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Devon Gene Cole

1987 - 2002

Devon Gene Cole

1987 - 2002

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BORN

1987

DIED

2002

Devon Cole Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 31, 2002.

Devon Gene Cole, 14, a lifelong resident of Merced, California, son of Terry and Corey Cole, an eighth grade student at Weaver Elementary School, died at Mercy-Community on Monday, January 28, 2002. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, February 4, 2002, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Evergreen Memorial Park & Funeral Home, 1480 B Street, Merced, California. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, 1 p.m., at the funeral home, officiated by Pastor Tom Porter of Calvary Chapel of Merced. Burial will be at Chowchilla District Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Evergreen Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Merced, California.

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Amberly Mathews

February 9, 2021

Hi Devon I thought of you today and i talked to my daughter about you i hope you know you have never not been missed we love you so much i hope your resting in paradise xooxo

November 6, 2016

hey devon,long time no talk i love you a lot sending you a rose today i love you gave you a rose today so be watching for it i love you gramma

April 12, 2016

Found this today and thought of you, Jena, Josh, Kyle, Darienne, Bri . . .
Now that I have left, remember me with smiles and laughter
And of you need to cry, cry with your brother or sister
who walks in grief beside you.
And when you need me, put your arms around anyone
and give them what you need to give me.
There are so many that need so much.
I want to leave you something -
something much better than words or sounds.
Look for me in the people I've known
or helped in some special way.
Let me live in your heart as well as your mind.
You can love me most by letting your love reach out
to our loved ones, by embracing them and living in their love.
Love does not die, people do. So, when all that's
left of me is love, give me away the best you can.

February 27, 2015

Even tho I've never posted here and it's been 13 years - you have never been farther than a heartbeat away.

I'd give just about anything to have you back but we all know that isn't the way of things. Instead, I have used the experience of losing you to help countless others and oh, let me tell you, the difference that you and I have made....

Keep watching over everyone down here - we all need it. :)

Corey, if you see this, get in touch w/ me sometime. Miles knows how to find me.

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amberly mathews

January 31, 2015

Hello there well it has been 13 years now since youve passed away and i still think of you always i wish you could of enjoyed this beautiful crazy life with all of us growing up getting jobs becoming parents enjoying our lives with some one specail....i hope your looking down on all of us and know that all your friends and family still love and miss you youll forever be in my h
eart and on my mind i miss your smile hope your resting in paridise

Rebekah Ramos

January 16, 2015

Hey Devon I don't know why but your laughing face just popped into my head out of nowhere! Thanks for the smile today!

November 3, 2014

hey devon again you have a birthday,i sure miss you,but i know i hope i can see you some daydad and mom,and jeff all missyou also all our love to to you,happy birthday love you

November 3, 2014

Hey Dev,
Happy Birthday in just a few days! I love you and miss you every day thanks for watching over us all love gramma

November 1, 2014

hey devnn

April 24, 2014

hey devon,miss you lotts,but i know you are in a better place,i had to get a new computer but i am back on lone ,love you so much. gramma

sue cole

April 24, 2014

happy birthday, sorry its late,but changed e-mail.new e-mail is [email protected]

Darienne George

March 2, 2014

The moment that you died
My heart was torn in two,
One side filled with heartache,
The other died with you.

I often lie awake at night,
when the world is fast asleep, and
take a walk down memory lane,
with tears upon my cheeks.

Remembering you is easy,
I do it everyday,
but missing you is heartache..
that never goes away.

I hold you tightly within my heart,
and there you will remain.
Until the joyous day arrives,
That we will meet again.
-Unknown

I love and miss you still Dev. I know that I don't post as much anymore, but you know that you and your family will always have a very special place in my thoughts and in my heart. I'll love you forever.

sue cole cole

November 10, 2013

hi, devon,i just want you to know,i will never forget you,i just cant rember, as well,but i will never forget you,love you always,gramma

gramma cole

November 7, 2013

happy birthday,dev.i finaly ,remembered,i know you were happy.i miss you so,i love you,wish i could give you a big huggg,i love you.gramma

November 7, 2013

Happy Birthday Cousin!! Miss your smile!! Love u!!

November 6, 2013

happy birthday i still cant believe you are gone miss you so much love mom

Leslie Bowden

August 29, 2012

You will now have two of family members with you. August 4th my stepfather passed unexpectedly and August 26th my grandfather passed, also a suprise... please help guide them through this journey. I love and will miss all of you....

