When I moved to Carthage as a 7th grader Jim became a close friend right away, there are so many memories of those years that spread across my mind, times spent in his tree house, times spent trying and finally lifting 100 pounds above our heads, running the neighborhood with Ron Bay, John Norris, and Andy Thomas (man those memories bring a smile), the time he broke his arm during some kind of practice (we did a lot of sports in that place) in the football stadium, just how fast he was in every race from 100 yards to 2.5 miles (he did this in 9 minutes and some change) man he was good, of a good friend that use to come by and pick me up for college every morning (in his ol' 54 Chevy two door) and I was in need of a friend's help and Jim stepped up (use to make me walk across interstate 44 ha ha, but I was thankful for a ride), getting our degrees from MSSC (now a University) and his dream of Vet school. There are so many more events that I am sure others will remember as do I but those are for select few ha ha.
He is truly one of kind and I probably didn't tell him often enough how grateful I was to have God place him in my life. I will miss him but I know we will meet again.
love ya Jim
Gerald (Jerry) LeMasters