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As reported by Ben Shockley:
MY FRIEND SINCE 3RD. GRADE.I LOST CONTACT IN LATE 80'S. I TALKED TO HIS SISTER AROUND 2002 OR 2003 AND FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY,SOMETIME PROBLEY IN THE THE MID 90'S.IF ANYBODY HAS MORE INFO I WOULD REALY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND KNOW.DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN ASKING HIS SISTER.
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Ben Shockley
THE FIRST DAY WE MET WAS MY FIRST DAY AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTRY SCHOOL. IT WAS 3RD GRADE AND WE HAD MRS VICE. WE DIDN'T HIT IT OFF AT FIRST BUT SOON BECAME GOOD FRIENDS THAT TURNED INTO A GREAT FRIENDSHIP. WE SPENT FOUR YEARS TOGATHER AT JEFFERSON AND HAD THE SAME CLASSES ALL THE WAY THRU THE 6 TH GRADE. I MOVED AWAY AFTER THE 6 TH GRADE AND CAME BACK FOR THE LAST HALF OF 10TH GRADE AT CENTRAL MID HIGH AND ON MY FIRST CLASS I WALKED IN AND THERE SAT RALPH WITH THAT BIG GRIN OF HIS.I HAD NOT SEEN HIM SINCE JEFFERSON AND OUR FRIENDSHIP PICKED UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF AND WE EVEN BECAME A LOT STRONGER. HE HAD MY BACK AND I HAD HIS AND I COULD COUNT IT WITHOUT FAIL. WE BECAME LIKE BROTHERS BECAUSE WE WERE A LOT ALIKE IN MANY AREAS. I MET BACK UP WITH HIM CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1982 AT HIS PARENTS HOME FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY. HIS PARENTS WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH MY EXWIFES PARENTS. HE GAVE ME A RIDE HOME AFTER THE PARTY AND SET IN MY DRIVE WAY AND WE TALKED AND JOKED FOR HOURS BEFORE HE LEFT AND AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW IT BUT IT WAS THE LAST TIME I WOULD SEE HIM. WE TRAVELED THE SAME ROADS AT THE TIME AND SOME HOW HE JUST GOT LOST AND COULDN'T FIND HIS WAY BACK. THE DREAMS WE HAD WHEN WE WERE YOUNG SEEM TO ELUDE US HAS WE GREW OLDER. I MISS YOU MY BROTHER, I REALY DO AND I HOPE YOU FOUND YOUR DREAMS. YOU ARE MY BROTHER ALWAYS!!!