Kevin Benson

April 28, 2012

Hey Devon. Man I can't believe it has been so long since we lost you. I remember the last time I saw you as I walked to my moms car after school and will never forget the day we were all stunned by the news of your loss. Although we werent close friends but we did hangout at school a lot and you were always a cool guy. I regret that I didnt get to know you more. Sometimes randomly I think about you and wonder where life would have taken you had it not come to an end. Maybe we would have been better friends in the future. Anyway dude just wanted you to know that I havent forgotten you and I know you live on through many other people that you touched while you were here.

amberly mathews

January 23, 2012

hi devon havent wrote in a while but still thinking of you i have two precious daughters now a almost give year old an a five month old an i just told my daughter about u i miss you alot an me an kyle talk about you togeather to.keep your memorys alive love always amberly

January 20, 2012

hi devon,i read all the messages you are sent,i am so ammazed, at the young people you have inspired,i knew you were a great kid,but i am not the only one,thank you one and all who keep in touch with the ,legacy,i love everyone of you.love gramma sue

Darienne George

January 18, 2012

Hey Dev. Its been a long time since Ive posted, but as you know.. i still think of you often. Well anyways, on december 3rd I graduated from Westmed college as a Licensed vocational nurse, and I just passed my CNA this past saturday (so i can work as a nurse assisstant until i get my approval to take my licensing exam). I seriously wouldnt be here without you. When you were in Riggs is when I decided that one day I wanted to help people like you did. The summer after you had gone I did volunteer work at the hospital and did so until 2006 and within those years is when i realized that I wanted to be a nurse. You inspired me and continue to inspire me everyday. Thank you for always being here for me. I am truly blessed to have had you in my life. I love you so much and I miss you everyday. And as you wrote in a letter to me. "Yet were worlds apart, we're only a touch away". Thank you for touching my heart Dev. I love you always.

January 13, 2012

hey devon,i love you.miss you all the time.but i know you are watching all of us.i will talk later.i love you always.gramma

brianne

January 12, 2012

I'm lost for words. Jena and I where talking a while back & the two of us are absolutely convinced that life would have been different if u where still here. . . We all miss you. Even people u may not of heard from in a while. Our feelings haven't changed, just priorities for some. Fly high.

brianne

January 12, 2012

Missing you

amberly mathews

May 14, 2011

Hi devon just wanted to say I really miss you im soon going to have a new baby an wish u could meet my girls.but now im in contact with kyle so it's nice to have him to talk about you with him he really misses you to

May 11, 2011

hi, devon,i just invited kyle gibson to respond to me i hope he does,i miss you everyday,i know you know that i have my pt crusier.sometimes i can just feel you are riding with me.i love you always, dad ,mom and jeff are doing as good as they can.well i will go now ilu forever gramma sue

Kyle Gibson

May 10, 2011

hey brother,
joined the army when i was 17, i still carry you with me to this day. everything i am and everything i will be is everything you were is all i wanted to be

eric van bebber

June 10, 2010

Hey bud, Wow crazy stuff huh? Look at all these people still writing to you. I've known about this website for quite some time and I've always been to scared to wwrite on it brother. Truth is you were always there for me man, I mean we were just kids but you reported me to mr. Moneyham when I had inflicted pain upon myself and now goin on these years I thank jesus christ I had a friend like you. Things change and my situation was I had to move, and I knew I was losing one of my only friends, but when I recerived that call from darrienne about you I thought of it being a sick prank because you helped me out you always had a positive view. After all these years I've learned so much but I learned the biggest lesson from you and that's help your friends talk them up when you know somethings wrong say it, devon it wasn't for you id be in the same boat as you and I thank you. I just want you to know I love you man and because of you I have a successful life in the military a great wife and a child on the way. I will never forget you and I can't wait to see you again brother and play with our tech decks.

Amberly Mathews

February 4, 2010

hi devon today i was looking threw old stuff and looking for old friends and i thought of u i miss you alot i have a beautiful lil girl she will be 3 in a month i really wish you could have met her shes truely amazing i think you would of loved her every one has grown up got married or had babys i wish you were here maybe wed all still be friends and not went all our own ways well i still think of you and miss you so very much i love you hope you are looking down on all of us

Penny Cole

November 12, 2009

Hey Dev,
just thought i'd drop in and tell you that we still miss you so much! We celebrated last week for your birthday and we told some great old stories. I know you are keeping a good eye on us, but i sure could use one of your hugs every once in a while. Joseph is starting to look so much like you! I think it helps your mom sometimes. Jeff and your parents are doing well. I know one day we will see you again and we will all be whole again! I talk to you all the time and i know you hear me. Please just keep your hands on our shoulders as you have all this time! I love you!
Aunt Penny

November 7, 2009

hey devon the 6th. is your b.d. i sure miss you .i know you will have a great day . everyone misses you .so happy b.d. i love you verry much .grandma

shannon cole

November 6, 2009

hey devon. happy birthday ! i wish you were here to have a drink & hang out. i love you and i miss you.

