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Trey Black Obituary

Trey Black
Trey Jordan Black of Swansea, Ill., born Aug. 3, 1988, in Belleville, Ill., left his loved ones unexpectedly on Jan. 7, 2005, in Alton, Ill.
Trey was only 16 years old. Trey died in his friend William's arms, saying to his friend, "It's gonna be alright Folk, it's all gonna be alright." He closed his eyes and he went to sleep, only to then be carried gently into his grandmother's waiting, loving arms, where she is now holding him tight and kissing his sweet beautiful face until we see him again.
Trey previously attended Belleville East High School and was now enrolled in Belleville West High School. He attended St. Augustine's of Belleville, Freeburg and Wolf Branch grade schools. He did not care too much for school but loved life and his friends. He attended more of the social functions than he did his classes, but his friends and family meant the world to him. We would have kept him at home everyday if we knew we were to lose him just when his life as a young man was starting. No regrets.
Trey's love for recording music will forever live in our hearts. It was his passion and we knew he was meant for bigger and better things than this world could give him. We, his family, will always have the special songs he wrote and recorded to give us comfort throughout our heartbroken days without him. Trey had become quite the deer hunter, both bow and gun season. This had become his second love and he was so very proud being the first of the group to get a deer this year.
Trey was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Mary Lee Johnson and Charles (Bud) Johnson; his paternal grandfather, Berry Black Sr. and his step-grandfather, James (Jake/Pop) Jacob; two uncles, Gary W. Black and Kevin Duckworth; and a cousin, Toni Smith.
Trey is survived by his parents, Mary Beth, nee Johnson, Jacob and Terry Lee Black; his step-parents, James "Bud" Jacob and Theresa Black; his paternal grandmother, Shirley Black, who he loved like no other. He was her baby, he was her Trey. He will be forever a brother to his sister, Tara Black and his brother, Taylor Black; his stepbrothers and stepsisters, Kyle and Keith Jacob, Joel, Julie and Jessie Esker and Jamie (Eddie) Williams; his step-grandparents, Loren and Marylou Holcomb and step-grandmother, Geri Jacob. He was a loving nephew to Buddie Johnson, Monte (Gayle) Johnson, Terry (Emilie) Johnson, Marsha Schlecht, Sue (Ron) Eichelberger, Kathy Trauernict, Tim (Pam) Johnson and Robert (Ronda) Johnson, Berry (Sharon) Black, Kay (Gary) Miller, Sheri Duckworth, Kim (Tony) Vieira, Glenda Johnson, Lori (Mike) Baker, Fritz (Anne) Holcomb, Sheri (Bill) Miller, Jan (Bobby) Bisso, Scott Jacob and Gary Jacob. Trey was very special to each and everyone of his 50 plus cousins who were raised to love each other like brothers and sisters. To all Trey's many friends he left behind, he loved you and he cared for you and may you always remember those loving and fun memories and laughable moments you all shared. You will be forever a part of our family and "Bound by Blood" to Trey.

"To our beautiful baby boy, who we cannot imagine living our lives without.
You were so special Trey, and this world was just not ready for you. You always told us that. I see your face Christmas morning, opening your gifts, unaware to all that this moment will never happen again. Never will a day pass that we will not cry for you. Never will the sweet song of "By-oh Baby" be sung to you from your mother's lips. I know you have forgiven all those who did not understand you, and that is what you wanted above all. All is well now Trey. As tears flood the keyboard we are typing on, know they are selfish tears of sorrow, as no parent should bury their child, but know you are with God's true special angel, your grandmother, who will keep you safe and fill your face with warm kisses until we see "our" angel again."

This is not goodbye
Treybee, only "until we hold you again....."

Donations may be made to the family.

Visitation: Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, at Kassly Mortuary, Fairview Heights, Ill.

Funeral: Funeral processional will leave at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, from Kassly Mortuary, Fairview Heights, Ill., for an 11 a.m. Funeral service at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Belleville, Ill., with the Rev. Andy Knopik and the Rev. Buddie Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.

KASSLY MORTUARY, Fairview Heights, Ill.

Published by Belleville News-Democrat from Jan. 10 to Jan. 11, 2005.
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hey treybee, its been a while since i have been on here, so much has happened this year,i guess the best thing for you is you have your dad with you now, the worse thing for me is that i lost him, i know he suffered so much and i should be glad he doesnt have to suffer anymorebut i really ,really, really,didnt want to let him go, at least you have him with you now,i miss you and i love you,just like i did when u were here, taylor misses you and your dad sooooo bad he is just lost, please look down on him and help him, i hope you, your dad, gary, and sherry are all looking down on us and smiling, its been a rough year, i love you all so much and miss all of you so much, i am 85 now trey so i will see all of you soon, in the meantime, try to help us all you can,its getting bad down here, until we meet again, i love and miss you,grandma

shirley black

Family

January 4, 2023

MY DEAREST TREY, IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR ME, WE DIDNT GO TO SHERRYS FOR XMAS LIKE WE ALWAYS DO BECAUSE SHERRY PASSED AWAY THE FIFTH OF DECEMBER, SHE WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD, SHE HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND NEVER WOKE UP, THAT ALMOST KILLED ME, TWO WEEKS LATER, I HAD MY SHOULDER TOTALLY REPLACED AND WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY FOUND A CLOGGED ARTERY IN MY NECK AND HAD TO CLEAN IT OUT, I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL MY SHOULDER WAS HEALED BUT THEY SAID I DIDNT HAVE TIME TO WAIT, THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK, I GOT EVERYTHING DONE AND I AM BACK AT WORK NOW, I WAS OFF FOR TWO MONTHS, WHAT A LONG TWO MONTHS, I WISH YOU WERE HERE , WE NEED YOU TO HELP US WITH TAYLOR, HE IS SUCH A UNHAPPY CHILD, HE NEEDS A BIG BROTHER OR GOOD FRIEND FRIEND TO STEP IN AND HELP HIM, I AM SORRY I HAVENT WRITTEN BUT I HAVE GONE THRU SO MUCH AND NOT BEEN MYSELF, SHERRYS DEATH HURT ME SO BAD, I SAW HER ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS GONR, WE DID HAVE XMAS AT YOUR DADS, HE REALLY TOOK IT HARD, SHERRY LOVED TERRY SO MUCH AND WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP HIM IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, I THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY AND BOUGHT RED ROSES FOR YOU, TODAY WAS OPENING DAY FOR THE CARDINALS, I WILL TAKE THEM TO YOU TOMORROW, I WILL CLOSE FOR NOW, ILOVE YOU AND MISS YOU, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, I WILL BE 78 SOON, NOT TOO MUCH LONGER UNTIL I SEE YOU, RIP BABY, YOUR BFF, I LOVE YOU, GRANDMA

April 13, 2015

Trey been thinking about you a lot this pass year. Miss you and love u. Rip brother

Dwight Baxton

January 7, 2015

MY DEAREST TRY, TODAY YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 26 YEARS OLD, I TRY TO THINK OF YOU AS A YOUNG MAN AND WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING, I MISS YOU EVERYDAY , TIME GOES ON BUT IF I THINK OF YOU I CRY, I WISH YOOU WERE HERE FOR TAYLOR, HE NEEDS YOU MORE THAN ANY OF US, I THINK,
I AM GOING TO THE CEMETERY AFTER WORK TODAY AND PUT RED ROSES ON YOUR GRAVE AND JUST SIT AND TALK TO YOU AWHILE, I MISS YOU AND ALL THE FUN TIMES WE HAD. I HAVE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES, WE GOT ALONG SO WELL FOR ME TO BE A OLD LADY AND YOU A YOUNG KID, I AM SO GLAD YOU CAME TO LIVE WITH ME AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE MEMORIES, DAD AND TAYLOR LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TOO, I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU OR STOP LOVING YOU,REMEMBERING YOU IS EASY, I DO IT EVERY DAY, MISSING YOU IS A HEARTACHE THAT NEVER GOES AWAY, LOVE YOU BABE AND MISS YOU, YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

August 3, 2014

To Trey's Dear Grandma and BFF -- Although I have never had to know this type of loss that you go through with Trey everyday, my heart hurts with you. What a wonderful life he must have had with you because you are so devoted to your love for him and his for you. I am praying for Taylor. I know with your support, he will feel and accept love from his family. Happy New Year from a fellow grandma who loves her grandchildren and children more than her own life. Take care.

Keni Cook Bishop

December 30, 2013

my dearest trey, well, here it is xmas eve already. we are getting ready to go to sherrys for dinner and to exchange gifts,this is where you should be tonight too, you always went with me, we always had a good time no matter where we went,i miss you and it is a sad time for me but i have some great memories, i am glad we spent time together, your dad put your grave blanket that he made you on your grave, i havent been over there since thanksgiving but i have to go soon to see it, he always does such a good job and is so proud of it, i put poinsettas and decorations on it for xmas when i was there thanksgiving, i puy red roses on it for thanksgiving. i am doing ok, still working, dont know how much longer that will go on, i am 76 now.you would have been25 now, taylor is going with his dad tonight, he is 21 now, he has lost so much weight, about 40 pounds, he looks a lot like you,people that knew you know he is your brother just by looking at him, i miss you buddy, i will never forget you, i have such good memories, i will write you again soon, until then, remember i love you and miss you, so does your dad aND taylor and everyone that knew you, i wish you were here to help taylor right now, he sure needs you, i love you and miss you, your bff, grandma

December 24, 2013

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY IS THANKSGIVING, I WENT TO KIMS FOR DINNER,YOUR MOM AND TARA WERE THERE BUT TAYLOR WAS NOT, HE WENT TO DINNER WITH A FRIEND THAT WAS HOME FROM SCHOOL. I STILL MISS YOU NOT BEING THERE, IT IS ALWAYS A SAD TIME FOR ME,I WENT TO THE CEMETERY AND PUT RED ROSES AND DECORATED POINSETTAS ON YOUR GRAVE FOR XMAS, IT IS ALWAYS HARD FOR ME TO SAY YOUR GRAVE,,,,,THINGS ARENT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU, I DONT ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS LIKE I USED TO, THEY MAKE ME VERY SAD, WHAR CAN I SAY? I MISS YOU SWEETHEART TAYLOR NEEDS YOU, SO BAD, IF YOU WERE HERE, YOU AND HIM COULD LIVE TOGETHER AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER,HE MISSES YOU AND LOVES YOU, YOUR DAD MISSES YOU AND LOVES YOU TOO, I WILL GO FOR NOW BUT KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU AND NEVER FORGET YOU AND ALL OUR HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER, I LOVE YOU, YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

November 28, 2013

MY DEAREST TREY, SATURDAY , YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD, I CAN NOT IMAGINE YOU AT TWENTY FIVE AND ALL GROWN UP BUT I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A HANSOME MAN, YOU WERE SO PRETTY FROM THE BEGINNING, WHEN YOU WERE SIXTEEN, I WOULD SHOW YOU YOUR BABY PICTURES AND ASK YOU IF THAT WASNT THE PRETTIEST BABY YOU HAD EVER SEEN AND YOU WOULD TELL ME YES,,,,,
I WONT BE HERE SATURDAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, I HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN TO SEE TAYLOR, HE NEEDS ME TOO, I PUT A BALOON AND FLOWERS ON YOUR GRAVE TODAY FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, I STILL MISS YOU AS MUCH AS EVER, IT DOESNT GET ANY BETTER, I JUST TRY NOT TO DWELL ON IT, I SAT DOWN AT THE CEMETERY TODAY ON A BENCH AND TALKED TO YOU, YOU ALWAYS SAID I WAS THE STRONGEST WOMAN YOU KNEW SO I TRY TO BE BUT IT IS SO HARD, WE ALL MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, IT IS SO HARD ON YOUR DAD, HE HAS YOUR BASEBALL CARDINAL CAPS AND BAT AND CARDINAL BIRD THERE BECAUS YOU WERE SUCH A CARDINAL FAN, HE TOLD ME YESTERDAY, HE NEEDS TO SHELAC THE BAT AS IT LOOKED WEATHERED, IT IS SO HARD TREY, I WISH YOU WERE HERE, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH, AS TEARS HIT THE KEYBOARD, IT IS SO HARD TO THINK ABOUT YOU AND HOW IT WOULD BE,I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, TIL WE MEET AGAIN, YOUR BEST FRIEND,GRANDMA

July 30, 2013

trey, i cant get this to go through, i have posted two letters that didnt go through, if this goes through, i will write again,love and miss you, your bff

April 15, 2013

hey tre

April 11, 2013

my dearest trey. tomorrow marks eight years since you were so suddenley taken away from us, time goes on but trey, it doesnt get any easier, i think of what i will be doing tomorrow at 4 pm whenyou were called away from us on that day, all the thinking about what could have been done to keep you from going to alton that day, does no good and cant bring you back, i did all i could for you and what i thought was best for you, i have no regrets, we were buddies, we talked about everything, we knew how we felt, no wondering or guessing, we were honest with each other, i taught you to drive , got your license, helped get your car, and made sure you had a phone and spending money, i know you appreciated everything i did, i wanted to do it, i enjoyed doing it and trying to take care of you, i miss you tre, and all our talks and visiting the family and just having good times, i will never forget you and will always love you, tomorrow will be such a hard day for me and your mom and dad and taylor, help us get through it, i will go to the cemetery tomorrow and puy flowers there for you,
i love you and miss you,
your bff, grandma

January 6, 2013

MY DEAREST TREY,
TODAY IS CHRISTMAS
IT HAS BEEN EIGHT LONG YEARS SINCE OUR LAST CHRISTMAS TOGETHER, WE WENT TO SHERRYS LAST NIGHT, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DID WHEN YOU WERE HERE, EVERYONE WAS THERE, YOUR DAD AND TAYLOR TOO. I TALKED ABOUT YOU SOME, AND SOME OF THE FUNNY THINGS YOU SAID, TIME GOES ON BUT I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS, I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU AND OVE YOU, I WISH YOU WERE HERE, TAYLOR NEEDS YOU SO BAD, EVERYONE IS GETTING OLDER, I AM SEVENTY FIVE NOW,MY KIS ARE EVEN OLD NOW,OL. I DECORATED THE TREEE AND THE HOUSE, SO IT STILL LOOKS THS SAME, YOUR ROOM LOOKS THE SAME, I GUESS I WILL KEEP IT THIS WAY AS LONG AS I AM ALIVEWE ALL MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU, THIS IS JUST A SAD TIME OF THE YEAR FOR ME, YOUR LAST CHRISMAS, EIGHT YEARS AGO, I WILL WRITE AGAIN SOON, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE HERE WITH ME IN MY HEART I LOVE YOU TRE, YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

