Jim was killed by a drunk driver on May 25, 1999. He was on his way to work when the drunk driver crossed over to his side of the road, her car went airborne when she hit the median and she landed on top of his car. He was killed instantly and she was treated and released. Her blood alcohol level was .22. She has been in jail since May 26, 1999, the morning after Jim was killed.

Jim was leaving for work when he remembered he had forgotten to kiss me goodbye, little did we know that this kiss would be our last. He left for work and 27 minutes later he left this world for his heavenly home. An hour later I awoke to hear someone pounding on the windows and the door. I went to the door and it was the police. They didn't want to tell me that he had been killed until our son and his family could get to our house. It would take our son 30 minutes to get to my house so I called our pastor and his wife. I kept trying to get information from the officers before my pastor came and finally they told me that he didn't survive the accident. It has been over 3 months and I still can't believe he is gone. We never got a chance to say goodbye to him, I didn't get to hold his hand, he died with only strangers beside him. Jim's parents lost their first born son. He was born on his mom's 17th birthday, she will never be able to celebrate a birthday without remembering her loss. His dad is 84 and Jim's death has broken his heart. Our son and daughter-in-law lost their dad. Our 3 year old granddaughter lost her beloved papaw and her best friend. We met when I was 16 years old, He was my best friend for 29 years. Now I am alone.

Jim was a very special Christian who loved God, his family, his church and his friends. He made friends with everyone he met. He would do anything for his friends. Several of his co-workers told us that he had helped them, by standing up and telling the truth about things that had happened to them, even though it caused problems for him. I worried about him driving to and from work late at night because he would stop to help people who were having car trouble, and I worried that he might try to help someone who would harm him, but I never tried to stop him because I knew it made him happy to help others. When our plumber was sick and couldn't do much, he offered to take him for a drive so he could get out of his house, when our mechanic had all of his tools stolen, Jim loaned him his tools. Even though he had lots of friends, he never thought of himself as special, but to his family and friends he was very special and we will never forget him.

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