[Magdalen] One down

[Sally Davies]

Love, and hugs, Jay. I'm glad that the day went so well but not surprised
at the turn out. People do care and each one of them will take a small
piece of Adam home with them, to be kept and cherished in memory.

So I guess you can see he's not only in Tennessee where his body will lie,
but everywhere those hearts and minds may go, and most especially with you,
his family.

Rest well my friend

Sally D

On Sunday, 10 January 2016, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:

> Jay's report of her son's funeral yesterday.
>
> --
>   Kristin Rollins
>   kristin at verumsolum.com <javascript:;>
>   Portsmouth, VA
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016, at 10:59 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> > Today was my Adam's funeral service in the church where he was baptized
> > and
> > brought up and where he was an acolyte for many years. It was a most
> > amazing day, though a very hard one. We began receiving friends an hour
> > before the service and I was absoutely dumfounded by how many people
> > showed
> > up. There were people I hadn't seen in years, some since he was a little
> > boy, some since his high school days, others I only knew from him talking
> > about them, some I didn't know at all. The Swamp Rats turned out in
> > force,
> > minus only two who live some distance away, and even the other
> > local surviving Swamp Mom and Swamp Dad (different families). His buddies
> > from the Guard were there, even those who had drill this weekend and
> > could
> > only beg off long enough to stop by and pay  their respects to the
> > family.
> > One of my brothers was able to fly in from San Francisco. The flowers
> > were
> > done by a friend who had known Adam since he was a teenager and had cut
> > his
> > hair numerous times and done flowers for all family occasions. The
> > service
> > was performed by a deacon who'd known him since he was a litte guy in
> > diapers. Lectors were old choir buddies of mine, and eulogies were given
> > by
> > Betsy's husband and one of Adam's closest friends (and my other-son) who
> > is
> > a career Army NCO. John touched on the sucide rate of Iraq and
> > Afghanistan
> > veterans very effectively in his talk and I was grateful for that. It was
> > an incredibly hard but very beautiful day but I wish I didn't have to do
> > it. This whole business just sucks. Monday I have to bury my boy and
> > I'll have to leave him behind here in Tennessee when I go back to
> > Virginia.
> > This is just WRONG.
>