December 25, 2012

HI SWEETHEART. IT IS ALMOST THANKSGIVING NOW, I WILL GO TO KIMS FOR DINNER AND SO WILL YOUR DAD, IF YOU WERE HERE, YOU WOULD BE GOING WITH US, I MISS YOU TREY, I PUT A POEM FOR YOU ON FACEBOOK TONIGHT,LIFE GOES ON BUT IT IS SO HARD, YOUR ROOM IS STILL THE SAME,I KNOW YOU ARE HERE,I AM GOING TO THE CEMETERY TOMORROW AND PUT FLOWERS THERE FOR THANKSGIVING, IT WILL SOON BE XMAS, I THINK OF YOUR LAST XMAS ON EARTH AND HOW HAPPY YOU WERE,I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, YOU WILL BE IN MY HEART UNTIL THE DAY I DIE, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU I KNOW YOU AND GARY ARE COMPARING STORIES AND LAUGHING, THAT WAS YOUR NATURE AND HIS TOO. HE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU UNTIL I GET THERE. I MISS YOU TRE AND LOVE YOU JUST LIKE I ALWAYS DID, UNTIL NEXT TIME,YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

November 18, 2012

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD, IT HAS BEENALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW SINCE THAT HORRIBLE DAY THAT YOU LEFT US, I WONDER WHAT YOUR LAST THOUGHTS WERE, I WONDER IF THEY WERE CALL MY GRANDMA,I THINK THEY PROBABLY WERE BECAUSE YOU KNEW GRANDMA WOULD ALWAYS COME AND TRE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, I WISH YOU HADNT GONE TO ALTON THAT DAY, BUT WHO CAN SAY, SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, I GUESS GOD KNEW BEST AND WANTED YOU THEN, YOU DIDNT SUFFER, YOU JUST WENT PEACEFULLY, THATS THE WAY I WANT TO GO TOO. I MISS YOU TREY, I WENT TO THE CEMETERY AND PUT FLOWERS, A CARD AND A BALLOON THERE FOR YOU, YOUR DAD HAD ALREADY PUT FLOWERS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THERE FOR YOU, HE DID A GOOD JOB, HE MISSES YOU AND LOVES YOU AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. WE TALK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME ,SO YOU WILL ALWAYSBE ALIVE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND HEARTS,
I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU, YIL WE MEET AGAIN, YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

August 3, 2012

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY IS JUNE 9TH, AND IT IS TIME FOR OUR FAMILY RE UNION, THAT YOU ALWAYS LOVED GOING TO.YOU WOULD SAY YOU WERE A COUNTRY BOY AND YOU NEVER LIVED IN THE COUNTRE, I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO GO WITH ME, I MISS ALL THE PLACES WE USED TO GO AND JUST HANGING OUT WITH YOU, TAYLOR IS OK, HE IS TRYING TO DO THE RAP THING NOW LIKE YOU DID, HE IS TWENTY YEARS OLD ALREADY, HE MISSES YOU , HE NEEDS YOU, I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE FOR HIM, YOUR DAD MISSES YOU AND LOVES YOU, HE DOESNT TALK ABOUT IT MUCH BUT I KNOW,,, I LOVE YOU TREY AND MISS YOU JUST LIKE ALWAYS, YOU MAY BE GONE BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,I THINK OF YOU OFTEN AND THAT MAKES ME SMILE.TIL WE MEET AGAIN. I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER ME AND HELPING ME, I LOVE YOU. YOUR BFF LOVE, GRANDMA

June 9, 2012

my dearest tre.today was eighty degrees out, the middle of march, the weather is so crazy and so are all the people anymore, i was sick and in the hospital a week ago, i am doing ok now, i know you know all of that since you are looking down and watching over me, i miss you trey, i think of you all the time, i will never totally get over this,,,,,,
i talked to jay today, he is getting married soon, hey, you would be old enough to drink at his reception, he told me to call him if i needed him or just wanted to talk, taylor is ok but could be better,,,, i dont see him too much, but he lives withhis dad now,
i miss you trey and will never forget you and will always love you, your dad will be fifty one the day after tomorrow, we are all a little bit older, remember, you said i was sixty six for ten years, i will talk to you soon, i miss you and love you forever
your bff,grandma

March 13, 2012

MY DEAREST TRE, TODAY MARKS SEVEN LONG YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG SEVEN YEARS, ALMOST A LIFE TIME,I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, WHAT A LONG TIME AGO.... TIME GOES ON BIT I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU OR STOP LOVING YOU, I MISS ALL THE FUN TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER AND ALL THE PLACES WE USED TO GO AND ALL THE THINGS WE USED TO DO, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, YOU DAD MISSES YOU TOO, RIP MY SWEETHEART .UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, I LOVE YOU TREY, YOUR BBF, GRANDMA

January 7, 2012

my dearest tre,today is xmas, it is a sad day for us all when we remember your last xmas with us,we were at sherrys having our annual dinner and celebrating and you brought your friend marlon, your last presents we were ever to give you, i gave you your xmas money early, so you wouldnt be broke during xmas and you asked me if i would give you a card that night, so it would look like you got a present from me, i gave you the card and when you opened it and saw that i had given you your xmas money again, you were so happy, i am so glad i did that and that i made your last days here so happy, if i had known that was your last xmas, i would have given you anything you wanted, i pretty much did any way.......
we had a nice dinner and fun night last night, i always miss you when we are all together and you are not there,\
i went to kims today for dinner today, you always went there with me too. no wonder you are my best friend, we went so many places together,
i love you and i miss you, your dad does too. he posted a picture of you and grandpa on facebook today, you were about three in the picture,
until we meet again, sweetheart. your best friend forever
grandma

December 25, 2011

Trey's Grandma and BFF.... I have written before, and I know you don't know me; however, I wanted to let you know how lucky I think Trey was to have you. I hope in my lifetime I can measure up to my grandchildren the way I perceive you! I lost my brother 15 years ago and although he was not young like Trey, I know what you mean about seeing him in others. My younger brother looks so much like him now and he left a son that looks and has his mannerisms. Love helps keep us full; however, dealing with the loss is difficult. You are so right... things can be good... they just can never be the same. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family... please know that you are an inspiration to everyone who reads your posts to Trey. I hope I am as loved and remembered when I leave this earth as I believe you and your BFF Trey are!

Keni Cook Bishop

November 28, 2011

hi sweetheart, thanksgiving has come and gone and christmas will be here before you know it, time is passing so fast now, i went to kims for thanksgiving and so did your mom, dad, and taylor, we all had a good time
of course, i missed you, like always,life goes on, but it is different, i think of you and think why,,,,,,, how would life be for you now? you didnt have a chance,bbb is still hanging in there, jay says when they hit it big, he will give me your part of the money, i believe he will,i hope they do. they keep trying and struggling, they will make it,
i think of you so much, taylor looks a lot like you, i see you in him..
i have to get ready for work now, i just wanted to say i love you and miss you and will never forget you,
i love you, your best friend forever, grandma

November 27, 2011

my dearest trey, today is your 23rd birthday, a lot of people remembered you on facebook today, you are gone but never forgotten, it is always hard to think of what you would look like, what you would be doing and where life would take you, would the bbbe have made it big time by now?they are still trying , they remembered you today.
i miss you sweetheart and think of you everyday, it has been almost seven years now and your bed room is still the same, it will always be your bedroom.
taylor is home now and doing better, wish you were here for him, he needs you. i know you are there looking down on us, take care of us, we need you,
rip my sweetheart, until we meet again.
your best friend forever
i love you. grandma
bff

August 3, 2011

my dearest trey, the fourth of july is over now, i went to kays on saturday and kims on monday, i always miss you at all the family gatherings because you always went with me, i miss you every day, taylor is doing better now, he is working also,
next month is your birthday, you would have been twenty three, i wonder what you would look like and what you would be doing? would you be married? would you have kid? what would they look like? not prettier than you were as a small child. they couldnt be, we all miss you and love you, we will never forget you. my sweetheart
time is passing quickly, i will be seventy four in september.
your dad posted a picture of you on his facebook the other day, you were about three years old then, so pretty....he loves you so much but doesnt say too much
i got a note from keni cook, i dont know her but have heard your mom speak of her, she seems so nice and said some very nice things.
i will go for now, i am thinking of you always and love you very much, i will never forget my tre,
i love you, your best friend forever
grandma

July 6, 2011

Dear Trey's Grandma: I read your posts occasionally and feel the love you have for your grandson and BFF Trey. I met him only once when his family came to Georgia for my sister's wedding. I know that Taylor needs Trey, I lost my brother in 1996 and I still feel him today and I was 42 when I lost him. When you love someone there is no depth to the loss; however, when things get really tough for me I tell my children the best way we can honor my brother is to be happy. Make the best of each day. Trey is watching you, and he wants you to be happy and have peace. He loves that you think of him and I am sure it brings him so much joy ... so experience joy and as my brother's wife says to all of us "make a memory" so that you have that cherished feeling to hold onto! I enjoy your guest book posts about Trey. I hope and pray that when I leave this earth that there is someone left behind that loves me as much as you do your grandchilren and family! Sorry to intrude, but you touch my heart with your capacity for love and kindness!

Kennetha "Keni" Cook Bishop

April 25, 2011

my dearest trey, today is easter, i went to the cemetery early this morning and put flowers there for you, easter lillies and some daisys, i wish you were here, taylor needs you so bad, i wonder if he would listen to you?
i am ok just getting old, i miss you and wish you were here, i know you are really,
i am going to kim for dinner today,i will miss you there too.
i will talk to you soon sweetheart
love you.
your best friend. forever
grandma

April 24, 2011

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY MAKES IT SIX YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU, I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND YOU HUGGED ME GOOD BYE AND SAID HAVE A GOOD DAY AND I SAID YEAH, RIGHT, THOSE WERE MY LAST WORDS TO YOU,
I MISS YOU SO MUCH , AS DO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, MARLON WROTE A NOTE ON FACEBOOK ABOUT YOU, HE REMEMBERED EARLY THIS MORNING
I REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD AND I SMILE, I THINK OF A LOT OF THINGS YOU SAID THAT I DIDNT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEN, BUT I CERTAINLY DO NOW
I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, I LOVE YOU TREY AND MISS YOU SO MUCH
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART,
I LOVE YOU, YOUR BFF. GRANDMA

January 7, 2011

DEAR TREY, TODAY IS THE 29TH OF DECEMBER, ANOTHER YEAR GONE, XMAS IS OVER WITH NOW, WE WENT TO SHERRYS XMAS EVE, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DID, I MISS YOU AT XMAS BUT THEN I MISS YOU ALL THE TIME, TAYLOR ISNT HERE THIS XMAS EITHER, HE IS IN A REHAB I SPRINGFIELD, I SENT HIS XMAS TO HIM, HE HAD A GOOD ONE, BUT I HATED IT THAT HE WAS AWAY FROM HOME AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT XMAS TIME, I HOPE HE WILL BE OK.
I MISS YOU AND THINK ABOUT YOU A LOT, I WISH YOU WERE HERE FOR TAYLOR,HE NEEDS YOU,
YOUR DAD MADE YOUR GRAVE BLANKET AGAIN THIS YEAR LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES, HE MISSES YOU VERY MUCH,
LIFE IS SO DIFFERENT WITHOUT YOU,
I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON, THAT DREADED 7TH OF JANUARY WILL BE HERE SOON, IT WILL BE SIX YEARS SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, I SURE HAVE MISSED YOU,
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART
YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

December 29, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY IS THANKSGIVING AGAIN, I WENT TO KIMS THIS YEAR, SHERRY, COURTNEY AND KYLIE CAME OVER FOR DINNER, I MISS YOU, TAYLOR WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, HE TOLD ME HIS MOM WAS COMING TO GET HIM AND BRING HIM HOME, BUT THAT DIDNT HAPPEN, HE CALLED ME TO WISH ME HAPPY THANKSGIVING BUT I WAS AT KIMS. HE SOUNDED SO SAD, ALONE ON THANKSGIVING......
I MISS YOU BEING HERE, I THINK ABOUT YOU SO OFTEN, I WISH YOU WERE HERE FOR TAYLOR, HE NEEDS SOMEONE,
I LOVE YOU TREY AND I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND NEVER FORGET YOU, I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.
I LOVE YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER, GRANDMA

November 25, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY, TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR 22ND BIRTHDAY, WE ALL MISS YOU AND THINK OF YOU ALL THE TIME, I WENT TO THE CEMETERY TODAY AND TOOK YOU SOME PRETTY RED ROSES, TAYLOR NEEDS YOU , SO TRY TO HELP HIM, YOU KNOW HOW HARD THOSE TEEN AGE YEARS ARE,
YOUR DAD WENT TO THE CEMETERY THIS EVENNING, HE MISSES YOU AND LOVES YOU SO MUCH. LIFE IS HARD WITH YOU BEING GONE, WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. TAYLOR AND YOUR DAD NEED YOU TOO. WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND WILL NEVER FORGET YOU
YOUR BFF,
I LOVE YOU . GRANDMA

August 3, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY
IT IS THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ALREADY, I SURE DO MISS YOU AND THINK OF YOU A LOT. TAYLOR MISSES YOU TOO. I WISH YOU WERE HERE FOR HIM. HE NEEDS SOMEONE, YOUR DAD MISSES YOU AND THINKS ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY, I DONT HAVE TO HAVE A HOLIDAY OR BIRTHDAY TO WRITE YOU, I MISS YOU ALL OF THE TIME.
YOU ARE MY SWEETHEART AND I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON.
I LOVE YOU, YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER
GRANDMA

