I would like to thank everyone who pitched in last month and helped me get a good portion of my funding goal in the bank. The donations will help cover the hotel cost for Me and my youngest son to stay two nights at the Reunion/memorial for my slane cousin. The fundraiser raised $265 of the $400 that I was hoping to raise. I’m still hoping to raise $135 for fuel and food expenses for the trip. My Paypal address is avalonbear@yahoo.com. As I said in my last blog, My Issues with this are I live on disability and an extra $400 for motels, food and helping with the gas cost is going to leave me short for a couple of months. I could really use some help with this. If anyone could help out I would be so thankful. To update everyone the hotel is paid for. so I am just that much closer I’m really hoping that I can get the remainder ($135)
I did have a bit of good fortune My former Mother in law has given me the use of her car for the weekend so that I do not have to rent a car or travel with my sister and her husband that chain-smokes. I have COPD really bad and 700 miles round trip in a closed vehicle with a heavy smoker would be very bad for me. Thank one and all of my donators again. without you, I would not be able to make this trip a reality.
Thanks again Bear.
(OP)
At some point around the end of February, I received one of those messages that no one wants to hear. My Cousin messaged me to call her. I did and the news she had was not good. Calls and messages like this are never good. Her half Brother had been found in a woods near Sneedville Tenn. Dead With severe head trauma. Her half Brother also my cousin was living near his son not far from the Clinch River on property his mother owned. His Mom is my Mom’s sister, his father is or was my father's brother. He and I had grown up just as close as brothers so this hit me extremely hard.What hits harder is the fact that the Sheriff’s office and the TBI will not tell us anything about what their investigation found out. The old excuse” It is an ongoing investigation “ tears at the heart.
We’ll finally they released the body to the family and my Aunt traveled to the area and paid for the Cremation of the body, His effects were released to Her and his son. But no information. She is taking this ever so hard as well as the rest of the family.
To Honor his memory the cousins along with my Aunt and his son have decided to have a memorial service for him on the banks of the river near where he was living and near the home of his son. This we have all agreed on and are planning to do this on the first day of June. My Sister, Her Husband, and granddaughter are planning on making the trip down, I have been invited to travel with them.
My Issues with this are I live on disability and an extra $400 for motels, food and helping with the gas cost is going to leave me short for a couple of months. I could really use some help with this. If anyone could help out I would be so thankful. If I cannot get any help I’ll not be able to make this trip. My Own vehicle will not make the trip. and there is no other family I can travel with.
My Paypal address is avalonbear@yahoo.com. If you prefer to send it snail mail. Kos Mail me for the address.