I decided to join Find A Grave not for genealogical purposes, but rather as a place my family could go to for remembering our members who have passed on that we miss so very much. I'm currently enrolled in college to pursue a career in Wildlife and Forest Conservation.

Our sweet baby girl Taylor left us in the early morning on May 27, 2012. I'll never forget that morning as long as I live. My son and I were up playing X-Box and it was around 3 AM. We never stay up that late but for some reason we were wide awake. Taylor had been in her room watching some movies and she came out saying she was having a difficult time breathing. She had asthma and her inhaler usually worked when she was having shortness of breath. This morning, the medicine no longer worked. She took it and went back into her room, only to come back within seconds all hysterical and yelling that she couldn't breathe. I threw my shoes on and was going to rush her to the hospital. She got to the front door and collapsed on our front porch. My wife called 911 which took them 10 rings to answer and when they did answer, the person on the other end said "Hello"...not this is 911. It took the ambulance about 7 minutes to arrive and the hospital is mere blocks from our home. By the time they arrived, she had already started turning blue and we desperately tried CPR with no results. They arrived and worked on her on our porch for 10 minutes or so then put her in the ambulance and rushed her to the hospital. We arrived and they told us they could not revive her. I'm still haunted with the image of seeing her take her last breath on the porch and I felt helpless. She had so much going for her. She would have been taking summer courses at the college this past summer and she would have been graduating high school this year. She was one month shy of turning 18. We are still devastated by the sudden shock of the events that morning and still don't understand why someone with so much going for them and a bright future had to be called away to heaven. I guess God was ready to hear her to play the violin in person. We love you baby girl!!!


My angel daughter Taylor

My beautiful mother Susan

My loving father Phillip

My grandfather Melton

My grandmother Eva

My grandfather John

My grandmother Elizabeth

I decided to join Find A Grave not for genealogical purposes, but rather as a place my family could go to for remembering our members who have passed on that we miss so very much. I'm currently enrolled in college to pursue a career in Wildlife and Forest Conservation.

Our sweet baby girl Taylor left us in the early morning on May 27, 2012. I'll never forget that morning as long as I live. My son and I were up playing X-Box and it was around 3 AM. We never stay up that late but for some reason we were wide awake. Taylor had been in her room watching some movies and she came out saying she was having a difficult time breathing. She had asthma and her inhaler usually worked when she was having shortness of breath. This morning, the medicine no longer worked. She took it and went back into her room, only to come back within seconds all hysterical and yelling that she couldn't breathe. I threw my shoes on and was going to rush her to the hospital. She got to the front door and collapsed on our front porch. My wife called 911 which took them 10 rings to answer and when they did answer, the person on the other end said "Hello"...not this is 911. It took the ambulance about 7 minutes to arrive and the hospital is mere blocks from our home. By the time they arrived, she had already started turning blue and we desperately tried CPR with no results. They arrived and worked on her on our porch for 10 minutes or so then put her in the ambulance and rushed her to the hospital. We arrived and they told us they could not revive her. I'm still haunted with the image of seeing her take her last breath on the porch and I felt helpless. She had so much going for her. She would have been taking summer courses at the college this past summer and she would have been graduating high school this year. She was one month shy of turning 18. We are still devastated by the sudden shock of the events that morning and still don't understand why someone with so much going for them and a bright future had to be called away to heaven. I guess God was ready to hear her to play the violin in person. We love you baby girl!!!


My angel daughter Taylor

My beautiful mother Susan

My loving father Phillip

My grandfather Melton

My grandmother Eva

My grandfather John

My grandmother Elizabeth