http://snipurl.com/1000h9 [cmsimg_thestarpress_com] Q.L. Stevens stirs a vat of barbeque sauce in the back room of Q.L.'s.
MUNCIE -- Q. L. Stevens, Muncie's barbecue legend, died Thursday, three days after his 83rd birthday.
Famous for the food and sauce he cooked and served for decades from the no-frills drive-thru restaurant he built block-by-block on Wolfe Street, Stevens was a man with a magnetic personality. He knew no stranger, friends and family said Thursday.
The Paducah, Ky., native had undergone minor surgery recently, but died unexpectedly early Thursday morning. Funeral services, which will be held in Muncie, are pending with Carmichael Funeral Home of Fort Wayne.
At Q.L.'s Bar-B-Que, Roger Reed was at work in the kitchen Thursday and the sweet smell of barbecue filled the air.
Reed said with a smile he considered himself an unofficial member of the Stevens family, and thought hundreds of others would put themselves on that same large family tree.
"It feels like he's my own grandpa," Reed said.
As a young man, Stevens left Kentucky in search of a career that would support his family. He first went to work in Richmond and in the 1950s moved to Muncie with his wife Willa Mae and 4-year-old son. He worked several jobs over the years, including at the General Motors plant, but had always loved to cook.
"He knew on his salary at GM he was not going to send his three kids to college," said Stevens' daughter, Teresa Jeter.
Unable to get a $500 loan from a bank, Stevens bought a few cinder blocks every payday and began to build the restaurant known as Q.L.'s.
"We'd work until we ran out, and then we'd wait until the next weekend when we'd go get some more," Stevens told The Muncie Star in 1980.
That was 38 years ago. Now Stevens' grandson, BJ Crumes, does most of the cooking.
And even though Stevens officially had retired -- he still loved to pop in -- customers often ask about the barbecue king when they pull into the homemade drive-thru.
Jeter said, "He had this unique ability ... he was able to relate to the youngest person and the oldest person. People adopted him as their dad, their grandfather. People would just flock to him.
"He just made you feel like part of the family," Jeter said.
It was that feeling, as much as the food, that made Q.L.'s a destination. In 2006 it was one of five Muncie restaurants featured in Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants.
Duffy told The Star Press, "It's a classic."
Stevens is survived by his wife, (Q.L. and Willa Mae celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in January;) son Wayne; daughters Paula Crumes and Teresa Jeter; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
And to those who wonder what the death of the patriarch means to the local business, Jeter said she knows of no reason to worry. Q.L.'s isn't going anywhere.
There will still be barbecue in Muncie.
And now, there's some in heaven, too.
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Previously on alt.obituaries (Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:07:46 -0500 to be exact), "A" <a...@att.net> wrote thusly:
>Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your life, Mr. >Hoodoo-DODO? >Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when you could be reading and *learning* >something? >Hmmmmmm?
I know, Roy. There he goes again, posting another one of those pesky obituaries. When will people learn think like you and treat alt.obituaries as a classroom where the uninformed gather at your feet to learn about The Wacky World of Roy.
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>> Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your > > life, Mr. >> Hoodoo-DODO? >> Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when you could be reading and > > *learning* >> something?
A <a...@att.net>, on Sat Jul 31 2010 00:07:46 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time), spoke thusly:
> Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your > life, Mr. Hoodoo-DODO? Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when you > could be reading and *learning* something? Hmmmmmm?
I'd venture to guess that I've accomplished far more in my lifetime than you have during the extent of your useless existence.
Posting on-topic content into this newsgroup is one accomplishment I have over you.
>> http://snipurl.com/1000h9 [cmsimg_thestarpress_com] Q.L. Stevens >> stirs a vat of barbeque sauce in the back room of Q.L.'s.
>> MUNCIE -- Q. L. Stevens, Muncie's barbecue legend, died Thursday, >> three days after his 83rd birthday.
>> Famous for the food and sauce he cooked and served for decades from >> the no-frills drive-thru restaurant he built block-by-block on >> Wolfe Street, Stevens was a man with a magnetic personality. He >> knew no stranger, friends and family said Thursday.
>> The Paducah, Ky., native had undergone minor surgery recently, but >> died unexpectedly early Thursday morning. Funeral services, which >> will be held in Muncie, are pending with Carmichael Funeral Home of >> Fort Wayne.
