I DO REMEMBER THIS DAY. THEY WERE AT MY FRIEND LYNN'S HOUSE THE DAY THEY SET OUT. LYNN'S BROTHER LEONARD WAS IN THE CAR AND DIED ALONG WITH PHILLIP AND TOM. I CAN STILL SEE PHILLIP AND TOM SITTING ON THE COUCH IN THE FRONT ROOM LEONARD WAS SITTING IN A RECLINER SMOKING A CIGARETT HE BLEW A SMOKE RING THAT SEEMED TO LINGER FOR EVER IN THE AIR TILL HE KICKED IT WITH HIS FOOT. THEY WERE ALL LAUGHING HAVING A GOOD TIME. I CAN STILL HEAR THE SONG THAT WAS PLAYING WHEN THEY LEFT WITH GINO AND RUSSELL BAILEY. I WENT HOME THEN LATER THAT DAY LEONARD'S SISTER CAME OVER CRYING SAYING THEY HAD BEEN IN A CAR WRECK. MY MOM WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO TELL LYNN HER BROTHER WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE WRECK. I THINK OF PHILLIP, TOM AND LEONARD OFTEN THEY ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
Denise Whatley (Herrera) (1970)
I DO REMEMBER THIS DAY. THEY WERE AT MY FRIEND LYNN'S HOUSE THE DAY THEY SET OUT. LYNN'S BROTHER LEONARD WAS IN THE CAR AND DIED ALONG WITH PHILLIP AND TOM. I CAN STILL SEE PHILLIP AND TOM SITTING ON THE COUCH IN THE FRONT ROOM LEONARD WAS SITTING IN A RECLINER SMOKING A CIGARETT HE BLEW A SMOKE RING THAT SEEMED TO LINGER FOR EVER IN THE AIR TILL HE KICKED IT WITH HIS FOOT. THEY WERE ALL LAUGHING HAVING A GOOD TIME. I CAN STILL HEAR THE SONG THAT WAS PLAYING WHEN THEY LEFT WITH GINO AND RUSSELL BAILEY. I WENT HOME THEN LATER THAT DAY LEONARD'S SISTER CAME OVER CRYING SAYING THEY HAD BEEN IN A CAR WRECK. MY MOM WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO TELL LYNN HER BROTHER WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE WRECK. I THINK OF PHILLIP, TOM AND LEONARD OFTEN THEY ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.