Pete Gregory 

Pete's son Steven has become a Boy Scout after finishing his Webelos and Arrow of Light.  Pete was a bit different in appearance than the rest of us.  He wore his hair long and scraggley and so was his beard. 

He worked with his family building shipping pallets.  However, his passion was stock car racing.  He was the only race car driver that I have known. He spent much of his time getting his car ready to run the next race and he worked on some cars.  Pete's hands were stained with automobile grease.

One weekend we invited the fathers to go camping with us.  He was so happy to go with us.  That night at the campfire after everyone had gone to bed, Pete and I sat up and got to know each other. We became dear friends.  Often he would help me with problems with a car.

I asked Pete if he would like to become an Assistant Scoutmaster. He agreed after some encouraging. Pete was at every meeting he could attend.  He loved high adventure and he learned climbing and repelling. He was planning to attend a COPE course when he died in an unnecessary automobile accident.

Pete and friends had been to a NASCAR race at Rockingham.  They were on their way home when their van was hit by a drunk driver.  Pete left a beautiful family of a wife, a son, a daughter, a mother, and wonderful brothers.  Steven earned his Eagle Scout Award and attends North Carolina State University just as Pete had hoped.

Brooks Gardner
Troop and Pack 43 Committee Chairman
Mebane, North Carolina.