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BORN
1981
DIED
2009
Bryan Baxter Obituary
Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel.
Memorials: May be made for trust of Marissa Lee Baxter at the Wells Fargo Bank on Alta Mesa.
He was the life of the party. He shared his emotions through his music and love for family. Bryan leaves behind the wish that we might all be "dedicated to the Good, the True and the Beautiful."
Survivors: He is survived by his precious daughter, Marissa Lee Baxter; parents, David and Lisa Baxter; brothers, Michael and Angie Baxter and Jesse and Mallory Baxter; nieces and nephews, Courtnee, Jayden and Michaela Baxter; grandparents, C.J. and Dorothy Baxter and Mary Armstrong; cousins, James and Crystal Bedwell, Corey and Melissa Carlson, Rachel Riojas, Jennifer Bedwell, Angela and Keith Boone, Jason and Jennifer Tull, Laura and Brent Ward, Richard Armstrong, Sarah and Matthew Gonzales, Daniel Riojas, Karla Lindberg, Jeffery Winkelman, Jana Tull, Billy and Kattie McKinney; many aunts and uncles; and a host of other family and friends.
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Susie Lewis
May 26, 2025
Oh Lisa,
Our hearts will never be the same.
Sending hugs,
Susie
Luke Petty
March 18, 2019
It's frequently that I remember our times together. I miss you man. I wish we could have a cold beer and laugh the way we always did. You may be gone from this place, but I know you're still around and one day we'll sit and talk and cut up just like we used to do. Love you and your family brother.
August 31, 2014
Bryan we all miss you and love cousin!! Rest in peace you will never be forgotten!
May 29, 2014
Love ya! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
May 29, 2014
Can't believe its been five years. Miss you so much. You would be so proud of your baby girl. She is so beautiful and smart. Love you Bryan
Melissa Belcher
January 22, 2014
Missing you so much! Just thinking of all the times you made me laugh! Needing some of your crazy jokes right now! Love you Bryan Ray
December 27, 2013
Another Christmas has come and gone. You would have had so much fun with Marissa!!! She was so excited about everything with Christmas! I'd love to have seen the two of you together!!! You would be so proud do her!!! She's what keeps me going!!!!
I love you!!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
September 18, 2013
Happy Birthday Bryan!!! You'd have been out tonight on the town, living it up! Drinking, playing pool, saying things cracking everybody up!! You're doing it even better now!!! You're celebrating with your Dad and Jesus!!! Y'all are probably playing guitars and singing!! Having a blast! Oh what a party it must be!!
Have an awesome celebration! I love you Bryan!!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!!
July 7, 2013
Bryan,
Hard to believe it's been 5 years when you walked through those doors smiling as I'd never seen you smile before. You was holding Marissa and you were so proud!! You asked me repeatedly Mama do you think she's pretty! I said yes Bryan she is. You kept saying Mama do you really? Don't lie to me! I'd say yes Bryan she's pretty. You'd just smile. Well Bryan, I lied to you. Your little girl isn't pretty. She's beautiful. You would be so very proud of her today just as you were the day she was born!!! Marissa was so excited to be turning 5 today. She starts kindergarten this year. Bryan she is so smart, so funny and so much like you it's scary sometimes!!! She will not drink after anyone except my drink. She has your temper for sure. And those looks you used to give me! I'm still getting them from your mini you!!! Oh how I wish I could see you with her!! I can only imagine the fights you two would have had. You would be so very proud of her! Thank you for leaving us your little girl who you loved so very much!
You're always on my mind and in my heart forever.....
~£
June 1, 2013
Bryan, I miss your chuckle & your beautiful eyes. I keep a picture framed of you at work because I don't want you to be forgotten. People touch your life in ways they'll never know and their spirit is strong like the presence they once possessed in this lifetime they still possess in the afterlife.
James Bedwell
May 30, 2013
Just thinking about you a lot the passed week , crazy how thoughts always come up , your little girl is just like you !!! You really blessed all of us with her.
May 29, 2013
Bryan,
Not a day goes by I don't think about you! I miss you so much! I want to thank you so very much for leaving me the most precious thing you had! You would be so very proud of Marissa!! She's beautiful, smart and so very funny!!! I would have loved seeing you with her!!! She's just like you in so many ways!!! She has your temper and she gets so frustrated at times she makes those expressions like you used to do!! You'd love the way she acts at Trade Day!!! She tells the dealers just how she feels and tells them what to do!!! Funniest thing is she loves Ken!!! And he's just as crazy about her!!!