Ronnie Howard

August 13, 2009

Still remember you running around in your diaper as a little baby in Raymond. You brought smile to all you crossed paths with.

sarah harlow

August 12, 2009

hey dev hows things there. i love you and miss you buti know i will see you again .i love you grandma

Darienne George

November 9, 2008

Happy Birthday Devon. Still love and miss you.

sarah harlow

November 6, 2008

hey devon; today you are the big 21.i sure miss you and so does everyone else to.i know you are watching all of us .i had to say happy birthday to you .i love you lotts and lotts. love grandma

sarah harlow

December 24, 2007

hey, devon its chirstmas again. not much has changed.we miss you but we know you are better off than us.jeff is 16 now . but i know that you know that also.just keep on helping us down here.love you lotts .grandma

sarah harlow

November 22, 2007

hey devon .happy b.d. .the big 20 lotts of love grand ma

Douglas Fremin

February 2, 2007

hey jeff and everybody this is dee just stoping by to say that we love yall and wish yall the best well bye

Douglas fremin

December 11, 2006

hey devon this is dee just stoping to say i miss ya man. r.i.p

Darienne George

December 4, 2006

Devon...its been awhile since ive written to you. Im getting ready to finish my first semester in college. Can you believe it? It seems like just yesterday we were busting our moves at Hot 105 night at rollerland haha or at the tower theatre where you won me that multi-colored elephant that I named after you. I miss you so much. These days its hard to find a friend that can even come close to the friendship you and me had.But then again no one can compare to you. :). Last month I went to the cemetary to talk to you. It felt good to talk to you again. Thank you for listening...you've always been a good listener. I love you and miss you everyday.
-Your forever friend

Amberly Mathews

June 23, 2006

hey devon i really miss you i just graduated high school i really wish you would have been here to graduate with us to it was a great experince but its sad that its time to grow up its so wierd to know some of our friends have babys and one that i know of are married but im sure you know already since your looking out for us well i miss you so much and still think of you every day but one day ill be able to see you again when its time for me to go to heaven i love you lots RIP

patrick brunelli

May 8, 2006

hey devon missing u lots. just lost my g-ma a month ago. but im sure u know that. i know u were watching over me a couple months back when i almost rolled my van. your in my prayers. keep lookin over everybody. see u sooner then u know. later.

Amberly Mathews

May 1, 2006

Hey Devon senior year is almost over its geting really stressful and i wish so much you were here to motavate me cuz im so scared im really going have to go out into the reall world and do things on my own my mommy cant help me no more but the cool thing is were going on a senior trip and i really hope that golden valley goes with us so i can see our old friends from weaver wow i miss you so much and i still have your pic on my wall even when i get married and move out ill still have it and ill tell my kids all about you how wonder ful you were and how you always put a smile on peoples faces every day no matter what you were such a good friend to all of us and i also miss your lil brother jeff but i see hes not to little hes catching up i bet hes just like you funny and wonderful well i love you so much please look over me and know i miss and love you and no matter what ill think of you RIP i love you devon

Kimberly Harvill

April 26, 2006

hi corey terry and jeff

i am really sorry for your lose i know alittle about what your going though i just lost a best friend

you and your family will always be in my prays from what i herd about devon hes was a good person agine Iam sorry love you guys

Jeff cole

April 25, 2006

hey bro

i miss you and love you i think about you all the time its not the same with out you i just turned 15 mom and dad are good i wish you were here love you R.I.P

Robbie Smith Matlck

April 5, 2006

Dear Cory and Terry,

I am Rheba Coles sister and Loren's sister in law and shannons Aunt I am so sorry about Devon it was a shock to hear about your loss I remember when you and Terry would come to chowchilla to my mothers house to see loren and Rheba, I remember how little the boys were and cant get over how much they grown shannon misses Devon so much and loves him too. I just recently came across Devons website and all I can do is tear up. I am expecting my second daughter and cant emagine the loss you have went through if you would ever like to talk here is my Email address you write me anytime okay

sarah harlow

January 2, 2006

hi devon we sure miss you . sometimes it is so hard .your parents and your brother expecialy.sometimes i just give them huggs for you .we know you are in the arms of jesus. and better off than we are . but we love you and miss you so much .lotts of things are happening .but mabey we will get through another year together .devon;we love you so much keep working with us we need a lot of help.happy newyear to you and god bless you just keep praying and helplng all of us .love you lotts .love grand-ma