June 14, 2010

MY DEAREST TRE, MY COMPUTOR TOTALLY CRASHED AND I HAD TONY TO COME OVER AND FIX IT, IT TOOK A COUPLE OF HOURS BUT NOW IT IS AS GOOD AS NEW, I WENT TO THE CEMETERY AND PUT FLOWERS ON YOUR GRAVE, I HAVE SOME MORE TO PUT ON FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
WE HAD OUR FAMILY REUNION AT UNCLE TROYS YESTERDAY, YOUR DAD AND TAYLOR WENT, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME, I MISSED YOU TREY AND WISHED YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE,I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU OR GET OVER THIS, I WILL TALK TO YOU LATER AS MY COMPUTOR IS FIXED NOW, I AM GOING TO BED NOW, I AM TIRED,
I LOVE YOU TREY AND MISS YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER
GRANDMA

May 17, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY,
TODAY IS EASTER SUNDAY, I REMEMBER YOUR LAST EASTER AND YOUR BIG EASTER BASKET, WHICH YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TOO BIG FOR BUT ATE MOST OF THE CANDY ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO CHURCH WITH KIM AND HER FAMILY, THEN GOING OUT FOR DINNER, I MIGHT GO TO SEE KAY LATER ON, IF SHE IS GOING TO BE AT HOME,
I MISS YOU TREY I LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,
YOUR BEST FRIEND, FOREVER
GRANDMA

April 4, 2010

dear trey, it is almost easter now, i went over to the cemetery yesterday and put some really pretty flowers for you there, i sure do miss you, i wanted you to know i had not forgotten you and i never will. i wish you were here for taylor , he sure needs you, it is just like you told me it would be but i thought you were just a kid talking then, but you were so right, you were so wise for your age, i will write you again soon, i love you trey
your best friend forever
grandma

March 30, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY.
TODAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY AND MISS YOU SO MUCH, I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS,
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I HADNT FORGOTTEN AND NEVER WILL
TIL WE MEET AGAIN. I LOVE YOU TREY,
MY TRE
YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER.GRANDMA

shirley black

January 7, 2010

MY DEAREST TREY, THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU AND IT HASNT GONE THROUGH, I HAVE BEEN WRITING SINC THANKS GIVING, I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING WRONG, IF I MAKE IT THROUGH, I WILL WRITE AGAIN TONIGHT,I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU. LIFE ISNT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.LOVEYOU. YOUR BEST FRIEND, GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

December 29, 2009

Dear Trey,

We sure missed you at Christmas. It just is never the same without all of your loved ones being there. We think of you often.

Love,

Sharon & Berry

Sharon Black

December 28, 2009

MY DEAR TREYBE MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY THERES NEVER A DAY THAT GOS BY I DONT THINK OF YOU, LOVE AND MISS YOU LOVE ALWAYS DADDY

TERRY BLACK

December 28, 2009

MY DEAREST TREY.
TODAY IS THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, LAST NIGHT WAS HALLOWEEN. I WENT BY KIMS TO SEE HER KIDS BUT LOLI WAS GONE TO A PARTY AND GARRETT WAS TRICK OR TREATING WITH A FRIEND, GARRETT WENT AS A WASHING MACHINE, REAL CLEVER IDEA, I PUT FALL FLOWERS AND SOME CANDY ON YOUR GRAVE FOR HALLOWEEN. IT TOOK ME FIVE YEARS TO SAY GRAVE, WHEN I SPEAK OF YOU, TIME PASSES SO QUICKLY BUT AGAIN, IT SEEMS SO LONG SINCE I LAST SAW YOU. IT WAS THE LAST MORNING OF YOUR LIFE, I MISS YOU TREY, AND I LOVE YOU. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON, I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART
YOUR BEST FRIEND. FOREVER
GRANDMA

November 1, 2009

MY DEAREST TREY
TODAY IS THE 8TH OF OCTOBER ALREADY.IT WILL SOON BE HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING AND THEN XMAS. TIME IS PASSING SO FAST.
I HAVE A BAD COLD AND HAVENT DONE MUCH BUT LAY AROUND. MY THROAT IS REAL SORE AND I HAVE A COUGH,
IT IS COLD ALREADY, I DONT REALLY LIKE COLD WEATHER,
I MISS YOU SWEETHEART, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS RAPIDLY APPROACHING.
I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU AND ALWAYS LOVE YOU. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME. I WILL WRITE AGAIN SOON
I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU, YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER.
GRANDMA

October 8, 2009

my dearest trey
today is labor day. i was off work. i had a lot to do here at home. i cleaned, did the washing and ironing, went to the mall and got thru with everything about three oclock. then i went to see your mom, taylor and tara.
they are moving next week to belleville and i think taylor will go to belleville east. he was helping your mom. she has a lot to do before she moves.
i went by the cemetery and straightened up the roses i had bought for your birthday,
it doesnt get any easier trey, killer mike had come and got taylor and he stayed at mikes house a couple days, dwight calls taylor, they all stay in touch. they all miss you.
i talked to your dad today. he has been sick with a cold for about a month. i am doing o,k,,just getting old.
i miss you trey. i will alwAYS LOVE YOU AND NEVER FORGET YOU. NEVER
YOU ARE MY TRE.
BYE SWEETHEART,
I LOVE YOU
YOUR BFF, GRANDMA

September 7, 2009

MY DEAREST TREY. I AM HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE GETTING THIS THRU TO YOU SINCE I SWITCHED TO ATT. I WROTE YOU ABOUT FOUR TIMES, BUT IT DIDNT GO THRU, I DID NOT FORGET YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, IT JUST DID NOT GO THRU, I WILL GET THR HANG OF THIS,,,,,
I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU, I PUT A DOZEN AND A HALF RED ROSES ON YOUR GRAVE WITH SOME BLUE BALLOONS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, IF THIS GOES THRU, I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN TONIGHT, I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU.
YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER,
GRANDMA

August 10, 2009

Dear Trey,

Grandma is having trouble writing to you, so I am trying to do this as a test. We think about you still everyday, but I know that you are in a good place.

Love,

Berry and Sharon

Berry and Sharon Black

August 6, 2009

dear trey,
i am still having trouble getting thru to you since i switched to att. this will be short but if it goes thru, i will write you another one. i love you and miss you
your bff.
grandma







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shirley black

July 21, 2009

Dear Trey, trying to get through and it finally went through, justwanna say I will write you more later and love you very much and miss you. Your BFF Grandma

May 18, 2009

I had trey on my mind tonight. I didnt know trey for very long, but I know that he was a very kind and caring soul. Trey is deeply missed, God has a purpose though. I know that its hard to explain now, but God had to have had a reason to pull such a talented and compassionate soul away from his many loved ones. My thoughts and prayers are with Trey's family. Even though years have went by I know it can still be very tough, but know that you will Trey's smiling face again.

Andrew Bailey

March 31, 2009

MY DEAREST TRE.
TODAY IS THE 7TH OF JANUARY, WHICH MEANS FOUR LONG YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THAT DAY THAT I LAST SAW YOU. YOU HUGGED ME BYE AND TOLD ME YOU LOVED ME JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS DID WHEN ONE OF US LEFT. YOU SAID HAVE A GOOD DAY AND I SAID YEAH,RIGHT. MY LAST WORDS TO YOU. I WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO WORK HAD I BEEN ABLE TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND YOU WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THIS HOUSE,
THEY SAY EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS ONE.YOUR LIFE WAS TAKEN FOR WHAT REASON/ TO MAKE US SAD AND MISERABLE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
TIME GOES ON BUT IT ISNT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU, EVERYONE KNEW YOU WERE MT TREY.I LOVE TARA AND TAYLOR JUST LIKE I DO YOU, BUT WE BONDED SO WELL.I WATCHED THE TAPE THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD AND YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU HAD BIG BOY UNDERWEAR ON NOW, YOU TOLD ME I WAS A BABE. YOU WERE BARELY TALKING THEN. I SHOWED IT TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT FIFTEEN AND ASKED YOU IF THAT WAS THE CUTEST BABY BOY YOU HAD EVER SEEN AND YOU SAID YES.ALL THAT BLONDE CURLY HAIR AND SUCH A PRETTY FACE, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU AND NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU MEANT TO ME.
I HEARD DWIGHT GOT MARRIED TO THE SAME GIRL HE DATED FOR SO LONG.I NEVER HEAR FROM JAY OR ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, THEY DID DO A MEMORIAL TO YOU ON BOUND BY BLOOD WEBSITE,
I AM GOING TO GO NOW. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I REMEMBERED THIS DAY AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
I LOVE YOU TREY,
I MISS YOU, I AM THINKING OF YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND,
GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

January 7, 2009

MY DEAREST TREY,
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR.IT WILL SOON BE FOUR LONG YEARS SINCE YOU WENT AWAY. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY, SOMETHING YOU SAID OR DID WILL CROSS MY MIND AND MAKE ME SMILE. WE WERE SO CLOSE AND GOT ALONG SO WELL, I THINK OF YOU AND GARY BEING TOGETHER NOW. YOU WERE A LOT ALIKE.MY SWEETHEARTS,
THANKSGIVING WAS AT BERRYS LIKE ALWAYS TARA AND TAYLOR WERE THERE.I WISH THEY GOT ALONG BETTER BUT THEY GET ALONG ABOUT LIKE YOU AND TARA DID. SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS. I NEVER SEE ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS ANYMORE. KYLE BUNKER LEFT YOU A NICE CARD AND NOTE THANKSGIVING. YOUR DAD FOUND IT AND GAVE IT TO ME, CHRISTMAS WE WENT TO SHERRYS, TAYLOR CAME WITH YOUR DAD. HE IS SPENDING CHRISTMAS VACATION WITH HIM. YOUR DAD MADE YOU A CHRISTMAS BLANKET LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES.HE DID A GREAT JOB ON IT
EVERYONE MISSES YOU AND TALKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
I AM DOING OK I JUST MISS YOU I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY THE 7TH.
I LOVE YOU TREY
YOUR BESR FRIEND,
GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

January 1, 2009

MY DEAREST TREY,
HERE IT IS THE 3RD OF AUGUST. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 20 YEARS OLD TODAY. I WORKED ALL DAY BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU A LOT AND WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE HERE.YOUR DAD AND THERESA WENT TO THE CEMETERY TODAY. YOUR DAD IS LOST WITHOUT YOU. HE TOLD YOU TODAY THAT I WOULD BE THERE TOMORROW BECAUSE HE KNEW I WAS OFF AND WOULD BE THERE,
I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY ALL WEEK. I GOT NEW CARPET IN THE HOUSE LAST WEEK AND TODAY KAY AND GARY CAME OVER AND RAN MY TV WIRE FOR ME UNDER THE NEW CARPET AND TRIMMED THE DOORS DOWN SO I COULD CLOSE THEM. THEY HAD TO DO FOUR DOORS BECAUSE THE NEW CARPET IS SO THICK. YOU WOULD LOVE IT, YOUR ROOM IS STILL THE SAME, I WASH THE SHEETS AND COMFORTER FROM TIME TO TIME AND MAKE THE BED AGAIN. I GUESS I WILL ALWAYS KEEP IT THIS WAY. I CLEAN IT AND CHANGE THE FURNITURE AROUND A LITTLE BUT IT IS STILL YOUR ROOM.
I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I THOUGHT I HAD A HEART ATTACK, BUT THE SAID MY HEART WAS STRONG, IT WAS A ANXIETY ATTACK, I COULDNT BREATHE I THOUGHT I WAS DYING, THEY CALLED EVERYONE HOME FROM WORK BUT I GOT TO COME HOME THAT DAY. TREY, I AM GETTING OLD NOW. I WILL BE SEVENTY ONE NEXT MONTH.TAYLOR CALLED ME WHEN HE FOUND OUT AND IT SOUNDED JUST LIKE YOU,IT SCARED ME AND I SAID WHO IS THIS, TAYLOR IS A SWEET GUY,HE REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF YOU.SAME PRETTY BLUE EYES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I MISS YOU.WE ALL DO .LIFE GOES ON BUT IT SURE ISNT THE SAME. I WILL GO FOR NOW, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING OF YOU ON YOUR TWENTYTH BIRTHDAT, GARY WOULD HAVE BEEN 50 LAST MONTH. HE WOULD HAVE NEVER ADMITTED TO IT ,I REMBER ME TELLING HIM WHEN I TURNED FIFTY.
I AM GOING TO THE CEMETERE TOMORROW AND I WILL TALK TO YOU THEN
I LOVE YOU TREY.
I MISS YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND. GRANDMA

shirley black

August 3, 2008

MY DEAREST TRE.
WELL. HERE IT IS THE SEVENTH OF JULY ALREADY. THE 4TH CAME AND WENT. I WORKED ALL WEEK END SO IT MEANT NOTHING TO ME. YOU WOULD HAVE HAD PLANS. YOU ALWAYS DID. I WENT TO THE CEMETERY THIS WEEK AND PUT A CROSS WITH RED ROSES ON IT AND A BUNCH OF ORCHIDS. I CANT MAKE MYSELF SAY GRAVE WHEN IT COMES TO YOU. I THINK OF YOU ALL OF THE TIME AND MISS YOU SO MUCH, THERE WAS A FLAG THERE. I GUESS YOUR DAD PUT IT THERE AND HE ALWAYS PUTS THREE PENNIES FACE UP . THREE FOR TREY
EVERYONE STILL TALKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME. JUST LIKE THEY DO GARY. BUT THATS WHAT YOU TOLD ME YOU WANTED, GARY WOULD HAVE BEEN FIFTY YEARS OLD THIS MONTH AND YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TWENTY NEXT MONTH, TIME PASSES SO FAST BUT YET IT SEEMS SO LONG SINCE I HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS.
I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
I WILL TALK TO YOU SOON
I LOVE YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND.
GRANDMA

shirley black

July 6, 2008

MY DEAREST TREY,
I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU AND DECIDED TO WRITE TO YOU TONIGHT.THE LAST TIME I WROTE TO YOU, IT DIDNT PRINT SO HERE I GO AGAIN. I BOUGHT SOME ROSES AND TOOK THEM TO THE CEMETERY TODAY,IT WAS MY FIRST TRIP OUT ALONE FOR SIX WEEKS BECAUSE I HAD MY KNEE REPLACED AGAIN. LIFE GOES ON BUT IT IS GETTING HARDER. WE ARE ALL GETTING OLDER AND HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS WRONG WITH US. I HAD MY KNEE OPERATION, YOUR DAD HAD HIS SHOULDER OPERATED ON AND SHERRY HAD A STROKE. ALL IN ONE MONTH.
I THINK OF YOU ALL OF THE TIME AND REMEMBER SO MANY THINGS ABOUT YOU, I AM GLAD WE HAd those three years together.i think about things anD SMILE AND THEN I THINK OF OTHER THINGS AND CRY, I MISS YOU TREY AND WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME.IT IS VERY HARD WITHOUT YOU.I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
YOUR BEST FRIEND.
GRANDMA

shirley black

April 7, 2008

Dear Trey,

I was thinking of you yesterday, today and this evening and thought I'd visit your book. Today Tony, Garrett and I took Grandma to lunch. Afterwards we were at her house. Your pictures are still everywhere! You are thought of every day. Grandma had her 3rd knee replacement but is healing quickly. She's a tuff cookie She misses you so much, we all do.