You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!
May 29, 2013
Miss you so much. Think of you everyday. You would be so proud of your baby girl. She is you made over.
May 29, 2013
thinking of you, love and miss you Bryan - Darlene
January 1, 2013
Happy New Year Bryan!! We had a party in the boom boom room tonight!! Richard is here from France! I can't hang anymore!! They've got the paddle out and still playing pool!! Of course your cousins are here!! You're always on mind and in my heart forever!! I love you!!
December 21, 2012
Bryan,
Today is 12/21/2012! I sure wish you and dad was here!! The end hasn't come yet!!! It sure feels like it sometimes!! Marissa is BEAUTIFUL Bryan!! You would be so very proud of her!!! She asked me the other day why does everyone call her Bryan or Little B!! I told her because she acts just like you!! She's excited about Santa Claus coming and can't wait!! I miss you!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!!
November 28, 2012
Working on your grave blanket. I decided to re-do it this year. The garland was looking really rough two-toned. Of course I have in my mind what I want it to look like reality is it doesn't!! Dad was always the one who would put the finishing touches on all the arrangements we took to you!!! Thank goodness for Melissa!! Hopefully she can turn it into an incredible blanket!! She's decorating the house for us this year!! It's going to be all red and white!! Marissa loved the wreath she made us for the door!! Hopefully I will have your blanket out there by this weekend!! I love you and miss you dearly!!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!
November 23, 2012
Another Thanksgiving has once again passed without you & dad. You would have enjoyed it this year we had the food and ate in the boom boom room!! I miss you both so much!! I love you! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!
James Bedwell
September 18, 2012
Bryan there's not a day that gos by without a thought about you. Happy birthday Bryan !! I love you
September 18, 2012
Happy Birthday dear Bryan. You are so dearly missed! Love you, Darlene
September 18, 2012
Happy Birthday Bryan!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!
July 7, 2012
Bryan
Your princess turned 4 today!! It's so hard to believe she's already 4! You would be so proud of her! She's beautiful, funny and she's so girly!! She talks about you often!!
She had a tea party this year!! All the little girls dressed up in dresses, make up, nails polished and jewelry!! All of them had so much fun!!
I love you!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!!!
June 3, 2012
Bryan,
It's been 3 years today we laid you to rest. Feels like yesterday and forever all at the same time. You'd be amazed at all the people who's lives you touched. So many people miss you so much every day. You'd be surprise how many people have tattooed YOUR NAME on their bodies!!! You would absolutely love that!! Marissa has gotten so big!! She's a little girl now. We talk about you often. I tell her she's a Little Bryan! She acts just like you!! When we go to bed at night she tells you how much she loves you and pappy too!! Misses you both!!
I love you Bryan! You're in my heart forever and always on my mind!!!
Mom
May 30, 2012
I can still see you walking across the lot
I can still see you walking thru the house
I can still see you picking on the kids
I can still see you playing your guitar
I can still see you drinking and partying like a rock star
I can still see you smiling and singing
I can still see all things you use to do
These are all just memories in my mind of all the fun we shared together
It's been 3 years
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and shed some tears
You're always on my mind and in my heart forever
May 29, 2012
I can still see you walking thru the house
I can still see your smiling face
I can still see you walking across the lot
I can still see you playing your guitar
I can still see you picking on the kids
I can still see you laughing and partying
I can still see all things you use to do
These are all just memories in my mind of all the fun we shared
It's been 3 years
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and wipe away my tears.
You're always on my mind and in my heart forever. I love you B!
Melissa Belcher
May 29, 2012
Bryan,
I miss you everyday! I miss your HEHE as I called it, your twitch of your watch, and your beautiful eyes. You were such a great friend to me and I can't wait to see you again one day.
~Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.~
May 29, 2012
I think of you often, how you were taken so suddenly from us and still wonder why. You are missed so much - I love you. Darlene
May 27, 2012
Thinking of you!! Missing you so much!!
April 27, 2012
Sitting here on the train outside the zoo thinking of you!! Marissa loves riding it!! You're always on my mind & in my heart forever!! Love ya!!
April 18, 2012
Bryan,
Laying here next to your baby girl. Marissa is so big!! She's not a baby anymore! I know she will always be your baby girl no matter how old she is!! She's beautiful!! She acts just like you!! She gets so mad at me when I call her Little B!!! I love you & miss you dearly! You're always on my mind & in my heart forever!!!