Donna Bedari (Hoover)

December 31, 2005

Hi Cuz,

I just wanted to check in and say "Hi". Life has definately been different without you. A lot has happened which I'm sure you know. Uncle Peewee passed away this year, but I'm sure you already know that because he's probably up there in heaven with you telling all kinds of stories to everyone. Be sure to tell him "Hi" for me I sure do miss him and you. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you and your mom and dad and Jeff. I know they miss you terrible and have had a hard time without you. I know they are doing ok but nothing will ever take your place. Alex still has your picture up in his room and says he misses you, I'm sorry you didn't get to meet Alyssa, I was pregnant with her when you went home to be with the lord. I know you look over all of us here, but to me its not the same. It will be 4 years pretty soon we have been without you, but you will always be top "Man" in my eyes. I love you and miss you.

Your older cuz,

Donna

Amberly Mathews

December 29, 2005

hey devon i just stoped by to say hi and then i seen that your mom wrote i read it and i couldnt help but cry im so happy to see that her ur dad and jeff are doing ok i wonderd how they were cuz i know how much they loved you and i cant imagin how much worse they hurt since u were gone well i have been doing so good but growing up so fast i got my license a car even a job isnt that crazy i still see my self as that same 8th grade gurl i was well i love you so much and i still have ur picks on my wall and my myspace page so some how i see ur face every day i love you so much and miss you to so much i really wish u could be here to share the experience of growing up its scary but at the same time so amazing well i love u so much and i will never ever for get you

love always and for ever Amberly

ps: i will see you in heaven one day so i wont always have to just miss you

sarah harlow

December 25, 2005

hey devon its christmas day i thought i would say hi .and say how much i miss you .i hope i get to heaven to see you someday.well i love and miss you lotts .but for now i will write to you .love you talk later love grand-ma

Leslie Bowden

December 10, 2005

Hey Devon,

well i cant seem to sleep... and i keep listening to that song (kenny chesney- who you'd be today)... it reminds me of you so much... i'm just weirded out about so much stuff, i think its the stress of the due dates we have... especially since semester finals are next week... omg, i just so nervous about it... its so different without you here. i miss you! i wish you were here right now... i have so much stuff that i could tell you, like for instance, my dad moved out of merced (finally) but it was a while back... well i dont really know much else to say so i guess i should just go, and i'll talk to you later...

Love Always & Forever,

~Leslie~

Leslie Bowden

December 9, 2005

Hey Devon,

Things are so different now... I still cant believe that we're in our senior year. I've been trying to keep up with writing you, but its been so hard with school and stuff. I'm not only doing all the required classes for high school this year, but I'm also enrolled in a college class too. Lots of work! well I still cant believe that graduation is like only 5 months away... Its amazing how time flys. Well I better go, I will talk to you later.

Love Always & Forever,

~Leslie~

clintt spinelli

December 9, 2005

hey. sry that i wasnt at weaver our 8th grade year some times i wonder if it would be different man well i guess good bye is in order

-clintt

mom

December 8, 2005

i havnt had internet for awhile, i just got back and i cant beleive how many kids are still talking to you, you were something, i still miss you soooo much it still dont seem real, your brother is in high school, we are doing ok,jeff, dad and me are still trying to make it without you, it is not that easy, your 18th birthday was very very hard on me, dont know how i got through it, i love you so much and it comforts me that so many were touched by your prescence, but that was always like you, i talk to you every day, your picture is in the car with me and i tell you every day how much i love you talk to you soon love mom

sarah harlow

November 25, 2005

hi devon.happy thanksgiving .we miss you lotts. i know you are safe with jesusi know .well i will be back latter .love you lottss. grand-ma

amberly mathews

November 24, 2005

just wanted to say happy thanksgiving and i love you and miss you lots

~lots of love Amberly~

Amberly Mathews

November 20, 2005

wow i just rememberd you are 1 year older than i am i wish i just turned 18 that would be awsome well i miss you so much i havent worte in 2 months ive been so busy but i still always think of you all the time i miss you a hole lot our senior year is flying by soooo fast its crazy soon i will be in the reall world not high school i just got my first car and my first job at mervyns but i havent started yet but im so excited my life is becomeing sooo wonderful i love it and i got the worlds greatest boy friend just thought ud like to some one is takeing really good care of ur friend hehehe well i miss you lots Devon happy bday i love you dont for get to look out for all of us

Leslie Bowden

November 9, 2005

hey devon,

Wow 18 already... Dang I wont be 18 for another 2 months. Well our senior year is very close to its half way mark. I can't believe that its been this long since we last talked. I mean wow Sadies is this weekend, and we're playing GV in football this Friday, thats going to be a good game. Both teams have done equaly well this season... Well gotta go, its dinner time and I've got an essay for English to work on so I'll ttyl!