Yesterday I had to look up some photos at home to send into school for Garrett's memory book and came upon your photos. I love your football photo, so adorable! At that age you look so much like your dad when he was the same age. Then today over at Grandma's, Garrett and I were looking at her photos and we saw one of me and Terry when we were about 3 and 5 years old and Garrett remarked how it looked like his pictures when he was about 3 years old. Even he could see the Black's family resemblance in the different generations and different families. How cute that was to me.

Every time I say "Grandma" to mom I think of you because you use to say it in that quick way. Her and I sometimes imitate it and it makes us both a little happy and a little sad.

We love you!
Aunt Kim

Kim Vieira

March 17, 2008

Hey Beautiful Baby Boy!

I hate this day. Did you know that you were born at 1:07 a.m. on 8/3/88? Isn't funny that all those numbers are God's numbers? Well, they are. Today, well, today is a lost day as I will cry the entire day, missing you. I miss you everyday and still cry at least once a day but today will be the cry-all-day kind of cry. What does a mother do when her child leaves this earth before she does? How does a mother cope with that? I don't know, I just don't know. It's not supposed to be that way. Trey, I do know why God took you, I tell you that all the time, don't I? He took you first so that they rest of us would be saved. He knew that taking you away from us would make us go to Him, lean on Him, trust in Him and to Believe In Him! That is what happened and that is what gets me through each and every day without you. I know that God has a truly special place for you because of all the souls that through your death, saved. Thank you my beautiful baby boy for that unbelieveable gift you've given us.

Taylor looks so much like you now, it's scary. He said the other day that he was going to be 16 in June, but how can he get older than you, his older brother? That ways heavy on his heart. He said it was just wrong, that he can't be older than you. All the boys (your friends) came by a few weeks ago to see me and we all told our famous Trey stories...they were so funny. Of course I would have had a heart attack had I known most of the things you did and I'm sure I would not have found them funny at the time, but now, looking back, it was so you! I just can't get over the fact that you had been taking my cars since you were 12 or 13, driving everywhere after I went to bed, then, when you turn 16 and get to drive legally, you die. What does that mean? What does that mean Trey? I want so much to go to the place were the accident happened and place a cross there for you, but I can't drive on that highway; I can't drive past it, near it, nothing. Taylor gets his license in June and that is just too soon for me. It's Taylor...remember, he drives like he does everything else, Taylor's way! I'm so scared but I can't keep him locked in the house afraid all the time. I know your with him and your sister Tara. Please baby, stay by their sides and protect them for me.

I still think about that day we went Christmas shopping just a few weeks before you left and we were in the car holding hands, remember? I looked at you and asked you if you knew just how much I really-truly loved you and that if anything should ever happen to you that I wouldn't be able to survive. You said, "Yes, Mom, I know how much you love me." Then you said, "But Mom, I'm not going to have a long-life, that is why I have to do everything I can now, while I still can, because I know that I am going to die young." Then, I put my fingers in my ears and said, "LaLaLa, I can't hear you, you didn't say that!" Remember that? I kept shaking my head telling you to never talk about that again that nothing was going to happen to you. I think about that day every single day! I told you I couldn't survive without you and I was pretty close to the truth. I survive, that is all. I have no life, I just live day by day. One day turns into the next, just like the day before. I still don't leave the house except when I really have to, maybe twice a month. I'm so afraid that something will happen when I'm gone and just that thought causes me pain so I have to hurry home, or not go at all. Tara and Taylor just tell everyone I'm crazy, I'll always be crazy so get used to it. I'm sad, so sad and I have a broken heart that will never heal. I always ask God to please, just please send you back to me, but I know I'll have to wait until He sends me to you. I live for that day. That will be the happiest day of my life, I can't wait.

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Trey. You haven't come to see me in awhile to maybe you could come today, please? I love those days because I really feel you, see you and we play and it makes me so happy. I know they are real, maybe no one else does, but I, as your mother, I know they are real visits. I love when you hold my hand or when you kiss me and hug me, it's my favorite thing in the whole world. Could you come today to kiss and hug me because today is my most saddest day. I will stop now because the tears won't stop and my eyes are too blurred to type any more words.

I miss you my beautiful baby boy, my Trey, my Trey, my beautiful Trey.

I love you, I love you, I love you..
Mommy

Mary Beth Jacob

January 7, 2008

MY DEAREST TREY.
TODAY IS THE 4TH IT IS A FRIDAY.JUST LIKE ON THE DAY YOU LEFT US.MONDAY WILL BE THE 7TH. IT WILL BE THREE LONG YEARS WITHOUT YOU. I THINK OF YOU EVERYDAY AND TALK ABOUT YOU JUST LIKE YOU WERE STILL HERE,YOUR DAD MADE YOU A BLANKET LIKE A XMAS TREE FOR XMAS, HE PUT XMAS ORNAMENTS ON IT. IT WAS SO NICE,HE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB ON IT, I HAD SOME ORNAMENT ENGRAVED FOR YOU AND TIED THEM ON THE BRANCHES.THANKSGIVING CAME AND WENT. IT IS NO FUN ANYMORE. CHRISTMAS ISNT EITHER NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ANYMORE, IT IS VERY HARD GOING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT YOU.I SAW TAYLOR, TARA AND YOUR MOM OVER THE HOLIDAYS. TAYLOR LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU ALL THE TIME. IT DOESNT GET ANY EASIER WRITING TO YOU.IT IS SO HARD. I HAVE TO GET MY KNEE REPLACE AGAIN. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT I KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE WITH ME, GARY TOO. YOU GUYS MUST BE HAVING A BALL UP THERE. TWO OF YOU.WOW.
I WILL GO FOR NOW BUT I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON I LOVE YOU TREY, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. YOU ARE MY T R E
YOUR BEST FRIEND. GRANDMA

January 5, 2008

Happy Birthday Baby! Today, August 3rd, is your 19th birthday. You were born at 1:05 in the morning after only 4 short hours of labor. You were such a beautiful baby boy, black curly hair, dark skin, and you were so long! You weighed 7 lbs. and 14 oz. and were 22 1/2 inches long. God, how I loved to just look at you, my beautiful baby boy. Trey Jordan Black, that is what your dad and I had decided to name you. I got your name from a soap opera (Capitol) I used to watch on TV and there was a man named Trey on there that was so handsome and I knew I would name you Trey. You were almost called Grant Keagan, until I found Trey. That is your name, no one else's. No one is more of a Trey than you...A beautiful name for a beautiful boy. I used to just hold you and stare at you for hours. You were such a good baby but it was your personality that really brought you alive! People in the stores were drawn to you, everywhere I took you, people would come up to look at you and say, "God, that is the most gorgeous child, look at those curls!" You grew up always doing what you wanted to do, and it didn't matter what anyone thought or did. I think you always knew that you had a short time here with us so you lived your life as you needed. I get that now. What's funny is that even though you are not here with me, I have a beautiful relationship with you as you come and visit me when I need you. Thank you for coming to me the other night and showing me what you look like now. You are a 19 year old man, so tall, filled-out, and so so handsome; God has made you so beautiful! I saw you as the man you are today...thank you baby! We hugged, kissed and I asked you if you knew what Friday was and you said, "Yes, it's my Birthday!" I loved when I first saw you, you stood up and said, "Give me some sugar, give me some love!!" You always come and see me when I need you the most. I wish you would come everyday, but you know better than I what lies ahead. I ask you questions all the time about the world and heaven and what's going on and you tell me, thank you. I know you hear me talk to you, you see me cry and you see me laugh and you tell me to be strong because, in your own words, "Who will take care of Tara and Taylor?" I miss Taylor living here everyday, but he needs your Dad, but I see him a lot. Teresa and I talk about all matters concerning Taylor and we are both on the same page. We just want whats best for him. He is so handsome Trey, as I'm sure you know. He looks so much like you at times and he is so funny like you are, but he too is his own person. He will be a good man, I know this. Tara graduated from "Beauty School" yesterday, (I can hear you sing that song "Beauty School Dropout" in your little sarcastic way) and now we are planning a party for her. She is really good, the best in her class, did we expect anything less? No, not from our Tara! I am so strict on her, and I won't apologize for that. Sometimes as parents we make decisions that make our children happy, but not decisions that is best for our children. I can't change the past, but I do, and always will, make sure my decisions made now, are just that. I have been such a different person since you've been gone. I know some people do not understand me and that's okay, I have to do what I think is best for my family and myself. I have no time for anything or anyone outside this family. I still have panic attacks when I see car accidents or hear an ambulance, but hopefully, with God's help, I'll eventually get over that. I hate being gone from the house too long as I always want to be here in case something happens. It's not much of a life but it's what I choose. I don't sleep, up for days at a time but you already know that, because you are here with me. To be honest with you, I still really can't believe your gone, it's still is hard for me to compute that and although it's been 2 1/2 years since you went to live with Jesus, it seems like yesterday to me. I still say that because God loved us so much, He took you, and because of you, so many souls have been saved. Did you know that? The saved are: Your Aunt Sue, Marsha, Uncle Tim, Teresa, Tara, Taylor, Me and Carrie and a few of Tara's other friends. YOU TREY, YOU did that! I will never, ever let your death be in vain, ever. I live everyday to see you again and through God's grace and mercy, I will and so will everyone else you lead to God. I ask God everyday to let any sins be my sins, because as your mother, I should have brought you up knowing His word from birth on; that was my fault and I should carry that burden, not my children. God has a very special crown and reward for you Trey, very special but you already know that too! I miss your Grandma Shirley terribly and I wish I saw her more often. She is very special to me as she too loved you more than anything. She was so good to you Trey and I will always love her more than anything for that. Please let her see what you look like now, as the man that you are, as you showed me.

Oh, I bought you a birthday present...a Ghostbuster Telephone! I know you already saw it and I cried when I found it and knew I had to buy it! Today I'm going to go visit you (although I know your not there, your here) and bring you your present and some KRISPY KREMES! Remember, you would always say, "Hey Mom, let's go to Krispy Kreme!" I wish I would have taken you there everyday. I still cry when I pass by there and see the "Hot" sign on.

Happy Birthday my beautiful Trey! I know that I will see you soon and I can't wait for that day to come, as that is what get's me through each day here without you. Please baby, keep your watch over Kyle while he is in Iraq and over Tara and Taylor. Kyle tells us that he feels you with him all the time. We gave him some of your stuff to take with him over there and it made him so happy. I meet so many people that still think of you everyday and talk about how much they love and miss you, it's amazing, the effect you had on people and the impression you made during your short, but beautiful 16 years. I love that you come to me, giving me hugs and kisses and the talks that we have. I know people who don't understand this probably think I'm "whacked", as you would say, but that's okay, I know better, I know it's you and it's real. I have felt you, you hands, your hair, your face and I feel your kisses and hugs just as if you were standing right in front of me. That is a very precious gift that you give me and so, so special. Thank you Trey, thank you Trey, thank you baby. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you! Happy 19th Birthday my beautiful baby boy!

With all my love, heart and soul forever, Mommy.

Mary Beth Jacob

August 3, 2007

MY DEAREST TREY,WELL TOMORROW IS YOUR NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY. I WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY. I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND THINK ABOUT YOU ALL OF THE TIME, IT IS HARD FOR ME TO WRITE TO YOU ANYMORE. IT IS JUST NOT FAIR,THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY AND IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER. I WENT TO THE CEMETERY TODAY AND PUT BALLOONS, FLOWERS AND A CARD THERE,IF YOU WERE HERE TMORROW WE WOULD GO TO APPLEBEES AND GET YOUR FAVORITE BLEU CHEESE STEAK AND YOUR FAVORITE BLONDIE DESERT,LIKE WE ALWAYS DID. TIME GOES ON BUT ITS SO HARD. ITALK ABOUT YOU ALL OF THE TIME ALMOST LIKE YOU WERE STILL HERE. ITS SO HARD TO BELIEVE YOURE REALLY GONE,YOUR COMFORTER IS STILL FOLDED UP ON YOUR TOP BUNK WHERE YOU PUT IT THAT FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE I LEFT FOR WORK. EVERYTHING HERE IS ABOUT THE SAME. TAYLOR IS STILL LIVING WITH YOUR DAD AND THERESA. I NEVER SEE YOUR MOM OR TARA ANYMORE,TAYLOR IS A HANDFUL. I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO HELP YOUR DAD AND TAYLOR.TAYOR WILL BE IN THE 10TH GRADE THIS YEAR. TIME IS PASSING SO FAST. I WILL BE 70 NEXT MONTH.I LOVE YOU TREY AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY TREY.IT HAS BEEN A VERY HARD TWO AND A HALF YEARS I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY.YOUR BEST FRIEND ALWAYS

GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

August 2, 2007

Hey Trey..I dont know why but this site just popped up in my head && I wanted to check up on it. Makes me cry just looking at it. I apologize for not visiting you when Im home as much anymore and things like that...but it just seems harder now. I get angry more than anything. I get angry when I think about it & angry when people bring you up. I know it's wrong of me..but it's just so unfair. && I hate it. I went to visit you on the 2-year anniversary...saw your dad up there so I kept driving because I figured he wanted to be alone with you. But then I came back. I was so sad. That night Tara, Cedric, and his friend "Peezy" went to church. Haha...can you imagine the group of us at church? It was good though. Tara and I are quite close...I take comfort in that. No one replaces you though. I just want you to know I really miss you. A LOT. I got to get back to studying...but just know I love you!