March 25, 2012
Bryan,
Sitting here watching the people go by thinking of you! We are packed today! Weather is warm and you know what that means! There's lots of eye candy out here for you to see! It's almost your favorite time of day...beer thirty!!! I miss you!! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
February 18, 2012
Bryan,
Marissa & I went to eat with James, Crystal & the kids tonight. Marissa wanted a lemon I'd gotten on my plate. I told her she could have it after she had ate all her food. A few minutes later she turns to me she's choking! I jump up yell at James she's choking!! He jumps up grabs her and dislodges it from her throat! Scared me so bad! Marissa too! Thank goodness James was with us! He saved your little girl! I love you! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
January 30, 2012
Bryan just thinking about you, you were blessed with an amazing family and friends .
January 28, 2012
Bryan.....I am here visiting Richard and his new baby. Now you both are fathers of little girls. I can only imagine what plans you two would have scrammed for them and what rules together you'd "try" to enforce on them. Check in on Richard occassionally, please, and shoot down a lightening bolt or something when you think he needs it.
--thinking of you, Kay
January 27, 2012
It's stock show time again Bryan! We are all going tomorrow. It's not the same without you & Dad but we all try to make the best of it. I've already taken Ms. Marissa once. She's so beautiful!! She's silly & funny, happy most of the time. She says so many things that is so YOU! It's like you're standing next to her telling her what to say!! She talks about you a lot. Asks a lot of questions when & how did you die. I've tried to explain she's 3 1/2, too young to understand. I was thinking of you & Dad, how different things are now and how very much we will miss y'all tomorrow!! I miss y'all everyday!! You're always on my mind & in my heart forever!!! Love you!
Richard
December 29, 2011
I dream about you all the time, but this time I couldn't forget it. I look forward to the day that I see you again and we share our dreams together. Every time I here a song that you liked or played, it's no longer by them, it's by you!
Lauren (Stephens)
December 12, 2011
Oh how I miss you. I went back and read all the past posts and it was like you came back alive. You were an amazing person with an amazing family. I think of you often and out of everything, I remember your laugh the most. I can't wait for the day I get to see you again... and we can have some hope floats! Love you always
September 17, 2011
Bryan,
Tomorrow you would be turning 30 years old!! We would be having a party in the BoomBoom Room tonight! We wud have been busy all week cleaning the game room and the yard! Dad would be stressed and tired as all get out by now! You would have been calling everyone "are you coming? Yes we're having a party! Come on out! Are you for real!" We'd have to run get the keg, the jaegger, patron and whatever else you could think of. The decorations would be up, the music started and the count down begun til it's time for the stripper to show up for you. Oh what a party it would have been! You would have been hungover for days! I love you! I miss you! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
Lauren Pace
August 26, 2011
Miss you Bryan, I can hear your chuckle. Your bday is coming up and was just thinking about you. Love you,
August 17, 2011
Thinking of y'all today as I do everyday! I love you! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
Daddy's Little Princess!
July 7, 2011
Bryan,
Your Princess turns 3 today! You would be so very proud of her! You and Sarah made one beautiful little girl. She is so very special to a lot of people. And she is so very spoiled! Sarah did that! I would love to have ben able to see you with her! Especially when she's in one of her moods! I can hear you yelling at her! Or when she gets so very dirty! You would have a fit! You always hated getting dirty or something on your clothes. It certainly doesn't bother Marissa! She is like you in so many ways! Her expressions and the things she says sometimes it's like you're standing next to her telling her what to do and say! She talks about you and Dad often. She tells me how much she loves and misses y'all. We all do.
Keep an eye out and watch over us. You're always on my mind and in my heart forever! I love you!
James Bedwell
June 30, 2011
What's up bro, just been thinking about you. We all still miss you like crazy & something comes up everyday that we say your name so I know your still here our hearts!! We love you and watch over us!! James
May 29, 2011
It's been 2 years today Bryan. Oh how I miss you! Marissa is beautiful Bryan! She is so funny! And so spoiled! I often wonder how you would have been with her!! Especially when she acts just like you use to!
I love you! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
Sarah
May 27, 2011
Missing you
Mom
April 9, 2011
Bryan,
It's NASCAR weekend! One of your favorite weekends of the year!! I know you're watching Jesse, all your cousins and friends partying like you used to do there. I can't bear to go without Dad by my side. I miss you so very much and your Dad even more. Knowing y'all are together watching over us is some comfort. Marissa is so big! She's beautiful Bryan! We went to the park yesterday as she is running and playing I'm watching her thinking how very proud you would ve been of her. She tells me often to quit crying! Daddy and Pappy are together Mimi! She speaks of you both often. I'm doing the best I can with her Bryan! I hope I'm doing it as you want me to. I love you Bryan! I miss you so very much! Ypure always on my mind! You're in my heart forever!
