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These days are hard and sad for me. Visitation for Tommy Everett is Saturday night from 5-8 . The funeral is Sunday at 2 PM at First Baptist Church. A full obituary is posted under Obituaries on the website.
I’m not sure I’ll be able to write for a few days…I am turning things over to my fantastic staff as our families weather this storm.
Thank you for your calls, text, comments…ya’ll are the best!
When suicide is involved, we always ask why. From experience, I can tell you there is no cut and dried answer. I truly believe when someone commits suicide, they are not “themselves”…not as we know them. Over and over I keep saying, I just can’t believe this…I just can’t believe this…I would never have expected Tommy to do something like this. Charlie White looked at me with compassionate eyes and said,” Tommy, as you knew him, did not do this.” Charlie’s statement brought much clarity. How true, Tommy as I have known him all my life, would not have done this. Who knows how something creeps into our minds laying eggs of doubt….who knows what makes the world look totally different from one day to the next and sometimes from one minute to the next.
I have lived next door to my Uncle Tommy since I was born! He has always been beside me or across the street. No more…but the memories, the love, the caring will never leave my mind. And as I leave my driveway everyday, I will look across the street and smile…because I was blessed with an Uncle who always loved me…and Aunt and Uncle who taught me so much about life.
It was Tommy who stood by me (along with others) when Larkin died. It was Tommy who held my hand when my daddy, my mama…and my Gilbert died. Tommy has always been “just across the street”…now, he will always be in my heart forever.
Please remember, Susan, Buddy, Spencer, Brittany, John and Houston as they face these days. There is wonder working power in prayer…and we need yours.