Mindy

March 6, 2007

Marybeth,and family i am so sorry for being so late ,i was very sadden to hear of your loss i remmber trey as a little boy he was so cute!our kids had so much fun together.i would love to talk to you please contact me

TAMMY Lane /burgert

February 10, 2007

Dear Trey,
I think of you all the time, but today a little more than usual. I know you know I love you and miss you. I'm thankful for having you in my life those last few years after you came to live with Grandma. Your childhood all happened while I was in Tulsa, and I missed out on a lot. Not that I would have probably been much help to you. I was so busy with getting my life on track - work, marriage and babies. But when you came to Grandmas you accepted me just as I am, with all my quirks and faults. You made a difference in my life, you added to it. I miss you. I'm so glad you asked Jesus to come into your heart and make your spirit alive to God. I know you are in Heaven. I will see you again, at the right time. I love you Trey!

Love,
Aunt Kim

Kim Vieira

January 21, 2007

MY DEAREST TREY, THANKSGIVING IS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND IT WILL BE OUR SECOND THANKSGIVING WITHOUT YOU,YOU ALWAYS WENT TO UNCLE BERRYS WITH ME FOR DINNER. I WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH ON THAT DAY,I MISS YOU EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. THE HOLIDAYS ARE SO SAD WITHOUT YOU. ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MISS YOU EVERY DAY AND THINK OF YOU ALL OF THE TIME. YOUR DAD MISSES YOU SO TERRIBLY AND WILL NEVER GET OVER ALL OF THIS AND NEITHER WILL I. WE WENT TO KASSLEYS TO A MEMORIAL LAST NIGHT. IT IS VERY HARD.XMAS WILL BE HERE SOON IT WILL BE OUR SECOND XMAS WITHOUT YOU I THINK OF YOUR LAST ONE AND HOW HAPPY YOU WERE. WE TALKED SO MUCH AND SHARED SO MANY THINGS. I CAN STILL HEAR YOU LAUGHING AND TALKING.ITS HARD TREY.I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH TAYLOR MISSES YOU TOO.HE IS ALL GROWN UP NOW, THAT WAS SO VERY HARD ON HIM TOO. HIS ONLY BIG BROTHER,I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,YOUR DAD SPEAKS OF YOU ALL THE TIME, HE MISSES YOU SO MUCH
I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOME DAY I LOVE YOU.
GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

November 21, 2006

just wanted to thank you for being you....and touchin all of our lives

Stephen Allen

October 23, 2006

Dear Trey,



Today, August 11th, we had a little birthday party for Garrett. He just turned 10! Garrett's birthday is actually the 6th, which is just 3 days after yours. I remember you coming to Lolly and Garrett's parties with Grandma the last couple years. Even when the parties were on a Friday night after poor Grandma had worked all day and night, she'd run home to get you and then make it over to my house around 10:00PM or so. Remember the froggy umbrella picture? That was so goofy! I can't even remember why you guys had umbrellas up inside the house? Just crazy I guess. I remember you and Taylor coming to the MAD SCIENCE party Garrett had as a kindergartener, and I asked Grandma if you really had wanted to come or if she made you come. She said you told her you wanted to come. That was so sweet of you. That was the infamous day you and Lolly went for a bike ride and she ditched you for Eric and sent you home by yourself. Anyway, Grandma came over after work even though we'd already gone for Chinese on Sunday night. Bless her heart, she works so hard. She came over and we had coffee, cake and ice cream. Garrett had 4 boys over for a sleepover and Lolly had 2 girls over. They swam, bounced on the trampoline, roasted marshmellows at the bonfire and made smores and watched a movie outside on a large screen. It was pretty cute. All these little things we do to make our children's birthdays memorable, I hope it actually is. Of course we had pizza and cheesy bread from Imo's! We had luminaries all around the pool and festive lights and torches all around the back yard. Garrett seemed to really have a good time and get along good with everyone. Sometimes I take life so casual, then I think of you and you help me get a better perspective. One day you were bugging me and then one day I wished you were. Life is kind of cruel in that way. You become more fully aware of how much you appreciate and love people when it's too late. And I guess that's why I come to this guest book, hoping you really read this from Heaven. I love you and miss you Trey.



Love,

Aunt Kim, Tony and the kids

Kim Vieira

August 12, 2006

My dear TreyB:

Just a quick note to say how very much you are loved and never forgotten. I feel your love and strength from above. Keep shining your light upon me and guide me and your family your way - the way to heaven and to the heavenly Father! We will be joined again - our journey here on earth is just that - a journey - to you and God and heaven. You are showing so many of us the way and those that are slipping - well keep on 'em buddy! You know who I mean! As I sit here and type you a mesage (like you don't know what I'm thinking/feeling from heaven) - but I look at your picture above the computer and I feel you here with me Trey. I know you are helping me so much from above. I love you so much and I miss you terribly. I'm trying my best with Taylor and your dad but I can always do better. Please help all of us on our journey TreyB.

LOVE AND HUGS!

Your mean evil step-mom still!

Theresa

Theresa Black

June 11, 2006

mY DEAREST TREY,

THIS IS THE MONTH FOR GRADUATIONS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THEYEAR THAT YOU WOULD HAVE GRADUATED. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN EIGHTEEN INTWO MORE MONTHS.TAYLOR GRADUATED FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE LAST WEEK. HE LIVES WITH YOUR DAD ANDTHERESA STILL.THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP HIM AND SEND HIM THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.HE IS REALLY GROWING . HIS BIRTHDAY IS IN TWO DAYS AND HE WILL BE FOURTEEN.

TIME IS PASSING SO FAST.IT HAS ALMOST BEEN A YEAE AND A HALF SINCE WE LOST YOU.

I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY. AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES A DAY REALLY.I GO TO THE CEMETERY EVERY WEEK. EITHER ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY. IT IS VERY HARD LIVING HERE WITHOUT YOU.I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH.YOU WERE MY TRE. I DREAM ABOUT YOU SOMETIMES BUT I NEVER GET TO TALK TO YOU. YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING TO ME.COURTNEY HAS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND IS GOING TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL. SHE HAS A BABY GIRL NOW, HER NAME IS KYLIE LYNN.WE WENT TO COURTNEYS GRADUATION PARTY SUNDAY MONDAY I WENT TO KIMS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. I SURE DO MISS YOU AT ALL THESE THINGS. YOU WERE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH ME,

I NEVER SEE ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS ANYMORE.THEY USED TO COME BY SOMETIMES.

I MISS YOU TREY AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST AS I DID THEN.THEY SAY TIME HEALS ALL THINGS BUT ITS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR ME TO GET OVER THIS. I HAVE SUCH A VOID IN MY LIFE WITH YOU GONE. I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON,

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH

I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY

LOVE. YOUR BEST FRIEND.

GRANDMA

SHIRLEY BLACK

June 1, 2006

Dear TreyB: Well, Taylor has almost made it though 8th grade - we're really proud of him! I know you are trying your best to show him the way - keep helping him and Tara and keep helping dad, mom, me and grandma and all your family and friends. Boy, I should do ask for alot don't I Trey? You my dear Trey have made such a mark on all of our lives! So young and so very special. God had a plan for you and has a plan for us and I sure hope, and believe, it includes being joined again someday in heaven! I love you TreyB and I miss you terribly. Thanks for the pennies your sending us from heaven! They show up in the strangest places and I know it's you.

LOVE YOU TREYB

Your mean evil step-mom

THERESA

Theresa Black

April 28, 2006

Hi baby!! It's one week from Easter (What's Easter?) and I can't believe the time that has elapsed since I saw you last. It seems like only yesterday, yet again, longer. I want to see you so bad, to hear your voice, your laugh, your cry, I just want to see it all! Everyday, I see your beautiful face and that "Trey" smile, that "Hey, I'm gettin ready to ask you for somethin, so I'm gonna sweet-talk you first" smile!! You cold see it coming, but no one could turn you down, you had that with people, you know. You affected every life you touched. You left such wonderful memories for all your friends. You left such wonderful and funny memories for your family. I love to remember the times when you were younger but still had your own way, and your own special way with people. Everyone loved you Trey, from birth on....people in the grocery store, mall, restaurants, anyone and anywhere, you got to them. Thank you. Thank you Trey for being you and bringing such happiness to our lives. Remember last week, I asked you to please look over Tara and Taylor, that you were their special angel and I needed you to help guide them and to keep them safe....and after talking to your dad the other day, I know, without-a-shadow-of-a-doubt, you were and still are, doing just that. Thank you baby! Tara won't really face that fact that you are gone, she just pretends you are away, but it's catching up to her and it's getting ready to hit her big. We will do our part here to get her through this, but please sweetie, do what you can too, okay!!!! We have been going to a new church called Cornerstone and haven't missed a Sunday in 2 months, I know, even Tara!!!!!!! This was your gift to us Trey, because your death, saved our souls and gave us all eternal life with the Lord Jesus Christ. Wow, you did that baby, you and God, but you knew that all along, didn't you? We will not let you down Trey, we are staying on that road to Life with Him and to life with you. How excited I am! Is Grandma and Grandpa giving you all those hugs and kisses I ask them too? Does Grandma say, "Give me Sugar?" Everyday I ask God to give me strength to make it through one more day, and to take some of this pain away, day-by-day and you know what, He has and He is! He is helping me get better and helps me when I think I can't take it one more day. He shows me one more day, then another. He is Great! It is only through God that a mother and father can survive this loss and I know now, even though it might take years and years, he will stop our tears and fill them with constant joy and hope. I have hope, massive amounts, it's just the joy I'm lacking and I seem unable to find joy in anything sense you passed. I am still obsessed about leaving the house, Sunday's to church is about it, with a very short trip to the store, maybe, throughout the week. But....I am trying and am working on it everyday and that's a start. I can't help but to smile when I think about all that is happening around the world right now and how it steadily gets worse, with no relief. I smile because I know that He, Jesus is coming in the very, very near future and then, I will get my own "sugar" from you! I know that Jesus' hand is on the door and it is just a matter of time (brief) before we are ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, yeahhhhh!!!! Please be proud of us Trey, we have worked very hard to try and become good Christians, and are still learning so much everyday, but Jesus is right there with us, actually, He is a constant here in this house and at your dads. I am so proud of Taylor, he is growing and maturing so much, and spiritually, he's doing awesome! So is Tara, she has the Holy Spirit just biting her butt He's following so close!! I am so very proud of your dad Trey. He is doing so good with Taylor, he's really becoming a good, good father to Taylor and I see this father/son relationship just keep growing, getting stronger every single day, which makes me feel so good knowing I made the right decision in sending him there to live. Theresa, I love her! She is a terrific, loving step-mom to Taylor and goes out-of-her-way making sure he stays in line, which I will be forever grateful for. He needed to be there and as much as I miss him, I know I made the right decision. I am selling the house and will try to find a house in Smithton or Freeburg so he can be with all of us. My beautiful baby boy, please look after all of us as we are all trying so hard to grow. It's so hard here without you but I know you are here with us, every day and that is what makes me smile! Your Grandma Shirley misses you too but I know you have her covered. I wish I had the strength she has because she is the strongest woman, besides your Aunt Kathy, I have ever met. I pray that some of her strength rubs off on me. I promise you Trey, I am fighting back and because of God's love and mercy, I will not veer off this path of healing my grief until I get the strength needed to live in this life without you. I know why you died Trey, I really do,thank you Trey, and thank you for letting us be your family and letting us love you and you loving us for 16 years, as brief as they may have been. I will see you very soon baby, so get those hugs and kisses ready!!!!!!! I love you every minute of the day and I miss you even more....

Love you my beautiful baby boy,,,

Mommy

Mary Beth Jacob

April 9, 2006

Hey..So I didnt know people still wrote in this but I decided I should...and look...people are still writing you! Im so sorry that over Xmas break I only visited like once or twice...I wrote you a note...but somehow it seemed harder while I was home to come and see you. Trey...I recently JUST deleted your name from my phone book. Its so hard knowing that you wont call...or that I cant call you. Mizzou is great....man youd have so much fun visiting up here....I miss you all the time still. You were the best and Im sorry that sometimes I treated you like, "OMG you are annoying me!" hah but really I loved you always. I cant wait to see you again. Its gonna be a blast....we could always laugh about something. No matter what was going on in our lives. I miss you! Look down on us!!

Love you love you!

-Mindy

Mindy

February 15, 2006

Hi TreyB: I just wanted to write a quick note to you to comment how much I've noticed Taylor is starting to look like you! Some of the things he says truly remind me of you and I'm grateful for that. I don't bring it to his attention and I'm certain he's not realizing how much he looks and talks like you. I am glad he's with his dad and I. He's not so glad - but we enjoy him. Keep sending us your signs TreyB and keep shining your light upon us showing us the way. I love you and miss you terribly.

Theresa

theresa black

February 8, 2006

Dear TreyB: I don't know how, but we made it through this year - our first year without you. I guess I do think I know why - because you are with us in spirit and your sending us your signs and your watching over us. I also have to believe that in death we will meet again. Faith is about all I have that keeps me going. When we went to the cemetary on Saturday, the anniversary of your death, one of your friends (Nick or Matt, I can't remember) said about 100 of your friends had already been out to your grave. WOW - You had a lot of friends and your friends did not forget you - your dad talks about how important it is to keep your memory alive - he doesn't want anyone to ever forget you! Saturday proved to us that your friends have not and God knows your family will never forget you. We miss you terribly Trey. Some days it seems like it was just yesterday that the call came to us about the accident and we walked into that hospital to hear of what happened. Some days it feels like it never really happened and that you'll come strolling through the door saying "what's up?" Life as we knew it will never be the same without you in it but we have to believe we will meet again - that's what keeps me sane. I love you TreyB and I miss you terribly. I'll take care of your dad but I need your help. I know how much he loves and misses you terribly and it breaks my heart to see his pain. He's been trying very hard to do the right things for Taylor and Joel and I and I know you are guiding him TreyB. You are and will save him just like you are for me and everyone who knew you and believes we'll meet again. Until then-

LOVE AND HUGS!