March 7, 2011
I still think about you every day...sometimes I wonder if that will ever change, I don't see how it would be possible. Our daughter is absolutely gorgeous and such a character! I watch her and it brings tears to my eyes thinking about how proud you would be of her. I don't really know how it works you being up there and us still being down here, I just hope that you can peek in on us from time to time. I know you would get such a kick out of watching her. I actually think you would enjoy watching her sisters too; you were always so good to them. We love you Bryan. <3
February 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day Bryan! I love you and miss you dearly! I got your princess a bag of goodies for today! You're always on my mind and in my heart forever!
Mom
February 6, 2011
Today was the last day of the stockshow Bryan! I took Marissa 4 or 5 times this year! She loved walking in the barns looking at all the animals! I bought her a new bling belt and bling buckle there! She's so prissy! And SO MUCH LIKE YOU! She's beautiful Bryan! You would be so proud of her! I love you! Always on my mind and in my heart forever!
Mom
December 26, 2010
Marissa loves her Barbie jeep! You would have loved seeing her! I did it like you would have wanted me to Bryan! She had so many presents! Once she saw her jeep that was it! She didn't care about anything else! By the time we left gmas she was sooo tired! My tahoe was loaded down coming home! I love you and miss you so very much! You're Always on my mind and in my heart forever!
December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas Bryan! I love you and miss you! Marissa is so big! She's beautiful Bryan! She's so excited about Santa! I can't wait to see her face this afternoon! I love you Bryan! You're in my heart forever! Merry Christmas! You're celebrating with your dad this year! Y'all sing the sweetest of all the angels!
December 12, 2010
I love you Bryan! I miss you & think about you everyday! You're in my heart forever!
Candice Poehlein
November 29, 2010
Perry and I went to see you on his birthday.... and while I was standing there I wondered what you were thinking, seeing us together...
We drank a Bud Light with you and listened to your CD. I still can't seem to get over you being gone! The boys still talk about you and I think about you every time I say my newest little one's name (Bryan). I am so glad we named him after you! It's a special name!!!
We miss you like crazy Bryan!!!
Love you Always!!!
Mom
November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgivng! I love you and miss you! I know you're happy with Dad there with you! You're in my heart forever!
James Bedwell
November 13, 2010
Bryan we was thinking about you. Last weekend was NASCAR we had your cd on and had the bud light going down!! We all still feel your presense around all of us everyday. Love ya
Sarah Roberts
October 6, 2010
Thinking about you Bryan, wish you were here.
Janes Bedwell
September 19, 2010
Bryan there is not a day that goes by without thinking about you .... Landon always comes up with something you would say or something you have done... crazy. Happy birthday and we love you. I know your dad is right there beside you I love him also.. Keep playing that music I hear it and feel it. Love ya
Sarah
September 18, 2010
Happy Birthday Bryan!! I know you have the best bday present this year.. Your daddy!! I love you and miss you lots! I would do anything to have you here with us so we could see your face light up cause of how much a beautiful princess Marissa has turned out to be!! You would be soooo proud of her Bryan! We will NEVER let her forget you!! Love you Bryan!!
Mom
September 18, 2010
Bryan,
Happy Birthday! I know you're happy celebrating this one with your Dad! Marissa is so beautiful! She's getting so big! She's not a little baby anymore! I bought her new earrings to match her necklace. Bryan you would be so proud of her! I love you and miss you so very much! You're in our hearts forever!
I love you.....
September 17, 2010
Bryan, your birthday is tomorrow. I love and miss you. I still think of you every day.
Forever in my heart and thoughts-Darlene
September 17, 2010
Bryan, It's Friday & Sat is your 2nd Birthday you are celebrating without us. And now you have your Dad with you. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. It is so hard & I am still waiting for the day when I think of you I have only smiles & no more tears. It still hurts as bad today as it did the night you left us. I still listen to your CD in my car. Just the other day Judd was riding with me & said what CD is that. I said that's "Bryan's" CD. good music, good songs, but they still make me cry listening to it. Still Loving you, Missing you, and feeling like we will all hurt forever. Kathy
Mom
September 13, 2010
Bryan,
You've had your dad with you for a month now. Oh what a time the two of you are having together again! We miss the both of you so very much. I am so lost without your dad here with me Bryan! So is Marissa! We love you and miss you dearly Bryan. You're in our hearts forever!
