Jay was so much a part of my teenage and young adult years. We went to all of GHS football and basketball games, home and away. He took me and friends to our 1st concert and taught me how to drive a stick shift car. While in college, he would bring a group to see me twice a year and sometimes take me and pick me up a the beginning and end of each school year. With all of the events going on in the western part of the state right now. I just remarked to someone the other day that Jay would have found a route to come get me from there until classes resumed. You see I went to Western Carolina University which was quite a distance from Goldsboro and those visits so blessed my life. We would always go to a family style diner a couple of towns away and I would have leftovers for days (so valuable to the life of a college student). Life happens and we drifted apart but we would be so glad when in later years, we would run into each other in Walmart. Take your rest, Jay, you deserve it. Your quiet spirit will be missed.
