and the kids groups was one of his favorite things.
I last saw him a couple of months ago, he invited me down for dinner, and we had… PIZZA! It was all hand made, and he was like a mother hen with chicks over that pizza!
Newbius was also one that could and did communicate well both in his writing, and just sitting around chatting. His ideas were his own, but he was always willing to listen to other points of view, and never belittled folks for a different opinion.
He WILL be missed, and I would like for anyone who puts up any rememberances, or has pictures or anything else to share with the family to please email either myself or Jay G so that we can collect them and pass them to the family.
Also, there is a fund being set up to help the family out, and Jay G will have the info on his blog.
I don’t have confirmation yet, but I believe the funeral will be Wednesday in Stafford, VA. More after I speak with the family.
Thanks to all who have commented on the previous post, and please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.
Turned out he’d put two and two together, and figured it out since he’d actually met me through work related functions.
We started having lunch every week or so on Thursday, as the local slop chute had a pretty good meatloaf lunch plate, and we both liked meatloaf (it wasn’t till later that I found out he was a pizza aficionado, and made his own). We talked about shooting, and he was in the process of assembling an AR-10 from pieces/parts and he kept giving me updates and finally we made it to the range. It took a little time but the gun finally came in, and Newbius, being Newbius, wanted it shooting right out of the box…
We had a LONG discussion about patience that day…LOL
He was willing to listen, and was good at putting the pointers he received into practice!
We stayed in touch, and I finally met his lovely wife and daughter at the blog dinner in the snow 🙂
We made a couple of shoots together, including the NRA shoot, NRAAM Pittsburg, the North Coast shoot (and that was where I found out how good a pizza he made)!
Newbius was always willing to pitch in, help others out, and be a GOOD role model for the 2A and CCW folks.
He was proud of his kids, worked hard to give them a good role model, and a good Christian; working with the church and the kids groups was one of his favorite things.
I last saw him a couple of months ago, he invited me down for dinner, and we had… PIZZA! It was all hand made, and he was like a mother hen with chicks over that pizza!
Newbius was also one that could and did communicate well both in his writing, and just sitting around chatting. His ideas were his own, but he was always willing to listen to other points of view, and never belittled folks for a different opinion.
He WILL be missed, and I would like for anyone who puts up any rememberances, or has pictures or anything else to share with the family to please email either myself or Jay G so that we can collect them and pass them to the family.
Also, there is a fund being set up to help the family out, and Jay G will have the info on his blog.
I don’t have confirmation yet, but I believe the funeral will be Wednesday in Stafford, VA. More after I speak with the family.
Thanks to all who have commented on the previous post, and please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks for the update Jim.
I wasn’t privileged to ever meet Newbius IRL, but I did have the pleasure of a few gbc chats.
He was a true gentleman!
Please pass along our condolences to the family. I enjoyed visiting with him on GBC.
We seem to have been hit too hard and too often lately.
Thank you NFO. Very well stated.
All, will do and thanks.
I can’t say I knew him that well, but I did have the chance to meet him twice. Very nice guy. Give my condolences to his family. I’ll put a page when I get back to Virginia.
I only had a chance to meet Newbius once. However, I will always remember how welcoming he was to me. As a newbie blogger, I only knew people by their blogs and he helped change that.
I found his obituary from the funeral home in VA and am posting it here.
http://obit.covenantfuneralservice.com/obitdisplay.html?id=1056459&listing=Current
I was dreadfully sorry to hear of Newbius’ passing. Our community is richer for the time he was with us.
Andy- Thanks
John- Yep that was Newbius
Phlegmmy- True
Thanks, NFO, for the post. I can remember last years NRA Meeting in Tony’s hotel room…we were watching the tube as the announcement that Bin Laden was nailed started to spread like wildfire.
Also remember the phone call I got from him where we discussed the holster he wanted for his wife…he was VERY specific about the exact shade of burgundy he wanted, reminded me at least half a dozen times during the phone call that this was a Christmas gift that had to be on-time so that he could wrap it and have it ready for X-Mas, but he wasn’t demanding or overbearing, he was as polite as could be, and simply wanted to make sure I understood that he wanted it to be special for his lady.
Yeah, he’s going to be missed…
Please pass along our condolences to the family. I enjoyed visiting with him on GBC. We seem to have been hit too hard and too often lately.