August 28, 2010
Oh how we miss you every minute since you left.
i dont have one day that i dont think of you,lisa,david,jesse and micheal. its so hard w/o you around bryan. we all miss you dearly and love you.?
Beauty Queen!!
Karla
August 23, 2010
Bryan,
I can't grasp that it's been almost 1 year and 3 months since you have left us. I went to see your headstone for the first time last week, and I had Marissa with me. I hadn't been able to bring myself to go out there since you left. The stone looked nice and both pictures turned out wonderful! Sure enough as soon as we got there your chimes started playing and clanking together. I know it was you and your Dad so happy to see Marissa the little beauty queen. You'd be so proud of her. As you know she beat out 60 girls at the Old Settlers Reunion!! She walked across stage, stopped, looked at the crowd and waved, then she looked up and waved. I know you got that princess wave, it was adorable. She's so beautiful and has your personality. Every time I see her she says "pedicure", she loves the idea of having her toes polished but not so much the sitting still part! I miss you at family gatherings, pestering everyone, making people laugh (and cry), and making it fun overall. I tried to go to bed at 8 tonight so I would be well rested for our trip to San Antonio with your Mom and Marissa, but I can't sleep. Your Dad and you have been on my mind all day, it's different without y'all here. We love you and miss you but know your making it a party up there, now that your Dad is there. Save seats for us. I love you...
Mom
August 17, 2010
Bryan,
How happy you must have been seeing Dad come through those gates! I can imagine your smile, the happiness and excitement you must have felt! Yall are playing your guitars and singing just like before! We love yall and miss yall so much! Yall are in our hearts forever!
Sarah Roberts
August 10, 2010
I've been thinking about you a lot, more than usual I guess. I've seen you in my dreams and that is always comforting. Bryan, your dad is really sick and he needs a lot of healing. I have faith that he can pull through this. He is a survivor. I know you don't make any final decisions up there but you and the good Lord have to be pretty close. You were close to everyone you knew. So maybe let him know how much he is needed down here. How much he is loved. And it's not just about your daughter needing him it is about EVERYONE needing him. We love you and miss you...I look forward to seeing you again <3
August 7, 2010
Bryan,
keep sending dad back to us! We need him here with us. You've sent him back twice today. Guard those gates Bryan don't let him in!
August 1, 2010
Bryan,
Dad's sick as you know. We are all so worried and scared. We can't take losing him. It's been hard enough losing you and we aren't over you yet! Tell the good Lord give Dad the strength, the energy and heal his heart for us Bryan. We need him here with us for awhile longer. We love you and miss you dearly! We're all praying for your Dad's recovery!
Laura Ward
July 20, 2010
Bryan, I miss you, I love you, and I think about you everyday.
Mom & Dad
July 7, 2010
Bryan,
You and Sarah did good! Yalls baby girl turns 2 years old today! She is so beautiful! She is soo much like you! She does get her shyness from Sarah I think! Once Marissa is used to you you better watch out! She doesn't shut up! You left us the most precious gift! It's been so hard losing you. I'm trying my best to do as you asked me, helping Sarah take care of you're little girl. Dad says I'm spoiling her rotten! I told him it's not even close to what you'd be doing with her!
We love and miss you dearly! You're in our hearts forever!
Happy Birthday Mariissa! We love you!
Mom & Dad
June 24, 2010
Bryan,
Another Father's Day has come and gone. We all went to dinner Friday night at Los Vasqueros. Yes they still have the 3 guys playing fiddle, guitar and bass walking around singing. Dad asked them to sing Silver Wings to Marissa and to sing Happy Birthday to Jesse and his daughter in law. Dad forgot Angie's name and had to come back to the table and ask me Michael's wife's name! Michael and I were laughing! Dad was so embarrassed! Marissa didn't take her eyes off of them the whole time they sang Silver Wings!
Marissa and Jayden are taking horseback riding lessons. The first day we got there when the lady walked up to Jayden asking him if he was ready to ride a horse. He told her no! He came to ride a bull! It was so funny!
Marissa is also in tumbling! She loves doing both! She told me she's going to ride a horse, play the guitar and sing all at the same time! She's so much like you! She thinks she's bilingual just like you thought you were! She sings with the tejano music you liked! It's so funny!
We miss you Bryan! Watch over your baby girl!
Love you! You're in our hearts forever!
Mom & Dad
May 29, 2010
We love you!
