Comments on: Henry’s Boys

By: Patti Walters Miller

Patti Walters Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:34:12 +0000

Henry Walters was my favorite teacher, my favorite pastor but most of all my father and I could not have put him into words as well as you have. I came across this blog by accident and it has made me laugh and cry with happiness and rememberance. Thanks to all of you who loved him and appreciated his unique gifts to this world.

By: Steven Fowler

Steven Fowler — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:19:13 +0000

I was very saddened by the news of Mr. Walters passing. He was my assistant principal and AP U.S. History teacher at Harrison County High School. I always admired his willingness to engage in conversation with all students. In doing so, it was as if he was analyzing your very soul. He truly cared for all young people with which he came into contact. There were simply no lost causes. I aspire to achieve in my career as a teacher and administrator what Mr. Walters did for so many. As Joseph Campbell so appropriately said, “The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.”

By: Jenny Lynn Varner Hatter

Jenny Lynn Varner Hatter — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:14:51 +0000

Mr. Walters was my principal and my APUS History teacher at Harrison County High School. Always one with a quick wit and a witty comeback, he made me believe in the power of government and the lessons of history. I am a better teacher and administrator for having known him! My best to his daughters and their families for their loss. Jesse Stuart once said that “the good teacher is immortal.” Mr. Walters is that – through his students and the lives he touched.

By: Gregorio Roth

Gregorio Roth — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:46:11 +0000

I think this is a CALL for us men to be influenced by Henry, even if we did not know him. I will send this great inspiration to my fellows, my elders, and would be leaders to my congregation. Thank you for providing this great inspiration. Gregorio Roth

By: Ron England

Ron England — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:18:09 +0000

Like Pastor M, I too was a student of this very fine man at Harrison Co High School in Cynthiana KY. He was not the most outgoing personality among all of my teachers, but he was one of the most respected, influential instructors who took pride in making sure we were taught well during our formative years. Like Pastor M, I feel like Henry had a great impact on me as a young man and even though I never kept contact with Henry Walters after graduation I thought of him often. I wasn’t aware of where he went after retirement, but I am sure the students lives he touched were more meaningful from his dedication to his understudies.

I too will have thoughts of this fine man for the next few days and I am sure that many of my fellow classmates will do the same. Henry Walters had a very dry since of humor, but was very intelligent and cared for us in our developmental stages of becoming adults.

God Bless Henry Walters and all the teachers I had throughout my school years in Harrison County KY.

By: Pastor M

Pastor M — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:51:31 +0000

Oh no! Henry Clay Walters was my US history teacher at Harrison County HS back in the 60s. He also pastored a small Baptist Church near the hamlet of Colemansville in Harrison County. One Sunday night, two friends and I, all in one of his classes, went to hear him preach. I still remember the text, Romans 13:11-14, one of the texts for the first Sunday of Advent last week. And I was his paper boy for awhile. His sister-in-law was in my graduating class.

Henry was a wonderful, inspirational teacher. I too count him as one of the influential people in my formative years.

By: Kent Sanders

Kent Sanders — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:06:44 +0000

That was a really great post; thanks. I teach at a Christian college, so it impacted me in a very specific way.