Love Always,

~Leslie~

sarah harlow

November 7, 2005

hey devon happy birthday .i sure miss you but i know you are in a better place.i will always miss you .you are now 18 .wow it is so hard for me to think you are 18 now.well it is starting to rain now. i just had to tell you happy b-d .and i love and miss you .grand-ma

Amberly Mathews

September 28, 2005

I just wanted to tell you i love you and miss you so much and i wish u were physically in my life well i love u so much RIP

amberly Mathews/Yoshida

September 12, 2005

Devon

hey buddy whats up me nm playing on the comp and you just poped in my head cuz i was thinking of all our friends and how we all became hole diffrent people brie and ariale mommys now me a wife soon all so diffrent i miss us all hanging out when me you darrine and kyle whent to roller land that was fun i just miss our lil croud we had that hung out togeather we had fun and lots of laughs even thow we all had our hard times we worked threw them here we are now seniors in high school wishing you were in high school with us it would of been a million times better even thow i dont go to golden valley i go to davis and krystal also moved to it would have still been so cool i love you devon so much i just want you to know youll be in my heart for ever and for always and i will see you one day and i will give you a great big hug like old times we all will to show how much we miss you in our lives you touched us in so many ways and we miss you well i have to go for now i love you sooooooo very much

Darienne George

August 9, 2005

Devon,

Our senior year starts in less than a week! It seems like just yesterday we were in mr.smiths class getting in trouble for throwing stuff at eachother from across the room. I've been doing exceptionally good lately. I'm still doing volunteer work at the hospital and i've reached 271 volunteer hours. i am now in a relationship with a really great guy! he reminds me of you sometimes and it makes me smile. i really miss you and wish you could be physically with me this year like i know you will be spirtually. I'm planning on becoming an RN. You helped me make that decision back in 8th grade when you encouraged me to join Riggs even though i never went, but now its a for sure thing.well i love and miss you.

Krystal Berlin

August 8, 2005

hey devon

it's been so long since i wrote in here, i'm sorry i just didn't really know what i would say.i found this poem i wrote about way back after you went away it made me think about you sadly alot of the stuff i write nowadays is really depressing because it's all kinda centered around what happened in the eighth grade.i sometimes wonder how things would of been had you not went away, how different things would be, but you did and we'll never know, well i guess i better go much love to ya

amberly mathews

August 3, 2005

wow senior year is about to start soon time flys by so fast just yesterday i remember crying in the library with my friends because we lost a very special person that is you i cant imagine if we had to go threw that day all over again i dont think i can do it im not a strong person any more like i used to be well i love you so much and i wish you can be going to senior year with all of us but it was your time what can we do about that i love you dont ever for get that RIP

amberly mathews

July 12, 2005

hey devon man i just started summer school yesterday its already waring me out hehehe i love sleepng i cant belive my sineor year is year it just seems like yesterday i was in the 8th grade and we lost you but its been a really long and lonely times with out u i wish u were here to expierence high school with us it would have been a hole lot better i miss u alot and love u stll so much RIP

Amberly Mathews

July 2, 2005

hey devon yesterday i found your pic when you had your bright blond hair(light bulb) i miss u so much lookin at that pic with that wonderful smile of yours i just miss you so much and wish that you were here in our lives again just if we can turn back time then it wil we all good cuz you would be there and that were the good times when we were all friends and we all had fun togeather but now were all split up and we dont talk really well you remember ariale i just found out she is having a beatiful baby girl crazy huh well thats what every one is doing its like its the new fashion statement or some thing i dont know and i seen kyle the other day and he misses you so much also but you probably already new since hes your best friend he loves u so much i just wanted you to know and so dose every one eles and we call wish you were here welll i lovve u and wish to see u

misty

June 4, 2005

HEY DEVON,

ITS ME AGAIN MISTY I HAVEBEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MOM AND YOUR LITTLE BROTHER JEFF. I TALK TO MY MOM A FEW DAYS AGO AND SHE SAID THAT THEY ARE DOING GOOD. WE ALL THINK ABOUT YOU AND MISS YOU. THERES NOT A DAY THAT GOS BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT YOU. ITS HARD TO BELIVE THAT YOUR NOT AROUND. WELL I AM GOING TO GO NOW AND I WILL BE BACK AGAIN SOON. MISS YOU DEVON. TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.