Mom & Dad
May 29, 2010
Bryan,
it's been a year since you've left us. Your family and friends miss you so very much. You cannot imagine the hole you have left in our lives. We will never get over losing you. Time does not heal. We have to learn to live with the loss of losing you. We will never see you're smile, hear your laughter or see the twinkle in your eyes. Most of all we will not see the proud look on your face or the happiness on your face as you watch Marissa grow up. You left us the most precious gift possible...your baby girl. Marissa is so much like you it's amazing! She is so funny. She makes you laugh. When she's mad SHE'S MAD! just like you used to be! I know you're watching over her. She tells us often "there's my daddy" as she points toward a tree or the swings. Bryan we miss you and love you so very much! You're in our hearts forever! Keep watching over your little girl! You're her guardian angel!
The Poehleins
May 24, 2010
I took the boys to see your headstone on Saturday... we just sat there and enjoyed the wind chime play its music, as you did for so many years!! The boys said that they miss you alot. They talked for about 15 minutes there and all the way home remembering how you made them laugh... and sometimes cry! ;)
As you know, I am pregnant! I am due on sept 15.. .close to your birthday (kinda ironic) and I am having another boy! We will name him after you! And make sure he knows you too and who he was named after!!!
We all miss you 'B'!!!
Until we meet again, please watch over us as I know you are!!!!
Love you,
Candice
The Poehleins (Perry, Candice, Garrett & Dylan)
May 23, 2010
Bryan, we had the Hickey Reunion today and you were in my thoughts all day. It is really hard to think of you being gone almost a year. We all miss you and your daughter is so pretty. We all know that you would be proud of all. Love you Cuss and keep watching over us.Barbara
May 21, 2010
Bryan, It hard to believe its been almost a year since you`ve left us. I think of you all the time. You have left a void in everyones life. I really regret not telling you how much I loved you. I'm so glad that you and Jeff were so close. You made up for some of the things Jeff missed in his life while growing up. I know he miss you alot. You have a beautiful daughter I know that you would be proud of. Love You Always! Aunt Mary
Mom & Dad
May 20, 2010
Bryan,
Your headstone was set today. It is so pretty! I really think you'd be happy and proud of it! Yours is the only one in the cementary with two pictures of themselves on it! Your gift of life emblem is on it as well. The emblem really sets it off! We put a fiddle and guitar at the top. It's really awesome!
We love you and miss you so very much! You're in our hearts forever!
April 15, 2010
Tomorrow is our April get together at NASCAR! It's just not the same not having you there to share it with us! You are definitely there in spirit. We love and miss you dearly Bryan!I think of you everyday. Marissa is so beautiful. You would be so proud. xoxoxoxoxoxoxox Love you, Jen
Mom & Dad
April 8, 2010
Bryan,
I was laying next to Marissa last night. She was laying with me drinking a coke! As I was playing with her hair I told her, Marissa your Daddy would be so proud of you! She said "No Mimi, he is proud of me!
We love you and miss you so very much! You're in our hearts forever!
James Bedwell
April 4, 2010
Bryan today is Easter .. I thought about you alot today and miss ya! Mirlissa is so pretty I know your watching over her! She is a perfect angel . I love you and everyone misses you like crazy!! Later bro . James
Mom & Dad
March 29, 2010
Bryan,
There's not a day that goes by that Dad and I don't think about you. We miss you so much! Marissa is getting so big! She is so funny. We were out to dinner the other night she looks at us starts rolling her eyes around! Just like you used to do! Dad and I busted out laughing! We see so much of you in her. You would be having a blast with her right now! She loves to be chased and just giggles! She loves FiFi! FiFi sleeps with her every night. Marissa chases FiFi all over the place. FiFi whines the nights Marissa isn't here with us. We have to let her sleep with us for her to shut up!
Easter is this Sunday! We've already bought Marissa her dress. She was so excited tonight when I told her we were going shopping tomorrow for new shoes! Rissa LOVES shoes!
Ten months today Bryan. We love you and miss you so very much! You're in our hearts forever!
March 26, 2010
I look at your guest book 3-4 times a week and think of you daily. It's still SO hard to believe, you are soooooo missed and loved. Darlene
Kay
March 6, 2010
Bryan today I called your Mom. Her speech gave me cause. I feel so helpless......I know you have to be tight with the Big Man since arriving so please, please ask God to heal her pain, your Dad's too.
