Who leaves voicemail messages anymore?
John Clayton did and am I ever grateful he did.
Friday night, while processing his death earlier that day at the age of 67, I benefitted from his communication diligence and was afforded the opportunity to hear his voice again. I only have a small amount of voicemails in my phone history and, most of them, naturally, were left by “The Professor.” I listened to all of them.
There was no surprises in store. I knew what was coming and the messages were all the same, all five seconds long.
“Billy, John Clayton.