MISTY

Leslie Bowden

April 23, 2005

Devon,

I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote in here... a lot of stuff has been happening this year. I mean our Junior year in high school is almost over. A lot of us are planning for college and a lot of us wish you were here planning to go to college with us. I miss you and I haven't ever forgotten you. My high schools PROM is coming up in about a month, so I'm helping my friends plan for that... so much stress. I love you and miss you, I will write again soon.

~Leslie~

Brianne Prater/Garza

April 22, 2005

Hey Devon

You wouldn't beleive how my life has been going. In the last year from 2004-2005 my life has completly flipped upside down. My 17th birthday is coming up and can you beleive all before im 18 i will have been married and had a kid. Never thought it would happen, huh.

My son is due August 25th and im hoping you can guide him here safley. I would really appricate that. I'm considering getting married in June of 2005. And im hoping everything works out. Schools tough, im still behind but my teacher says i will still be able to graduate on time. I wish you where still here, i do think of you alot and talk about you all the time.We've all seperated. Not all of us are still friends, we've mad new ones or just moved on. But the one thing that still keeps us all together is the friendship we had with you. I hope to have a friendship like that again. Im sorry it took so long to write, like i said things have changed. I've got to run. I MISS YOU lots.

Amberly Mathews

March 5, 2005

Hey Devon i just wanted to let you know i miss you so much and i have your picture above my bed so some times i just look at it it makes me smile to see your face because thats as close as im going to get to seeing it for now but thats better than nothing i will see you again some day i miss you alot and chad misses you to thats what he told me i really wish you where here life would be much better if you were well i love you Devon more than anything and miss you

Love forever Amberly

MISTY

February 10, 2005

HEY DEVON ITS HARD TO BELIVE THAT ITS BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE YOU LEFT ALL OF US. BUT REALLY YOU DIDN'T LEAVE US BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR THOUGHTS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THE LAST TIME I WROTE IN YOUR GUEST BOOK I GUESS ITS BEEN A WHILE. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU A LOT LATELY. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. GOD BLESS YOU. RIP DEVON I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU. YOUR IN MY THOUGHTS NOW AND FOREVER.

Amberly Mathews

January 15, 2005

Hey Devon just wanted to tell u i miss u alot and need u in my life right now ive been depressed and sad and need ur smile well i love u RIP

Amberly Mathews

December 15, 2004

Hey Devon i just wanted to let you know that i miss u soooo much and i really need you right now im really lonely and i just dont know what to do any more every since i moved here ive been so lonely and i need that beatiful smile to chear me up right now and each and every day but i gess your picture will have to be good enough for now i love you and think of you look over me plz my surgery is comeing and i need you to look over me and make sure im ok hi corey and jeff i miss u guys to

Amberly Mathews

December 9, 2004

Devon i miss you so much i wish i would wake up one day and youd be there but i know you cant be here physically but your always in my heart im geting surgery in two weeks plz look over me and make sure i do ok i really miss you and wish you would come home were your sposed to be but i will see you one day again im sure i love you devon remember im always thinking of you and love you

Krystal Berlin

November 8, 2004

hey devon,

wow it's been awile your birthday was last saturday, on my district try-outs i did really bad but aniewayz, happy belated birthday. it's kinda sad that my best friend trisha writes in here more than i do. my birthdays this friday yea! aniewayz u were joined up in heaven by stephen rutledge i hope both of u r watching down on all ur friends and familys cuz now is the time that we need u the most

luv u much

Trish

November 7, 2004

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I havent written in a while and Im sorry. There have been a few rough spots for me in the past months but I always remember your watching over all of us and that I can make it.

If you can watch out for me on the 20th when I take my written exam for fire explorers, Im really nervous. Thanks.

Love Always,

Trish

Ronnie Howard Jr.

August 10, 2004

Devon, Hey buddy it has been awhile now and as I read your friends entries I think of how special you must have been to them and still are. You see as we grow up we forget old friends not because we don't love them but time is a true enemy to our memories. I can see now over two years later what an awsome impression you left in the lifes of those around you. Well I wondered if I knew you well enough to impose on this sacred place your friends have made for you but I figured anyone that met you even as a small little boy was a friend of yours. My families prayers are with you and your family.