Sarah
March 5, 2010
It still seems so unreal; is that possible? There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you. And our daughter, Bryan let me tell you that little girl is something else. I will just sit and watch her and all I can think is how much you would be enjoying her right now. Don't get me wrong you would have enjoyed her ALL the time but right now she is just SOOOO funny! We did good Bryan. Sometimes I question why certain things happen but I do know this...God knew what he was doing when he brought us together, Marissa Lee Baxter is a true blessing. We love and miss you always.
Mom & Dad
February 7, 2010
Bryan,
It's super bowl Sunday! The cowboys didn't make it again!
We took Marissa to the Stock Show. You would be so proud of her! She is so pretty! She loves it when I fix her hair. She sits in the sink and watches me in the mirror. She picks out her bows and reminds me to put them in her hair! After she's all dressed and ready she runs to look at herself in the mirror and turns her head back and forth smiling at herself! She's 19 months today Bryan! She's growing so fast! She's talking up a storm! Yes I have to watch my mouth now cuz she repeats everything!
She rode the ponies at the stock show! She sat on the bull to get her picture made. We took her through the barns to see all the animals and she loved it! She knows all the sounds that go with each animal! She wants a horse, a cow and a bull! She was such a big girl strutting through the grounds! She's not afraid of anything!
We love you and miss you so much! You're in our hearts forever!
Mom & Dad
January 17, 2010
Bryan,
We bought a puppy today for Marissa, Jayden and Michaela! It's a little female! We can't wait to see their faces! I told Dad you would have already bought Marissa one by now! We haven't decided on a name yet! I'm sure the kids will help us with that!
We love you and miss you so very much! You're always in our thoughts and in our hearts forever!
Jeffrey
January 3, 2010
Hey Bubba! I just want you to know that there is not a day that goes by that I dont think about you. This past half year has been totally different without you! I still sometimes expect someone to beat on my window at 7am and look outside and see you...and then get mad at me because I didnt answer my phone lol. Marissa is getting so big now, see looks just like you!! I dont really get to see her as much as I use to, but she still remembers who I am, and that warms my heart! Anyways I just wanted to tell you that I love you, and miss you so much. I will talk to you later on! ily
Jeff
Mom & Dad
December 31, 2009
Bryan,
It's been 7 months & 2 days since you've left us. We have gone through many first without you. 4th of July, Pop's bday, Marissa's big 1st bday party like you wanted, Dad's bday, your birthday, Nanny's & Gma's bday, Halloween, my bday, Thanksgiving and now Christmas and New Year's. Oh how Dad and I have missed you each and everyday but especially these days. Everyone says the 1st year is the hardest. It has been! We have missed you so much at these celebrations. But you are in our hearts forever Bryan! We will always miss you! Your smile, your laugh, your stupid questions! Are you for real? Did he/she/they really say that? We think about you always and know when you're with us laughing at us! I've felt you give me courage to get through the hard times, those moments when I feel I can't go on like this or I'm losing my mind. You give me comfort at those times, Bryan. I know your with us. You give us strength when we are at our lowest. Thank you! We will always miss you and love you!
Marissa is so big. She is starting to talk so much! She repeated a word Dad said the other night at Jesse's house, Jesse and I looked at each other like did she just say that and busted out laughing! We know you were laughing with us! We just hope Marissa doesn't go home and say it!
Dad told me the other day, if you'd been given a choice, God take you or Marissa, you would have said, take me Lord! Leave my daughter here with her mother, sisters, all her grandparents and everyone else in both families that love her.
Dad and I are doing as you asked us! I just hope we can do as good of a job on Marissa as we did on you, Michael and Jesse!
Happy New Year!
December 29, 2009
Bryan, it's been 6 months today and I still can't believe you have left us! I think about you every single day and wish that you were still here with us. This has been sooooo hard on your mom and dad and I feel so helpless in not being able to comfort them and to take away their pain. Your baby girl, Marissa, is so beautiful!!! Bryan - forever in our thoughts, hearts and prayers - I love you and miss that smile and laugh. Darlene
Sarah
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas Bryan....we love & miss you & think about you all the time! We missed you today at grandmas...you would of loved seeing all the little ones pick on each other but Miss Marissa not in the mix at all!!! Marissa is so beautiful & acts soooo much like you!!! Love you Bryan & miss you tons!!!
Mom & Dad
December 25, 2009
Bryan,
Merry Christmas! Your first one in heaven! We have a white Christmas this year but you know that! You always wanted one! You made sure we had one this year! We took Marissa home last night after Nanny & Pop's dinner! She's so pretty! We miss you! You're in our hearts forever! We love you!