Theresa

Theresa black

January 11, 2006

MY DEAR TREYBE I TRULY TRULY MISS YOU SON. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART. TOMORROW MARKS THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU BEEN GONE, ITS BEEN THE LONGEST HARDEST YEAR WITHOUT YOU,THERES NOT BEEN ADAY THAT I HAVE NOT CRIED,SCREAMED,AND YELLED FOR YOU. I GUESS THATS A FATHERS WAY OF MISSING AND LOVING YOU. YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME ALOT THIS PAST YEAR. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART DADDY.

terry black

January 6, 2006

MY DEAREST TREY,

THE 7TH OF JANUARY WILL BE HERE SATURDAY,MAKING THIS PAST YEAR THE WORSE YEAR OF OUR LIVES.WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH AND WE STILL CANT BELIEVE THIS REALLY HAPPENED.EVERY DAY YOU ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND WE WONDER HOW WE CAN GET THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK WITHOUT YOU, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG HARD YEAR WITH ALL OF US COUNTING THE DAYS SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU.I CANT BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN GONE A YEAR BUT IN A WAY IT SEEMS SO MUCH LONGER.KENNY CHESNEY SAYS IT BEST I WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD BE TODAY? SUNNY DAYS SEEM TO HURT THE MOST, I WEAR THE PAIN LIKE A HEAVY COAT.NO ONE COULD HEAR THAT SONG AND NOT THINK OF YOU AND CRY.I MISS YOU SO MUCH TREY I EVEN MISS THE WAY YOU SAID GRANDMA, YOU ALWAYS SAID IT LIKE YOU WERE SO EXCITED AND HAD SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT TO TELL ME. EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME WAS TRUE, I DIDNT UNDERSTAND THAT THEN BUT I DO NOW. WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS HOW WE ALL FEEL.

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ,SOMEDAY,LOVE,

GRANDMA

shirley black

January 3, 2006

Dear TreyB: Today is New Year's Eve and I wake up remembering last year around this time. You and I had gotten into a big argument, little did I know it was our last argument - big or small! I remember thinking the reason you wanted to argue with me was because you wanted to do your own thing with no curfew times on New Year's Eve! When I look back, I'm glad you got to do what you wanted - I'm sure you had fun and I just wish you could have shared your New Year's Eve, your last New Year's Eve, with us. But, as you were Trey, you were always "on a mission". I believe somehow God was leading you to "live your life to the fullest" because it wasn't going to be long. I guess I can realize that now, but I sure do wish it could have been different. I often wonder why??????? Why you???? But all I can justify in my mind and heart is that you were that special young man that God had a plan for - all short as it was - and that now you are saving so many people who are trying to change their lives so we can all be joined in death - me, your dad and mom, Taylor, (keep working on Tara!) and all of your friends who miss you terribly as well- you are saving us all! I miss you terribly TreyB. Me and Taylor are going to a movie and grabbing a bite to eat tonight for New Year's Eve- your dad has to work. Taylor is going to be my "New Year's Eve" date-whether he likes it or not-hee hee. We're meeting one of my girlfriends from work (Linda) with her 15 year old son. Taylor doesn't know her son, Joe, but they are going to meet tonight. I hope Taylor has a good time. I'm sure his movie choices may differ from mine so Linda and I may see a chic flick while he and Joe see a nailbiter! I think of you daily and talk to you every morning on my way to work. Joel often wonders when he gets in my car why the radio isn't on! I leave the radio off and I talk to you. Thanks for listening TreyB! Keep guiding us so we can all be joined in heaven. I love you TreyB.

Until we meet again!

Theresa, your mean evil step-mom!hee hee

Theresa black

December 31, 2005

MY DEAREST TREY,WELL,THE NIGHT IS OVER NOW. OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU.IT HAS BEEN A LONG HARD ELEVEN MONTHS, TRUST ME. TAYLOR LIVES WITH YOUR DAD AND THERESA NOW AND HAS FOR A FEW MONTHS, HE GOES TO SCHOOL IN SMITHTON.IT IS DIFFERENT FOR HIM BUT HE IS ADJUSTING REAL GOOD, IT HAS BEEN HARD ON HIM TOO LOSING YOU AND LOSING ALL HIS FRIENDS BY MOVING TO A DIFFERENT TOWN.I SURE DO MISS YOU AND ALL THE THINGS WE USE TO DO TOGETHER, I AM SO GLAD I MADE ALL THOSE LONG TRIPS TAKING YOU TO THE STUDIO TO RECORD YOUR MUSIC. IF I HADNT TAKEN YOU I WOULDNT HAVE YOUR CD.S TO LISTEN TO NOW,TODAY WAS XMAS AND TONIGHT I WENT TO CAPE TO VISIT WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTER. REMEMBER WHEN I TOOK YOU THERE FOR THE FAMILY REUNIONS? YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE FROM THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE WENT THERE LAST NIGHT WE ALL WENT TO AUNT SHERRYS FOR DINNER AND TO OPEN OUR GIFTS.YOU WERE THERE LAST YEAR.REMEMBER THE BOOTS YOU WANTED SO BAD FOR XMAS? I AM SO GLAD I GOT THEM FOR YOU.LITTLE DID I KNOW WE WOULD BURY YOU IN THEM.TREY. WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO GO TO ALTON THAT DAY? YOU WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.I TRIED TO CALL YOU ON YOUR CELL AND COULDNT FIND YOU. I LEFT YOU ALL KINDS OF MESSAGES ON YOUR PHONE TELLING YOU THAT YOUR PHONE WAS DEAD OR TURNED OFF BECAUSE IT RANG DIFFERENLY, YOU HAD JUST HAD YOUR ACCIDENT,

TREY. EVERYONE MISSES YOU SO MUCH AND LOVES YOU SO MUCH.IF ONLY YOU HAD KNOWN HOW MUCH I HAVE NO REGRETS, I SAID EVERYTHING TO YOU THAT I FELT SO I DONT FEEL LIKE I WISH I HAD TOLD YOU THIS OR THAT. BECAUSE I TELL YOU EVERYTHING. I TRIED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY AND I FEEL I DID I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND AND I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR YOU, YOU KNEW THAT, YOU KN EW I WAS ON YOUR SIDE NO MATTER WHAT AND YOUR WERENT AFRAID. YOU WOULD SAY I FEEL BETTER NOW AFTER I WOULD PROMISE YOU I WOULD BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT I MISS YOU TERRIBLY . ITS BEEN A HARD YEAR FOR YOUR DAD TOO. THAT LAST WEEK YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU LOVED YOUR DAD VERY MUCH, I AM SO GLAD YOU TWO WERE GREAT FRIENDS.I AM GLAD FOR THE THREE YEARS I HAD YOU. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH TREY I KNOW YOU ALWAYS SAID I WAS A WOMAN WITH A PLAN BUT I NEVER PLANNED ON THIS KEEP A WATCH OVER US ALL AND ESPECIALLY ME BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS SAID YOU DIDNT KNOW HOW I DROVE A CAR WITHOUT YOU .I MISS YOU TREY BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY TAKE CARE OF US ALL WHAT A BIG JOB.I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU, YOUR BEST FRIEND.

GRANDMAM

shirley black

December 26, 2005

Merry Christmas Baby!!



Trey, my beautiful baby boy, it's our first Christmas without you, it's been no Christmas at all. I promise next year will be better, it was just too hard this time. How do I shop without you? How do I buy for presents for Tara and Taylor and not you? I couldn't. Tara and Taylor went to your Aunt Sheri's last night with your dad and Theresa and then spent the night at your dad's house. This was the first Christmas EVER, I did not have my children with me, opening their jammies X-Mas Eve, then waking up at dawn, or before, to open their presents Christmas morning. I wanted them to have a happy Christmas and I knew they would at your dad's house. I knew it would be hard, and it was, but it lightened my heart knowing they were opening their presents without me crying every second. I spent the morning by myself, talking to you and remembering all the Christmas' before....last Christmas especially. I can see you sitting on the couch and loving your new Kenneth Cole watch. You told me it was the perfect watch and was your new favorite thing. Then, this year, you gave me my most favorite, precious gift I have ever received, the rocking chair your dad bought for me when you were born. The one that I rocked you to sleep in everyday. When he brought it in the door, I couldn't believe it! He said he had it in storage and last year you found it and wanted it so you asked your dad if you could give it to me for Chirstmas last year. Your dad told me you both forgot to give it to me so he gave it to me this year. Thank you Trey....I will rock in it everyday and sing your song, the one I made up when you were a baby titled "This Little Boy". The first few lines went something like this." "This little boy, his name is Trey, he likes to play and play all day. When it's time, to take his nap, he lays his head upon my lap." You remember it, don't you? I talked to Bud last night and he misses you terribly too. He was talking about the farm and how it's not the same without you and your "tactics", and how you always got a deer. He said you were an excellent hunter and was very proud of you and that brought a smile to my face. Today is almost over, thank God. I can't stand it here without you.



It will be January 7th, soon and that will be another day of tears. I pray for strength everyday and pray that Jesus keeps you near his side. You are our dear angel Trey so please look over all of us, especially your baby brother, who misses you so much. I love you beautiful baby boy and still cry every single day. To me, today is January 7th, 2005. I will write you again on New Year's Day. Until then, a million hugs and kisses and I LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU UNTIL THE DAY WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN!!!!



Love you baby....Mommy.

Mary Beth Jacob

December 25, 2005

Mr Dear TreyB: It's Christmas and I sure do wish I could give you a Christmas hug. It's just not the same without you any day - much less Christmas. I woke up this morning and, of course, I found a "penny" on the floor that your dad said has been there a while - but we all know with my cleaning, there's no way there's anything on my floor "for a while" especially since I just totally cleaned my house yesterday for Christmas. Anyway, I just saw it this morning (when I was sitting on the bed giving Tara and Joel a few minutes of sleep before I woke them for Santa--Taylor was already up!) and I believe it was your sign to me today. Thank you. Oh and thanks for the sign on Friday night when your dad and I were shopping by letting your dad find that "penny" at the checkout lane - even though it would seem natural to find a penny at the checkout lane of Wal Mart - he found it and showed it to me and I believe it was your sign to Dad and I!!! Oh and do you remember last year when we were at the mall shopping and we passed the Santa Workshop? Well Julie and I were at the mall last week shopping and we saw the same Santa Workshop. It reminded me of last year when you and I were shopping and we passed that same Santa Shop - I asked you if you would like to get our picture taken with Santa - me and you and Santa - and your response was "in a minute". I regret not taking that minute and getting our picture taken. You've helped me to realize oh so much - that we may not have "tomorrow" with the people we love and care about. You are guiding me to remember that and to go the extra mile with my family and friends so I don't regret things like not getting our picture taken with Santa! It didn't sound like much last year when we let it go by without a picture - but it sure does today. Even the little things we think won't matter - MAY MATTER someday.

We're getting through this first holiday without you - barely - but we know you are here with us in spirit - and we know you are watching us. Merry Christmas TreyB - I love you and I miss you terribly. Please keep guiding me and helping me to act on even the "little things" because some day they may really matter and - and until we meet again TreyB!

LOVE THERESA

Theresa Black

December 25, 2005

My dear treybe merry christmas son. Im not sure how I will ever get through another christmas without you,I just dont know. I do know your with me everyday son. My memories of you dont fade they just get brighter. I will take care of that christmas present for your mother. MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY, LOVE YOU ALWAYS DADDY.

TERRY BLACK

December 24, 2005

Dear, Trey there is never a day that goes by that you dont cross my mind, and today everything came back to 10x worse, last night my friend kurt died and it just brought every little thing back.Reminds me that tommrow is never guarenteed..I just dont understand why everyone close is dying...i hope one day i get the answer to all that... Do you remeber how my answer for why we are the way we are, is because I'TS A JOHNSON THING...hahah i think about you and mindy gigllin about that all the time.. To tell ya the truth i still do have alot of guilt when it comes down to ..I wish i would of been there for you more called you more hugged you more...I am sometimes jeleous of the realtionship you and mindy had...im tryin to make up for it in a little way by not letting the same thing happen with me and mindy. I know your watchin over us all , all of the time especially when were all togehter. And trey i will do my best to help your mom day to day , shes been a real friend to me..and so has ur sister...well, its gettn late so i better get off i will write you soon. please take care of kurt..I love you and miss you a whole bunch.

Stephanie Johnson

December 18, 2005

My dearest Trey: It sure isn't the same without you here. I've been wondering what to write in your book and now I've got tons to write! Imagine that: me having something to say?

I remember last year about this time when we went shopping to the mall. You had to buy "your gal" a Christmas gift and you had asked me to take you shopping a few times and finally we did. We went to South County mall and after a few "minutes" of following me around the mall (truly - just a few minutes!) you asked me for $20 to buy your girlfriend a gift because you knew what you wanted to get her and you would just "find" me when you were done (we're in the mall - not at Wal Mart!) But, I said fine and when I pulled out my wallet, you reminded me that there would be tax so could you have a little more than $20. I gave you $40 and you said you'd bring back the change. After about only 15 minutes you appeared back with a gift - a belt buckle. I was so surprised you were back so quick and with a gift purchased too! I truly don't know how you found me in the mall and I truly don't know how you only needed 15 minutes to pick out a gift! You showed me the belt buckle and you asked me ten or twenty times if I thought she would like it. Despite how many times I said yes, you had to make sure I guess. Oh and you came back with no change and you felt bad about spending the whole $40. I told you kiddingly you could work it off in trade helping me around the house! You laughed. I wish you were here today so I could hear you laugh again but I play that day back in my mind and it makes me smile. We had alot of good times Trey - not enough though. Remember going Christmas tree hunting and you and I staying in the warm truck and dad going out in the cold to get our tree? Then we stopped and picked up bologna because you wanted a fried bologna sandwich! Thank you for all the memories - I will treasure them - all of them - I wish there were more. I am proud to say I was and still am, your mean evil step-mom (a name you liked to tease me with).