Ronnie Howard

Darienne George

August 10, 2004

Hey Dev,

I've been thinking a lot about you lately...especially since the new school year's about to begin.I'm gonna be a junior and i deeply wish you were starting the new year with me.I miss you soooo much.It seems like i havn't seen you in like an eternity...i know i havn't been writing in here as much as i know i should be and i'm sorry, there's not much to tell you since i know you've been watching down on everyone. you probably know everything that has happened in the last 2 years....especially how much everyone still misses you. I love you dev

-Darienne

Leslie Bowden

August 8, 2004

Hey Devon,

I can't believe that we're going to be juniors this year! It still feels like your here with us. You would have been a junior with the rest of us and I can only imagine how excited you would have been about being a senior next year. I know you haven't heard from me in a while but I was actually living in Stockton for 3 months... Well I'll talk to you soon.

Love Always,

~Leslie~

Erica howley

May 29, 2004

hello, there devon i have missed you, just seeing ur picture with that BIG smile i miss it :( well i love you brotha! i pray for u everyday... and for ur family too

sarah harlow

May 6, 2004

hello all who are friends of devon coles .i am devons grandma.i want to thank all of you who write to the legacy we check it daily.i am in merced almost daily .everytime i see an ras ambulance i think devon is riding in it .anyone out there reading in the legacy who just wants to talk to me or corey or jeff just send an e-mail to [email protected] we would certanly talk to you we would like to know how everyone is doing.we never want for this to happen to anyone ever again if there was ever any way we could help it lots of love to all and please write lotts of love grandma sarah

Anne

May 5, 2004

Devon, we need your help. Brianne needs your help. Talk to her, please. We don't want to lose her, too. Losing you was painful enough.

Shauna Pettitt

April 27, 2004

Hey Deven I miss you lots. I might be going to this college guidence thing to help me figure out what I want to go to college for. LOVE YA!! MISS YA!!

Trisha Ebersole

April 22, 2004

Hey Dev, Yea I haven't written in a while...sorry. We are doing Relay for Life on saturday, gotta look all nice in our jumpsuits and everything. Sometimes before events I haven't done before or when Im about to do a ride-along I get nervous and scared because I never know whats going to happen but then I feel a sense of protection because I remind myself you are watching over me and all the other explorers. We miss you so much, you would be surprised at whats happend in the past year that Ive been there...the new uniforms, new people, Teri is moving soon and then Patti is moving near the end of the summer. So alot has changed and sometimes I just want to give up but I keep fighting to make it better.

Thank you for always watching over us, we all really need it.

Love Always,

Trisha

K Berlin

April 2, 2004

hey Devon,

It's been awhile since i wrote in here,we moved again, i wish i was still in cali, still close to everybody who knew you,i found the yearbook from 8th grade year and it makes me sad that you weren't there in person to walk there with us and graduate to the 9th grade with us. well i miss you and everybody in cali alot.

love Krystal

Leslie Bowden

February 19, 2004

Hey I know it's been forever since the last time I wrote in here. It wasn't the same as usual. I'm very happy to know that your still watching over us. I'm sorry we couldn't have seen you grow up along with us. I turned 16 on January 13th. I'm glad your always watching. If your looking over us, make sure you give us all your blessing in everything we do. Sorry it's been so long. I'll write again soon.

Love always,

~Leslie~

Krystal Berlin

February 14, 2004

Hey devon,

it's been a while since i've written in here, but with moving and all i really couldn't do it. umm i talk to my friends about you all the time. i tell them what a great person you were. i write a lot of poems about you it helps me vent my feelings. my friend trisha has a great personality just like you did. i really wish she could have met you, i think you two would have gotten along just great. she's in exploers just like you were. and i here she's really good at it just like you were umm ireally miss you infact i miss california but yea.

love you

Krystal

Amber Doty

January 28, 2004

hey devon

i miss you so much babe. i cant believe its been 2 years already. i still feel presence when i am achiveing some of my goals or when i do something excelent that i know that you would have been proud of me. today was hard on me, like everything that happend today, i was reminded of you. i love ya sweetie and i know that you are looking over us and keeping us safe. muah

Shauna Pettitt

January 26, 2004

~Deven~

I am very sorry it took so long to write it's just that I really didn't know what to say. I was just so shocked. At first I didn't want to beleive it. Deven I loved you so much and I still do. I've know you and your family for a long time since we were little kids. And to me you were the best cousin that I have ever had. And I miss you so much.

Love You Always and Forever

December 6, 2003

Hey Devon,

Things have been so busy at explorers wish you could be here to help out...we had the christmas parade last night in atwater, Lydia was rudolph lil red nose and all Eric was driving 110 and practically made me go deaf blaring the siren....we did kops for kids today turned out pretty good then ate at pizza hut after I think Kyle held the record for eating 9 pieces of pizza...then at the next meeting we are doing First Aid Certification...

