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Default Big Jim Memorial Gathering

On 1/13/2015 1:47 PM, hrbricker wrote:
> I believe that no one is truly gone until no more stories are told. In Big
> Jim's
> case, that is going to be a long time indeed. BJ threw an open invitation
> BBQ
> party every New Years for several decades. And that wasn't all. He usually
> hosted a gathering at least once every summer. I only knew him since about
> 2003, but I managed to attend a number of his soirees myself. I even
> documented
> a few via digital movies. I made a bunch new friends through those meetings
> that I would have in no ways met any other way. Dave Bugg from Washington
> State, Jim and Moira Stewart from Ft Myers, FL, Bob and Ginger from Milan,
> GA
> and a host of others.
>
> Davey Whitten, son of Big Jim, is hosting a Memorial Gathering on the
> 24th of January, 2015, location yet to be defined. But, it will likely be in
> the vicinity of Micanopy, FL Anybody and everybody that remembers
> Big JIm Whitten is encouraged to attend. Davey is pretty busy these
> days, so for lack of any better contact point feel free to email me at
> my regular "not so private" address or .
> between us, we'll see that Davey gets the information he needs.
>
> In the meantime, I'm hoisting a cool one in BJ's direction.
>
> Brick
>

Thank You for letting us know. A little far for me to travel, but I
will be sure to do something in his honor on that day.

Rick