Rick D. Colvin Jr.

I knew Rick as a loving and involved father when I was blessed to have his son Nick in my first and second grade class. I was always impressed with the vast array of musical and artistic experiences Rick and Tammy provided to their son, who clearly seemed to be the center of their world. Nick was a patient, sensitive, altruistic, intelligent, and insightful boy -- qualities that he surely inherited and cultivated in the loving environment he has been raised in. My prayers go out to him and...

I worked with Rick at the Red & White grocery store. My fondest memories were of him spinning record after record, all great music, all genres. For years afterward, whenever I bought a record, the thought went through my head, "yeah, but would Rick like this?" He was a good friend and a kind man to me and my friends who, at the time, must have been full of annoying teenager tendencies. A patient soul and a mentor to many although he may not have known it.

Rick was a great guy and will be missed. He was interested in many things (a movie wizard), funny, kind, and always encouraging those around him to better their lives.

Rick was a great guy, and always fun to be around, and yet another of the great ones taken far too soon. My heart goes out to his family, and close friends.

I'll always remember Rick in his Oxford St apartment (his most natural environment), listening to cool LPs from artists I'd never heard of, looking mahvelous wearing his "Right To Arm Bears" poker t-shirt while trying not give up any tells that he was in possession of the "pat" hand! Good times!

RIP, man, until we...

Rick was taken from this world too soon but, his memory will live on forever in the hearts and minds of his family and friends.