>> At Q.L.'s Bar-B-Que, Roger Reed was at work in the kitchen Thursday >> and the sweet smell of barbecue filled the air.
>> Reed said with a smile he considered himself an unofficial member >> of the Stevens family, and thought hundreds of others would put >> themselves on that same large family tree.
>> "It feels like he's my own grandpa," Reed said.
>> As a young man, Stevens left Kentucky in search of a career that >> would support his family. He first went to work in Richmond and in >> the 1950s moved to Muncie with his wife Willa Mae and 4-year-old >> son. He worked several jobs over the years, including at the >> General Motors plant, but had always loved to cook.
>> "He knew on his salary at GM he was not going to send his three >> kids to college," said Stevens' daughter, Teresa Jeter.
>> Unable to get a $500 loan from a bank, Stevens bought a few cinder >> blocks every payday and began to build the restaurant known as >> Q.L.'s.
>> "We'd work until we ran out, and then we'd wait until the next >> weekend when we'd go get some more," Stevens told The Muncie Star >> in 1980.
>> That was 38 years ago. Now Stevens' grandson, BJ Crumes, does most >> of the cooking.
>> And even though Stevens officially had retired -- he still loved to >> pop in -- customers often ask about the barbecue king when they >> pull into the homemade drive-thru.
>> Jeter said, "He had this unique ability ... he was able to relate >> to the youngest person and the oldest person. People adopted him as >> their dad, their grandfather. People would just flock to him.
>> "He just made you feel like part of the family," Jeter said.
>> It was that feeling, as much as the food, that made Q.L.'s a >> destination. In 2006 it was one of five Muncie restaurants featured >> in Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants.
>> Duffy told The Star Press, "It's a classic."
>> Stevens is survived by his wife, (Q.L. and Willa Mae celebrated >> their 60th wedding anniversary in January;) son Wayne; daughters >> Paula Crumes and Teresa Jeter; eight grandchildren and four >> great-grandchildren.
>> And to those who wonder what the death of the patriarch means to >> the local business, Jeter said she knows of no reason to worry. >> Q.L.'s isn't going anywhere.
>> There will still be barbecue in Muncie.
>> And now, there's some in heaven, too.
>> -- Trout Mask Replica
>> KFJC.org, WFMU.org, WMSE.org, or WUSB.org; because the pigoenholed >> programming of music channels on Sirius Satellite, and its internet >> radio player, suck
-- Trout Mask Replica
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Hoodoo <ver...@objectmail.com> wrote: > A <a...@att.net>, on Sat Jul 31 2010 00:07:46 GMT-0500 (Central > Daylight > Time), spoke thusly:
>> Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your >> life, Mr. Hoodoo-DODO? Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when you >> could be reading and *learning* something? Hmmmmmm?
> I'd venture to guess that I've accomplished far more in my lifetime > than you have during the extent of your useless existence.
> Posting on-topic content into this newsgroup is one accomplishment I > have over you.
Is he actually calling you out for posting obituaries on alt.obituaries?
>Hoodoo <ver...@objectmail.com> wrote: >> A <a...@att.net>, on Sat Jul 31 2010 00:07:46 GMT-0500 (Central >> Daylight >> Time), spoke thusly:
>>> Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your >>> life, Mr. Hoodoo-DODO? Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when you >>> could be reading and *learning* something? Hmmmmmm?
>> I'd venture to guess that I've accomplished far more in my lifetime >> than you have during the extent of your useless existence.
>> Posting on-topic content into this newsgroup is one accomplishment I >> have over you.
>Is he actually calling you out for posting obituaries on alt.obituaries?
But that would be irrational, silly and just plain crazy ...
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> Hoodoo<ver...@objectmail.com> wrote: >> A<a...@att.net>, on Sat Jul 31 2010 00:07:46 GMT-0500 (Central >> Daylight Time), spoke thusly:
>>> Is *this* the only thing of "accomplishment" you've done in your >>> life, Mr. Hoodoo-DODO? Post myriads of obscure a.o. posts, when >>> you could be reading and *learning* something? Hmmmmmm?
>> I'd venture to guess that I've accomplished far more in my >> lifetime than you have during the extent of your useless >> existence.
>> Posting on-topic content into this newsgroup is one accomplishment >> I have over you.
> Is he actually calling you out for posting obituaries on > alt.obituaries?
As irrational and asinine as that seems, yes, he is.
I guess by his (lack of) standards, I should stop doing that.
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