In the fall of 1995, Clay was a member of the Junior Varsity football team at Forney High School. One day in late August, the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams were working through drills on the practice field just behind Forney High School, which was the site of football practice for the Forney Jackrabbits every day during the fall. However, on this day, the focus of the players and coaches would quickly turn away from…
Colby was born June 9, 1992 in Austin, TX. weighing 9 pounds and was 21 inches long. From that day forward, he was full of life and had a very sweet, gentle spirit. As a toddler, he wouldn’t leave the house without his cowboy boots, cowboy hat, blue jeans and belt on. He also loved horses. I started calling him “Cowboy Colby.” He was always smiling and giggling, just a happy boy! When Colby was…
Eddie’s greatest asset was his laid back, charming personality. He rarely threw back his head and laughed out loud at a joke, but you could see the twinkle in his eye and the sly grin on his face. He went about his life on Earth with a determined spirit and a happy heart. He had just received his BS in chemistry in May, 2003 when a car crash took him from us. He spent three…
I would like to nominate my dad to the Organ Donor Hall of Fame. He donated one of his kidneys to me in October of 2009 when I was sixteen years old. My dad is my hero and has been my whole life. He has made many sacrifices to give me the best life possible. I was unexpectedly born with kidney failure. I began dialysis when I was five days old. I have no recollection…
My two sisters and I grew up knowing we were likely to have inherited the Polycystic kidney disease gene. Our mom, her dad, and three brothers all died of this disease. They did not have access to dialysis or transplant. After learning that neither my older or younger sister inherited PKD after being tested, I knew that the odds were not good for me to have avoided having the disease. Fast forward, I was treated…
Philip was born on October 28, 1985. He was the youngest of 3 children with an older brother, Stephen and sister, Melissa. Philip’s smile would light up a room and there wasn’t anyone who met him who didn’t like him. He was always the tallest kid in his grade but he had the softest heart. He defended the underdog and could talk his way out of just about anything. In elementary school, Philip decided he…
Christian David Lane, born April 4, 1991, with bright blue eyes, long eye lashes and a beautiful angelic face that melted my heart. He was the oldest of 8 grandchildren, the youngest two never got to meet him. He was smart beyond his years, and what we always called an “old soul”. He seemed to understand life before we had a chance to explain how life worked. He was the leader of the of the…
It began as what seemed like a normal cold November night. But life as we knew it was coming to a complete stop, only miles away. Jacob’s friends knocked on the door of his home telling his parents what they had heard on the police scanner. “A guy named Jacob, in an older model, gun-metal grey mustang was in an accident involving an 18-wheeler”…the single worst news anyone can think of. Jacob Nathaniel Langston, 17……
Aaron, I was looking for you today. Just wanted to talk with and see how you are doing. I looked in the house, then outside, but couldn’t find you. Even went to the barn to see if you were with the horses. Your motorcycle was in the garage, so you should have been near, nowhere could I find you. I had a vision of you in your tux, another of you with the high school…
John Alexander Lefferts, was born November 7, 1981 in Springfield, Illinois. Seventeen months later, he was followed by sister Eleanor. They were great friends and shared many interests, especially music. John played in his school’s jazz band for 7 years, and was in choir in high school and Madrigals at his junior college. John also loved politics and was very involved in them at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield. Among many other activities, he…