I know your watching over us and keeping us all safe your like the Explorers' Guradian Angel

erica howley

December 1, 2003

hello devon, i love you and your family too and all the friends :) happy birthday i know its alittle late but i have been busy , i miss you dearly, i miss your laugh and smile, hows heavon? ill see you some day up there i lvoe you kiss kiss take care

Darienne George

November 10, 2003

Hey Dev,

Happy 16th birthday!!!Babe, I really miss u a lot.You mean so much to me, and i wish you were here right now.I'm pretty good, and I know you are too.You're an awesome person Devon,and i know you always will be.

Corey and Jeff,i love you guys.You're still in my prayers.Remember i'm always here if you guys want to get in touch or talk.I miss you Corey and Jeff.Take care.

November 9, 2003

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

mom

November 6, 2003

Hey Dev,

Happy Birthday to you I miss you so much I cant hardly stand it that you are not here Oh the fun we would be having today on your 16th birthday. All I can do is just think about how handsome you would be and you would be driving and i just wanted to say i love you always have always will no matter what. i just hope you are doing ok and to let you know i think about you 200 times a day and wonder if you can hear me talking to you. i love you miss you dearly and happy bday you are still my no. 1 son.

love mom

Douglas fremin

September 21, 2003

i really loved devon like when he cut owr grass whith scissers he was a fantasic man

August 11, 2003

Hey

I should have done this a long time ago sorry I didnt get around to it sooner. I never really knew you Devon but most of my close friends were really close to you and they could never stop telling me what a great person you were I really wish I could have met you. In a small way we are kind of connected I am in the Explorers to althought I only started 6 months ago I am good friends with most of them and they just keep saying what a great person you were and to see them sad when you are talked about hurts me to. Some of the others who have written may not want me writing but we are in a way connected even if it is through explorers. All of them are constantly saying what a excellent person you were to work with and I really wish I could have gotten to work with you and see first hand what a great person you were and always will be. You will always be in my heart no matter what everyone else says just because I didnt have the chance to get to know you doesnt mean I cant express how much I would have liked to get to know you.

Christan McSwain

April 16, 2003

Hey Dev,

Whats up hay it's you!

I miss you so much I miss being able to talk to you it was fun You always new how to make every one smile you made every one who was around you happy. And when you left it took most of the hppeness out of our lives. But I know you arestill with us but it just isent the same. I hope we can stay in touch. I hope that we can all stay in touch like I have been saying lattely. But you know that dit will not be the same with out you and life is like always confusing but long there are giod times and bad times and some times you dont know what to do or you think some thing is the right thing at the time. But we all make mustacs that we make in our lives and some times we regret it and some times we dont I surtanly do NOT regret knowing you I reather know you then not know you at all.

Love always

Christan McSwain

Christan mcSwain

April 14, 2003

Hey You,

Whats goin on up there. same old same old down here we all have are problems right. Well every one is okay down here as you can see. We still miss you though. No matter how much I know that I can't see you I know that you are here though. I just like to fly in and say hello every once and a wial even if it is every day. It is nice to stay in touch and to see what every one eals is writing to you and how they fill. It's fun because you know that you are not alouwn by your self on the way that you fill. We don't really talk about it very much any more and you fill like every one has forgotten or they are just ovoding it and then you go on line to visit and you realize the truth as you read the little writings that people have written you. Its great being abule to come on line and say some things that you want to say. Well we still miss you very much and you are loved with all of my heart. Well I will talk to you latter and have fun up there with you new friends they must be so happy to have a new and great friend. Well I will talk to you again real soon.

Christan McSwain

April 2, 2003

Hey Dev,

See no one has for gotten you they even think you are still here. And they are right you are with us every day and you are watching us and takeing care of us. We all miss you very much. And even though I didn't know your family very well I would like to say tha I miss you guys too. We all do. And I don't now if I thanked you for going to our graduation but it really ment alot for all of us who were supposed to and should have graduated with Devon. I hope we all stay in toach. Devon would have wanted every one of us to stay freinds and stay close. I think the best time the only best time was when we all where there for eachether for looseing Dev... But theses days I think that he's comeing back and the first day I heard of the news I thought he was going to tearn the corner any minute and say got ya. And laugh but that moment never came. For some of us we lots a great friend or a great person, but for most we know that we didn't lose you at all. We know your still around, still in our dreams, and some time we can even talk to you. But know matter what some one thinks we will never for get the great Devon Cole the best feind any one could have. And Kyle if you are ever reading this we miss you. And we would like to see you again your where his best of all freind and we haven't talked to you in awail and we waould all like to. We Devon I have to go.

Love Always,

Christan McSwain