The branches and limbs from that nearly-dead redbud are cut up and down at the curb. I don't have a chipper so I'll send them to the landfill. At least they'll eventually break down and do the landfill some good.
I didn't take out the stump, it's about 16" high. I think I'll level it and put a plank on it. It might as well make itself useful as a prop for garden stuff or a sprinkler or for a pot or something. There was heart rot all through the tree, so I don't think the stump will last a long time, and if it sends out suckers I'll trim them.
Janie, I would have responded to your description of your trip to eastern Kentucky over on the MOAB thread except it would get lost so quickly. Sounded wonderful, and like the trip of a lifetime for your father. Have you ever seen the movie or play The Trip to Bountiful? The play is by the late Horton Foote, and is wonderful.