Mom & Dad
December 23, 2009
Bryan,
Jesse and Mallory had a baby boy at 11:34 pm last night!
Jagger Bryan Baxter weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 20 1/2" long! He's a big boy!
We love you and miss you dearly,
Mom & Dad
Mom n Dad
December 16, 2009
Bryan,
We finally put our tree up! Mallory came and decorated it for us! Dad and I just couldn't do it without thinking of us doing it last year. We used the tree you bought us last year but we bought all new ornaments! I've started Marissa a Christmas ornament collection this year! I've gotten her a crystal ornament angel and a crystal wing ornament. I will get her an angel ornament every year. By the time she is grown she will have her own angel tree! Starting the year you became her guardian angel! We love you and miss you so very much! Marissa is growing so fast! She is so much like you! She's beautiful! She is such a good little girl! Sarah is a wonderful mother! You would be so happy at how well behaved and what a little lady she is! She loves to get dressed up and for Mimi to do her hair! She sits and looks at herself in the mirror while I put it in pony tails just like you always liked it! I'll ask her who's pretty? And she will say "me"!
Love you Bryan and miss you so very much!
Rachel Riojas
November 19, 2009
Bryan,
I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you as we all do, everyday. We will all be at Grandma's Saturday for Thanksgiving and it's just not going to be the same without you there. I know you will be there though in all of our hearts.I miss you so much. I miss your laugh, the way you tease us all! Marissa is growing so much and I am just amazed at how much she looks like you! I love you bunches, Bryan!!
Rachel
Mom n Dad
November 15, 2009
Bryan,
Today was mine and Dads anniversary! We miss you so very much! I bought Marissa's christmas dresses today. I can't wait to try them on her! I also bought her another outfit that is so you! She will be so cute in it! Marissa is so much like you! She has your temper! Lord help us! The other day she was trying to put my boots on, she couldn't get her leg up high enough to put them on, she got so mad she started screaming at the boot! It was so funny!
I love you and miss you so very much!
James Bedwell
November 1, 2009
Bryan, I miss ya! NASCAR is next weekend I just droped the trailer off and looked over a wanted to say something.... Mirissa looks so much like you I see you when I see her then she starts crying just like you!! I know your here in everyones hearts.. But I just wanted to say 1st round is for you maybe 2,3,4,5 but anyway I am sitting here in my heated seat drinking this beer with you. I love you and miss ya bro!!!
Mom n Dad
October 29, 2009
Bryan it's been 5 months today. It is still so hard to believe you are gone. We miss you so very much. Dad and I struggle to get thru each and everyday! Marissa is such a sweetheart! So beautiful. She has your curly hair! LOL!
Everone went to gmas for Halloween last. You would have been so proud of Marissa . Mallory did such a good job on her bumblebee costume!
We love you and miss you so very much!
Crystal Bedwell
October 26, 2009
Bryan..I am thinkging of you. We miss you so much and we think about you everyday. Halloween is fastly approaching then its off to the Nascar races. We may have your mom and dad talked in to going. Yea!!! We cleaned the camper yesterday. James and I were discussing where everyone was gonna sleep. I couldn't help but to think of the "heated seats in the Maxima". LOL
Marissa is so beautiful and she is definatley gonna have YOUR personality. I am kind of afraid of what she and Lanie may get into when they get older. I love you...write more soon:)
Candice Poehlein
October 26, 2009
Bryan,
Halloween is coming up.... and the only thing I can think of is you! I'm just waiting for you to call me and Perry and ask us if we want to go to a Haunted House with you!! You knew that Perry wouldn't go but it never failed... you would always ask! That's what I miss about you, you never gave up on anything... you would always keep bugging Perry until either he got mad or gave in!
I saw Jesse yesterday and he was aggravating Dylan.. and the only thing I could see was YOU!! Jesse finally gave up and offered Dylan a drink and then he was his Best Friend!!
Your parents are always inviting us to your family functions and we love going because we feel you there and it's nice!! Your family is closer than ever (if that's possible)!!!
WE MISS AND LOVE YOU!!
The Poehleins
Mom & Dad
October 24, 2009
Bryan,
Marissa is so beautiful and so sweet! She is SO much like YOU!
She started humming Thursday! Dad and I laughed so hard we
cried! You would be so mad at your dad! Your favorite holiday is
next Saturday Halloween! Mallory is making Marissa a bumble
bee costume! She will be so cute!
We love you and miss you so very very much!
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