Passing of life into....

I received a phone call from Mobile the other evening to inform me that my nephew Chris Hubbard, my late wife's sister son, had passed away suddenly. He was talking on the phone, had trouble breathing and suddenly fell over dead. He was like his Mom , very overweight. The young man was not even 40 yet, 6'9" over 500lb. He was the only person I kept in contact with and him with me, from her side of the family and I will miss him. He always loved my music and encouraged me to do more. He told me every time he hears me playing he thinks of being up here when I would play the guitar and have a sing along. Good times, good memories. He even wrote the below statement to me awhile back and it really touched me, choked me up. He was a gentle giant and when he was growing up spent some summers with us, I never realized how much I or they meant to him till we started writing and calling each other. Sometimes you never do know how much you have affected someone else till years later.I just had to share this with you,

YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEVER TOLD YOU THIS, BUT IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME I WOULD WISH I COULD HAVE HAD A DAD LIKE YOU. I THINK YOU R A AWESOME ,FAIR AND KIND LOVING PERSON I'M SURE MY AUNT ROSE WAS A HAPPY WOMAN SHE IS LOOKING DOWN ON YOU AND SMILING ......LOVE YA LOTS

thinking back to the days of the big family trips to Prattville to visit i could remember when jimbo would come over and have a few drinks and laugh and carry on maybe i was too young then to see the problem but i've never known you to loose your cool, I've always looked up to you just for the simple fact of how involved you were with Jr Vince and Ann. Love ya Unc.