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My Condoleances

Curtis Spicer

17 AM
This man was a true men of men. We spent a lot of time together. From The School house in Florida, Marti Gras, visited me in Ft worth and hung out with my family. To the last night he was seen alive. This is very hard for me and has been since the day we found him. I miss him everyday, he new the Bible like no other. He told me how excited he was to go on leave and take his little sisters to Disney. He didn’t get to do that. I did get the opportunity to speak at his memorial on base. Had the opportunity to meet his wonderful mother and family that attended. The one thing I will never forget and I see it every day of my life as I play the events over and over in my head night and day. I drove his Ford F-150 with that crazy camper from 29 Palms to his home In Northern California and his mother standing at the top of the driveway as she broke down it absolutely destroyed me. I stood in the kitchen with her and got the opportunity to meet his family and tell her how much he meant to me. Lonnie, I love you bro. Keep that place in line till one day we meet again.

Mr Exotherm

And here we are nearly 17 years later and this post and Lonnie brings me to tears and reminds me of what is most important this side of heaven. Thank you for posting Matt, Rachael and lvh2003 and thank you Lonnie for being a man of God and having the guts not to hide it.