I try to go to church alot more now. You've helped me to be closer to God and I know it helps Taylor also to go to church. The pastor said at church the other Sunday when he was preaching (talking) about when people died that were close to us that if there was something we we sorry for and wanted to say to them but obviously couldn't, we should write them a letter and ask them to forgive us. I just want to ask you to forgive me for not hugging you like we always did the last time I saw you in the parking lot of my office. I am so so sorry I didn't give you the last hug I could have ever given you. I think of that day every morning when I pull into the parking lot at work. I said here's your insurance card and you said thanks and pulled away. I didn't even ask for the hug - I should have insisted! Every time you left the house, I would remind you to give me a hug and you always did. I just didn't know how much a hug meant until I wasn't able to give you the one I didn't ask for and should have. The preacher said to ask you in a letter to forgive me. Please forgive me TreyB. I am also sorry for not always understanding how you were. I was just so afraid for you - that's why I was hard on you and also I just wanted you to be the best you could be and it didn't seem like you were headed in the right direction some days. None of us are perfect and I wasn't asking for that. I simply wanted for you (as all parents do) the best for their kids. I know I'm not your mom - but I love you like a son and I told you that a thousand times. Even when we'd argue about you being late, I told you I was scared something was going to happen and you said I was "crazy"! Call it intuition but I just had a feeling. I know I couldn't change what happened on January 7, 2005, it was God's plan - and I know now that I can't change missing out on giving you that hug in my office parking lot. What I can change now is my life--so that when I die, I hope I am lifted up to heaven by the angels to join you and everyone close to me I've lost.



Remember when we watched the movie "The Big Fish" together? It was a goofy movie but you laid on the loveseat and me on the couch and we watched the whole movie. Normally when we'd sit and watch TV together when your dad was at work after you'd get home from night school by curfew, you would get up and go up to your room before the show was over to go talk on the phone, watch your own TB upstairs. But we watched the whole movie together and when the main character died in the movie, I remember telling you that night and your dad the next day about it and telling you both how much it felt so real and it made me think that in death you would be carried off into the heavens (in the movie he was carried off into the water) - well, you know what happened in the movie. The reason I mention this is because when I think about that movie and your sudden death, and the odd thing of you and I ever watching a movie like that together. Well-it just helps me to believe that God put us there together watching that movie. I didn't think so much about it then - but I do now.



Taylor is with us now and he's doing great! Joel is here too and I think he helps Taylor having him around. Joel can't take your place Trey in Taylor's life-no one ever can or will. You are so special and you've touched so many hearts. Not a day goes by that you are not in our thoughts, tears, laughter, or our radio (CD's you made)!Taylor misses you a ton but he is trying very hard. You are guiding us through our life-all of us. Thank you. You taught me and continue to teach me alot. I don't let anyone leave without a hug. Sometimes when dad and I are in an argument, I do forget (well, not really forget) and then I think about it and feel bad so I try very hard not to let that happen. If Taylor is out to the road on his way to the bus stop (I take him in the car now that it's too cold), then I make him come back and give me a hug! Now, if the bus is coming down the road and we're in the car and the kids might see him - there's no hugging! But, he knows and he gets out of the car and smiles. I wish I could have put a smile on your face the last time I saw you. I didn't. I'm so sorry and like the preacher suggested, I'm asking you to forgive me for that day and for any other day I may not have said or did the right things or didn't understand you. I regret I didn't say or do all the right things at the right times. You've taught me to try and understand my kids better and also that each day of my life when I go to bed, I should not have regrets because you never know whether you'll have the next day or the next minute to change/say sorry.



We talk about you alot and we like to tell stories about you to make us smile/laugh. We cry alot too. I told Joel lastnight after Taylor went to bed that often I look at your picture and I don't want to believe that I'll never see you again. Joel reminded me that I have to believe that I will.

Dad is doing okay - of course he misses you terribly. Help him to understand he will see you again and show him too. I try to get him to church with Taylor and I and he goes every once in while - but he has the flu or a cold alot on Sundays (ha). Sometimes Dad loses his way - we all do - keep sending us your signs Trey. Faith keeps us going in the right direction.

Oh, one last thing the preacher suggested was that after we write a letter asking for forgiveness, we should write ourself a letter from our loved one saying "I forgive you." Love Trey.

Maybe this letter writing and a good cry does help. You are dearly missed Trey,always loved and never forgotten.

Until we meet again-

LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART AND A BIG HUG



THERESA

Theresa Black

December 6, 2005

To my beautiful baby boy...hi baby!



Even though today is December 5, it is still January 7th, 2005 to me. It's like Groundhog Day...Jan. 7th, everyday. I miss you soooo much, I really still cannot believe this ever happened. The first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning is you and that you are gone from me....and it's the last thing I think of before I close my eyes at night. It never goes away, not for a minute. I still haven't figured out how to live without you. I still cry everyday, all day...I even scream at the top of my lungs for you to come back to me. You are the lucky one Trey, your spirit grows everyday, you are in the most wonderful, peaceful, loving place of all, heaven, and you are with our most precious perfect Lord, Jesus Christ. How amazing that must be for He picked YOU to be with Him. I have gotten to know Him very well since you left us and it is because of Him that I have survived your passing. I live my life on this earth trying eagerly to please Him and reading the Bible for strength and obedience so I can see you again. I can't wait to kiss that beautiful face and to see that "Trey" smile. My poor baby, you didn't even get your braces off yet.



It's been all our firsts' without you... your first birthday, first Halloween, first Thanksgiving and soon, our first Christmas without you. You know how I loved to decorate and how I started the first of November, well, I still have nothing up, not even a tree. I cannot celebrate Christmas this year, not without you. You would have been on every HipHop site there was by now, and making me look at every pair of shoes, throwbacks and cd's, and would plead to me why you MUST have each and everyone one. I can hear your voice over and over, saying "Mom, hey Mom, I got to show you what I want for Christmas. Hey, howbout we go shopping today and I'll show you in person!" And yes, I would get you everything you wanted, like always. Why did I do that? Why did I always get you more than Tara and Taylor? I know that answer now and I am sorry I didn't get you everything you wanted. This year there will be no tree either. Taylor and Tara will celebrate at your dad's house and I will stay home. I won't ruin the families Christmas with my crying, which has been non-stop lately, telling me Christmas will be like the Great Flood. Remember how every X-Mas Eve the only present you, Tara and Taylor got to open were your pajamas? Tradition. How can we do that this year without you? Who's going wear your jammies? Oh Trey, oh Trey, please come back to me.



Do you see me wear your clothes during the day? I love wearing them, I can smell you on them. Do you hear me talk to you? Do you hear me pray for you? Yes, I know you do. Do you know how much I love you...really, really love you? Yes, I know you do. We all love you Trey, and the void in our hearts is never going to be filled until we see you again. I spend my days thinking about all our little trips, long vacations and how we would laugh, laugh until we were crying over our movie imitations, or your Gilbert Grape/The Other Sister routine. You are so funny..so "special". All of your friends come to see me and that makes me happy. They all called Thanksgiving, calling to tell me they were thinking of us and how much they loved and missed you. Breana calls often and comes by, she has been so sweet to me. Dwight takes Taylor to his house to play video games...Taylor loves that. He misses you Trey, and so does Tara. Everyone who ever knew you misses you. You were always special Trey, even in heaven.



I will write again this week, but the crying has started again and I have to stop now. I love you baby, and I send you kisses and those great big squeeze-so-hard hugs. You will always be my beautiful baby boy and I am working very hard every day living by God's words and praying to Him daily for strength, wisdom, patience, understanding, and most of all, praying and asking through Jesus that He keeps your bright spirit and soft, wonderful soul near His loving, comforting, peaceful guiding light until your father and I are with you again. That is the ultimate journey Trey, one we can't wait to take and to truly thank God for letting us have you all those young 16 years. Thank you God, and thank you Jesus for through You, Trey has received everlasting life, the greatest gift a parent could receive, and that is how a parent survives the death of their children. Faith.



I love you, I love you, I love you. I will write in a few days beautiful baby boy.



Love and miss you every second of every day.....Mommy

Mary Beth Jacob

December 5, 2005

MERRY CHRISTMAS TREY!

I am getting my Christmas cards ready and Grandma had told me about her

Christmas gift to you, sponsoring your journal for LIFE, so we can always have you near. How wonderful. Well, to fill you in on what is happening here, as if you may not already see, Our family needs you. We need you and Grandpa to look over our family and by that I mean all of us, but a very special person at this time. Please help to guide her to be strong and be able to make it through whatever it takes to get her back to us all. We all love each other so much and you have a very close relationship with her, already, remember? We need her to make our family complete, again. Please let her know she is not alone and we are with her spirit and soul, and body, whatever it takes. We pray, and I do believe everyone has an Angel watching over them. That is where you come in, I believe you could be the Angel she needs. Please thank God and watch over her, and I almost forgot, please give her parents the strength and faith to make it through this trying time.



I remember the hug you gave me last Christmas at Aunt Sherry's and so when I think of you I feel happy. We love you and will see you again. Thanks for your help. Who knows, maybe this will help you get your wings!!

We can never have too many Angels.

Try, please give this message to Grandpa Berry.

P.S. Hi Daddy, the Holidays make me miss you more than I can really say, I love you so very much.I miss our times together. Daddy,We need your help. I'll be watching for a sign. Merry Christmas Trey, and you too, Daddy

Love, as always,

Aunt Kay and Family

kay miller

December 4, 2005

MY TREYBEE, WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH YOU ARE MISSED,BY EVERYONE.I TRULY MISS YOUR SMILES,YOUR LAUGHS,YOUR CRYS&OF COURSE YOUR CONS.YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYS EVERYDAY ALL 329 AS OF TODAY.ITS HARD AROUND THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT YOU,I KNOW YOU ARE AT EASE AND IN GODS HANDS.I MISS AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH DADDY.

TERRY BLACK

December 2, 2005

Well... whats see whats happen. I now live with Dad and life is miserable without you here. I have become more mature and you know that. dad and Theresa now have a house and yada yada yada lol. I miss you alot man and so i guess i'll c you when its my time but for now i'll wait.

Love your Brother Taylor

Taylor Black

December 1, 2005

Dear Trey,

I just got the notification that someone had entered something in your guestbook, so I thought I would check it out. I see it was Aunt Kim, as she always does, thinks of you and misses you greatly. I thought it has been a while since I too, have written you, so here goes. I have been out to see Grandpa (Black) just the other day, and I thought of you as I knelt down to place a kiss on his tombstone, and I swear I thought " Trey is probably fishin with daddy and Grandpa Roscoe, (daddy's dad) as they always were looking for a reason or someone to go fishing with, you know. You are lucky to have such a huge family with so many that love you, as you are so blessed to be with the ones that we dearly miss, and cannot wait till we are there also. Well, moli and Max send their love, as do Joely and Gary-Michael, we all love and miss you so very much. You are one of the things that helps many people believe that there is a life after this, something to look forward to, and not be afraid, I know I do. While We all miss you, Daddy, Gary-Wayne, Uncle Kevin, and Mr. Miller, and let us not forget, all of Daddy's family is there with you. Man, you are probably so busy and surrounded by family, that you too, are happy, I am sure. You are a great young man and I saw the wonderful person inside you. Please help watch over Our family as you now are in our prayers often and I am sure you do look out for all of us, from time to time. Moli is always writing Poems about you and pretty good ones, might I add. So you may see one in here very shortly. See you later. We love and miss you always. Aunt Kay & Family

kay miller

October 25, 2005

Dear Trey,



I was thinking of you today as my kids both had friends over and they were all running through our little house and I was getting ready to tell them to "stop running, the house is too small and your'e going to break something!" I remembered the time you were chasing my kids through the house and I made you guys quit. I now wish I hadn't. I let them continue to run today and they had a great time. Thanks for reminding me that sometimes these simple little pleasures in life (messing up the house, being loud and a little wild) are the ones we cherish and remember the most.



I miss you Trey. I love you.



Aunt Kim

Kim Vieira

October 21, 2005

Dear Trey's Family:



I only met Trey a couple of times. Once when he was small, at my sister's house in Belleville [Ronda Freeman], and once at my house in 2004 when my sister Ronda remarried [now Ronda Williams] here in Georgia. He was a great kid and it broke my heart to hear of your tragedy. As an outsider looking in, I want you to know how much I enjoy your heartfelt emails to Troy. Troy was obviously loved, and will always be loved by family and friends. I would like to say to his Grandma how lucky he was to be so loved by you. My mother loved and felt about her family as you do -- everytime you write Trey you touch my soul. Thank you for sharing the beautiful memories of Trey with all who subscribe to the Guest Book. God Bless You.

Keni Cook Bishop &

Ronda Cook Williams

Keni Cook Bishop

August 31, 2005

Dear Trey,

This Sunday in church we had the rapper MYNISTA minister a song to the congregation. I thought of you, how once when he was going to come to our church to hold a youth meeting and you said you'd come and then at the last minute you were busy. I was so disappointed because I wanted you to see and hear him, hear his story how he'd been a guy out there wanting fame with rapping (like you)and then God got ahold of him and changed his music into a minstry. I know you would have really liked it. I think it could have changed your lifes direction. I wish I could have been more persistant, something, to have gotten you to our church and maybe just maybe you would have been at the teenagers meeting that Friday night, cutting up with the other high schoolers, listening to music.



When Grandma told me how you went to church with your dad and Theresa and got saved I told her how I had had a dream- that you, your dad and Theresa were standing in a row at church with me as we all we all worshiped God and in the dream I I looked down the row at you guys and I thought cool, finally! It was such an inspiration.



I miss you and I love you.



Love, Aunt Kim

Kim Vieira

August 30, 2005

MY DEAREST TREY,

TONIGHT WE ALL WENT OUT TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY.YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVENTEEN THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. IT SURE HAS BEEN A LONG HARD SEVEN MONTHS FOR ALL OF US. WE WENT TO APPLEBEES AND I HAD YOUR FAVORITE. BLU CHEESE SIRLOIN STEAK. I ALWAYS TOOK YOU THERE FOR THAT.TREY , THIS HOUSE IS SO EMPTY WITHOUT YOU. WE ALL WENT TO THE CEMETERY AND PUT BALLOONS AND THINGS THERE FOR YOU.

I AM SENDING YOU A LITTLE POEM FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY. IT MADE ME PRETTY SAD BUT I WANTED TO SEND IT TO YOU. ALL YOUR FRIENDS MISS YOU SO MUCH TOO. ALL OF THEM.

