Yesterday I went to the funeral home in Cape for the visitation of Jonathan Dinkins, son of Dr. Jim Dinkins and Mary Alice Dinkins ..now Tullis. He was forty and I was greeted by a number of First Baptist people when I came in the mortuary. When I saw Jim,, I told him I was sorry and he said, "He had a troubled life." And I thought about that sentence. It says everything in summation. If I eased a moment for him or Mary Alice, I would be happy. That is what visitations are! But so young!
Then I learned, in the afternoon, that Casey McCausland had died. Parents even moved down here across the street from me after going to school here. I watched Casey grow up. Katie and now Casey are gone long before their time. Four children they had; now they have two. One of them, Julie, worked for me in the office all during her school days!
So I'm heading for Kutis Funeral in St. Louis on Friday for the visitation. I want to say with hugs the words that I can't write on paper. Casey never recovered from his assignment in Afghanistan.....Well done, Casey. You gave your life!
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