MY BEST FRIEND

[akajiggs]

I met Jimmy in the fall of 1978 when I was hired on to the Little Rock Fire Department. Being a new guy I didn't know sheep crap from cotton seed.Jimmy more or less took me under his wing and helped me learn to fight fire.He was old school.
Well we developed a friendship that lasted for the duration of our tour together. In fact we spent more time together than we did with our wives but that was ok with them because they were best friends too.
Jimmy and saw a lot of water go under the bridge since our friendship started. We were not just friends,we were ,are,brothers. We hunted together,fished together and drank a lot of beer together and some other things that only he and I know about.

Jimmy is one of those kind of guys that everybody loves ,except the ones that got on his wrong side and you didn't want to be there. He knew everyone,never met a stranger and everyone knew him.
I could go on and on about Big Jim,what I called him, but you kind of get the Idea of what kind of man he is. I can't put into words how I feel about such a guy as Big Jim.

December 27th will always be etched in my mind forever. My wife and I got a call from Jim's wife Sunday morning saying they had just rushed Jimmy to the hospital. Jimmy had been fighting urinary track and bladder cancer for 5 years. He fought the fight of a real man. Well Jimmy is no more pain and suffering. He went to see GOD.

He will be sorely missed.
I miss you already big man, I love you.

Jim

 

[Kermit in Va.]

Prayers from Va. For all of you all

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Nice tribute, to what sounds like a great man and a dear friend. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[kvd]

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5: 4. Prayers from GA that that comfort come, and the peace that passeth understanding.

 

[Grog24]

Peace be to you and Jimmy’s family. Sounds like we lost a good one.

 

[Intheshop]

Prayers and condolences James. Always tough losing loved ones.

 

[Mulligan]

Albert Einstein wrote

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know that man is here for the sake of other men.

Sounds like your friend Jimmy would agree.

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful tribute to a brother firefighter.
CW

 

[Chiquita]

Your comments brought tears to my eyes.
By reading your tribute I can picture you too together enjoying your friendship.

My condolence to you & his family.

 

[jdh47]

So sorry to hear. My deepest condolences.

 

[BartsBullets]

God Bless!

 

[tred1956]

Prayers for the family
God Bless
Doug

 

[Shooter13]

Sorry man, that type of friend is/are hard to come by.

 

[rebs]

May God comfort you and his family in this time of great loss

 

[rjtfroggy]

Boy can I relate, right down to the bladder cancer. I 've walked in your shoes and have/had walked in his, literally and physically, can only hope to have made friends feel the same.
My extreme heart felt sympathy to you and his family.

 

[mrmurl]

My most sincere condolences to you and to his personal family. God bless his soul.

 

[kneedtospeed]

Prayers for Big Jim, and all who's lives he's touched.
RIP

 

[PatMiles]

My sincere condolences on the passing of your best friend.
We should all be blessed with a friend such as Jimmy.

 

[Cecil S.]

Peace to both your families. RIP Big Jimmy.

 

[Bill Norris]

Prayers for the family and friends.

 

[RegionRat]

Memory Eternal.