MY TREY IS ONLY A PICTURE

IN A FRAME THAT HANGS ON THE WALL

EACH DAY I TALK TO MY TREBEE

BUT HE NEVER TALKS AT ALL

I TELL HIM ALL OF MY SECRETS

AND ALL OF MY LITTLE PLANS

AND FROM THE WAY HE SMILES AT ME

I KNOW HE UNDERSTANDS

THE ANGELS TOOK TREY TO HEAVEN

WHEN HE WAS JUST GOING ON SEVENTEEN

BUT I BET THEY NEVER TOLD HIM

HOW SAD AND LONELY WE WOULD BE

I TRY TO CHEER UP HIS DADDY

WHEN THE TEARS ROLL DOWN HIS FACE

OUR TREBEE IS ONLY A PICTURE

THAT NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE

WE LOVE YOU TREY

SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM

GRANDMA

shirley black

August 7, 2005

yo trey......i just wanted to let you kno that i will see you when i get to heaven......and people that believe in god and believe that god answers prayers dont say good-bye....we say...I'll see you in the morning.



Much Love and respect



RIP

stephen allen

July 22, 2005

We love you Trey!

Love,

Lolly and Garrett

Lolly and Garrett Vieira

July 4, 2005

Dear Trey,

Grandma and I were sitting around enjoying our 4th of July holiday and of course talking about you and missing you. We just wanted to check the website and let everyone who visits the site know we too miss you! We love you very much and wish you were here!



Love Aunt Kim and Grandma

Aunt Kim Vieira

July 4, 2005

Dear Trey,

I wish i would have known about this website earlier than i found it. It just goes to show you that I always have thoughts for you. Man...it has been a long ride for me since I last saw you man. Ive came up a lot. You helped me realize a great deal of things and where to put my head which is right in front of me and keeping moving. Your friendship with me was such a great thing. I will never find anyone to replace what me and you had. Its just so crazy how I thought you and me would be close till the end I just didnt mean for the end to be so soon. I wanted to grow to be men and laugh about the things that happend back in the day, but things arnt always peaches and cream. But they were for the whole time i known you cause no matter what you were there for me when i needed someone most. That is why I admired you. I mean when it came down to it i mean all the way to it you always had somewhere in your heart and good grace to help me. Like the first day we met and you said "Mike it feels like I have known you my whole life." That was so true cause that same day me u and ced went to mcdonalds and u had me covered. That was just the first day i met you. When we really got to know eachother It was on and couldnt nobody stop us. And they never will cause as long as my pressence is here on earth nobody will stop me from reaching the goal we have been trying to succeed at for so long and I promise you...You will be at the top with me. Well man there is so much things i could say but im going to cut it short..all in all i love you breeze and i hope youll be here for me spritually and help me through the thorns..cause if life throws leamons, throw em back right? haha well man whereevr you are i hope its better than ever. much love and respect to you.

-Mike AKA Killa Mic!

Mike McReynolds

May 23, 2005

MY DEAREST TREY,

WELL, AS YOU KNOW I AM NO GOOD WITH COMPUTERS BUT HERE GOES. I MISS YOU SO MUCH THAT I CAN HARDLY STAND IT . IT HAS BEEN A LONG HARD THREE AND A HALF MONTHS FOR ME SINCE THAT FATEFUL FRIDAY WHEN I LAST SAW YOU. THAT MORNING WHEN I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND YOU GOT UP AND HUGGED ME AND SAID BYE GRANDMA, I LOVE YOU. IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN THAT WOULD BE BE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, I WOULD NEVER HAD GONE OUT THAT DOOR.I GUESS WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING,BUT I CANT HELP FROM WONDERING WHY YOU HAD TO LEAVE AT SUCH A EARLY AGE.YOU DIDNT EVEN GET ONE SUMMER TO CRUISE AROUND WITH YOUR WINDOWS DOWN, RADIO BLASTING WHILE TRYING TO PICK UP CHICKS. I MISS YOU CALLING ME AT WORK AND CHECKING IN ALL DAY LONG. I MISS OUR LONG TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY, WE DID TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE KNEW ABOUT. I MISS OUR DRIVING UP AND DOWN LINDBERGH AT NIGHT. YOUR DAD TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD NEVER GET ANY GIRLS DRIVING UP AND DOWN LINDBERGH WITH YOUR GRANDMA. THEY ALL SAID I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND, I HOPE THAT WAS SO. I FELT IT WAS. I MISS OUR TRIPS TO THE DAIRY QUEEN AND TAKING YOU TO ALL YOUR FAVORITE RESTUARANTS. I MISS COMING HOME AND YOU NOT BEING HERE. THIS HAS LEFT SUCH A HUGE VOID IN MY LIFE.I MISS TAKING YOU TO SCHOOL. I EVEN MISS GETTING UP AT SIX OCLOCK IN THE MORNING AND FIXING YOU BREAKFAST. YOU WERE NEVER A PROBLEM OR ANY TROUBLE TO ME, YOU NEVER MADE A MESS OR DID ANYTHING WRONG WHILI YOU WERE HERE.

I ENJOYED YOU BEING HERE WITH ME THE LAST THREE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU FIRST CAME HERE,WHEN YOU WERE JUST THIRTEEN,YOU WERE SO UNHAPPY AND FULL OF ANGER,I AM SO GLAD YOU WORKED ALL THAT OUT. I AM SO GLAD YOU LOVED YOUR DAD SO MUCH AND YOU BECAME GREAT FRIENDS.YOUR DAD MISSES YOU SO MUCH, IT IS SO HARD ON ALL OF US.I TRIED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY AND I KNOW YOU WERE .I ALWAYS TOOK YOUR SIDE AND TRIED TO WORK THINGS OUT FOR YOU. YOU ALWAYS SAID I WAS A WOMAN WITH A PLAN, GOD KNOWS, I DIDNT PLAN ON THIS.I KINDA THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY THE WAY YOU WOULD TELL PEOPLE DONT MAKE ME CALL MY GRANDMA. YOU KNEW I WOULD COME NO MATTER WHEN OR HOW FAR. YOU SAID YOU HOPED PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU WERE GONE,LIKE WE TALK ABOUT GARY.WE DO ITS ALL GOOD STUFF TOO. I MISS YOU SO MUCH TREY. I KNOW YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT BIG AND BE A FAMOUS RAPPER.YOU SAID YOU WOULD BUY ME A NEW CAR AND A NEW HOUSE THEN. I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE.I WILL GO FOR NOW TREY, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY SWEETHEART AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND NEVER,NEVER FORGET YOU. I LOVE YOU TREY, GRANDMA

shirley black

April 27, 2005

For you Trey

I ran across a picure of you in Max and Moli's rooms the other day. I had not realized, through all the busy-ness of everyday, that you are truly gone. Not from our hearts, or minds, but from here-our daily lives. As I sat there, I thought, it has been awhile since I read your journal or had written you. So, here I am.

I see my sister-in-law, Carol thought of you and wrote in your book. (WOW) How you touch lives. I am sure you remember all the people who you have met in your life, and I gotta tell you they DO remeber you!!

Moli and Max started a new school in January, Marissa, Jr./Sr. High School, and the first week, people they met and talked to some how brought up your name, and alot, mostly "GIRLS", (surprise) knew you.

I said, Wow way out here?

Like Uncle Gary, who is there with you, you have left an unexplainable everlasting impression on all that you have met during your too short of time here. Gary, too, had that effect on people, to know him was to remember him, always.

Well, enough of this, Trey, Are you happy? I feel you are, We all look forward to going home someday, and I do believe that Heaven is something to look forward to, as aren't all things possible where you are? I hope so, as it gives us all hope.

Grandpa Berry said to me when he was close to "going home", he was looking forward to going home to be with his mom and dad and brothers and sisters, he was so at peace with it. He said we should look forward to the ending of our time here, as we are just going back home.

Tell Grandpa Berry and all the rest of our relatives you are at home with, we love and think of you all more than we say, and not a day goes by that we do not hear your words or music that grandma Shirley has given to all the grandkids to remember you by.

Oh yeah, "gone fishin with grandpa Berry, yet?"

Loving & Remembering you always, Aunt Kay

kay miller

April 16, 2005

My deepest sympathy to all. I met Trey several times and he was a great kid. I am Gary Miller's sister. I remember the birthday parties at Aunt Kays and how he would come with his Grandma. He was very loved and I know how hard it is to lose someone you love but know he is somewhere peaceful and doing all the things he liked to do. My heart goes out to all of you. May God bless you and be with you during this tragic time.

Carol Campney

March 23, 2005

Dear Trey,

I really miss you today. Grandma will come over for dinner again, but without you. I always enjoyed when you 2 came over. You were always easy to impress with my simple cooking. You were always so appreciative. I made corn bread tonight and thought of you. I gave you a loaf of corn bread with your gift, at your last birthday party at your dad's house. I remember how you and I would eat all the fresh pineapple off the fruit trays at my kids birthday parties. I'll always remember over at Grandma's, how I turned your hair orangey-blonde, instead of just blonde. And it even took 2 tries! Thanks for coming to the birthday parties! My kids always asked, "Will Trey come with Grandma?" They thought you were cool to come over to spend time with them. Remember when Lolly and you went bike riding in our neighborhood and she hooked up with her "little boyfriend" and ditched you! You came riding home by yourself! Thanks for spending time with us, helping us cut down grasses, helping us move the swing set, coming to parties, watching movies with us and coming for dinners. I'm glad I helped you do the BBB name tags on my computer. I'm glad I helped you with that homework poster. I'm glad I mended your clothes and sewed LV leather insets in your jeans (as crazy as it seemed at the time). Of course there are other memories from when you were younger, but not alot, because I lived in Tulsa and only saw you when I came to Belleville for visits. I'm glad that one night you and Grandma came over and we watched that DVD that had you guys on it as little tikes! When you said Grandma was a babe, but not me! And you had just started wearing your big boy underpants. You were absolutely angelic looking! You were always so cute. I missed alot of your childhood, I'm so sad about that. Because of Grandma I finally got to know you and really love you. And now you're gone. It's really hard to take. Lolly, Garrett, Tony and myself miss you and wish we'd been there for you more. I'm glad you and your dad went to church and got saved together this passed Fall, so now I know we'll see you in Heaven. But, I miss you now. I love you Trey and I hope you knew that. You were such an independent spirit, ever searching to find your niche. I know you finally have peace, love, comfort and fulfillment. You deserve everything that's good, pure and lovely, because your life was so hard in so many ways. You had a lot to deal with. Life is what it is and you do the best with it you can. I think you did. I love you and you will always have a special place in my heart and my kids hearts. "One more hug and kiss from your old fat Aunt Kim!"

Love,

Aunt Kim

Kim Vieira

March 16, 2005

Saddened by the loss of Trey who I considered to be my big brother, but I am inspired by the life Trey led and the love he showed for everyone espically me. I will miss you....Please, everyone give a moment of silence for my fallen soldja. Bonded by blood, forever in my memories.......ya thug

Stephen Allen

March 16, 2005

Terry and Mary Beth, I would like to add the condolences of Toni and I to the long list of friends and relatives. I remember Trey very well from our family reunions and on some other occasions at his Grandma Shirley's house. He was a fine young man and there are no words that are adequate at a tragic time like this. Trey and his dad came to visit me while I was in the hospital in St. Louis a couple of years ago and we had a good talk at that time. Please accept our deepest sympathy on this sad occasion. Troy and Toni Wilburn

Troy Wilburn

March 9, 2005

Alot of people thought it was odd that me and Trey hung out like we did. When i first met him we had our many differences. Now I look back and wish all the time we spent wanting to fight, we could have done what we normally did. Trey was my best friend...Trey still is my best friend. I will miss him, but i know i will get to see him again. Thank you for everyone who was at his wake/funeral that meant alot to his family and friends

Steven Huskey

February 23, 2005

Trey was one of my best friends and, lucky me, a cousin too. I loved him with all my heart and I miss him everyday. I just found this site but I just wanted to say to everyone that still struggles with this every day that I understand because I do too. To my family I love you and Marybeth I love you a lot! I talk to Trey every day and that always helps me feel a little better. Trey I love so much and you're the number one thing I look forward to seeing in Heaven~

-Mindy

Mindy Skinner

February 16, 2005

Dearest Trey,



This letter is to Trey, because we know that he is keeping a watch on us. God need another angel and sent for you.

You may never know how much you are loved and missed. Each and every day we think about you, what you would have been like when you got older, what you would have done and if you would have been a famous Rapper. We try to remember all the good times we had. The memory disc of all your pictures gets us through the days, sometimes through tears and sometimes through laughter. We just wish we could have spend more time with you. Unfortunately we will have to live with those regrets. The one person that said that it was better to have you for such a short time than not to have you at all; is so right.

We worry about your grandmother and your parents, this is so hard for them. But somehow we know that you will be watching over them until you meet again. We will continue to pray for them every day.

Now is time to say goodbye for awhile, at least until we meet again.



Love Always,



Aunt Sharon, Uncle Berry, Bryan, Tanja and Sheri

Sharon & Berry Black

February 5, 2005

So sorry for your loss. May the happy memories of yesterday bring you comfort in the future.

Laura P

February 3, 2005

For Trey:

If he were here I know what he'd say....

"Don't cry for me,

Please shed no tears.

You may not think it,

But your sobs reach my ears.



Please move on,

Don't sit there and cry.

I know that you didn't,

Want me to die.



So comfort each other,

Forget about me.

I'm in a better place,

I'm pretty happy, see?



Remember the good times,

But don't forget the bad.

I know you'll learn from them,

Although they are sad."



He wouldnt' want to be remebered,

As some angel child.

He'd want to be remembered as him,

Although he was a little wild.



He may have been different,

He may have been a bother.

But he was always accepted,

By his dear grandmother.



His parents,they tried to raise him the best,

When he wanted to be famous.

They accepted him,

And tried to be generous.



His brother and sister will miss him a lot,

You've got to know that he'll miss you.

Through all your sadness,

He knows you miss him, too.



To the rest of the family,

He'd probably say one thing:

"It's gonna be alright, folk,"

Now stand up and sing.



He took it "To Another Level",

When he reached for the stars.

And though "Things Have Changed", He's still one of ours.



Sure we'll miss him,

But he wouldn't want us to dwell.

On the things we meant to do or say,

He'd probably say, "O well."



All we can do,

Is remember him and say:

"He was my family,"

And that will never change.

moli miller

January 29, 2005

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