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for Jackie Robinson
Darrell Hayes
December 8, 2017
Not a day go by that I don't think about you my brother you are truly missed
Oksana Williams
January 28, 2007
I will always miss you ,and you will always be a brother to me.
ANTHONY MCCLINTON
December 18, 2006
WHATS UP THIS IS YOUR PEOPLE ANTHONY AKA LINK JACKIE I MISS U AND B SO MUCH.WE DID IT ALL I FEEL SO MUCH PAIN BUT SOMETIMES HAPPY COUSE I KNOW U HOME WITH B, BUSTA AND YOUR FARTHER AND LOOKING DOWN ON ME AND EVERYBODY WHO LOVED U MAN WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS THE LOVE I HAD AND STILL HAVE FOR U. I THINK ABOUT U AND B EVERYDAY DOG I MISS U AND WISH WE COULD JUST SEE EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN. R.I.P. LINK
Jada Robinson
September 13, 2006
It takes everything out of me not to sign this book everyday expressing how much I miss you. I know that you are looking down on me everyday. I just hope that I am continuing to make you proud. You are with me when I feel like giving up and it's you that motivates me to never give up. Although it has almost been six months since you have been gone it is still so surreal to me. The fact that I can't pick up the phone and hear your voice...really kills me sometimes. I won't question why you had to go I just wish you could have been around longer. I wish that I could have neices and nephews but that shall never be. I love you and I miss you but I know I will be okay. Although each day gets easier to wake up and deal with the fact that you are no longer here......the pain that I have in my heart will never go away. I love you and I hope you are celebrating in heaven and saving my place. I love you and you will never be forgotten.
Lakeena (Toot) Williams
June 15, 2006
Well I know that it's kind of late for me to be signing this guestbook again! But I miss you so much and it hurts for me to type this and not be able to tell you this face to face. I have come to realize that you were the one that kept me sane throughout everything that was going on in my life. I would give anything to have you back just one more time for me just to talk to you. No matter what I had to say you always listened to me even if it was something that you really didnt care about. I knew that I always had your shoulder to cry on. Now I see my self on my knees crying more then ever not saying that I never did it before but just saying that you were my only friend the only person that I can tell anything and not be judged by it. I know that between you and God I will never go wrong and Im going to keep praying. Jackie I love and miss you so much and I guess that I'll see you when I get there Big Head.
daphne davis-theodore
May 26, 2006
I just want to say that i'm sorry for your lost.Jackie was my friend and i loved him.He always made me smile when ever i saw him.earth has no sorrow that heaven can't heal.you guys will always be in our prayers and in our hearts always.we love you.
Dj Hayes
May 26, 2006
I'll miss you my brother and forever you will be in my memory I know you and B up there spittin that real once again. . .
Dj Hayes
May 25, 2006
I'll miss you my brother and forever you will be in my memory I know you and B up there spittin that real once again. . .
Kim Robinson
May 17, 2006
To, Othello and Family. We can plan but God is the best of Planners. I will keep you and your family in my daily prayers. From Kim , your cousin Ramona friend.
Phyllis Billingsley
May 4, 2006
Rev. Mathews, Othella and Jada,
There is no pain Jesus cant feel and there's is no hurt He can not heal. For all things work according to His perfect will. No matter what You,re going thru Please Remember This Battle is not Yours Its the Lord. You will truly be in my thoughts and my prayers. We Shall see Little Jackie again, GOD said it and I believe it. Love you always.
Lakeena (Toot) Williams
April 25, 2006
Jackie it's so hard to grasp the fact that you are gone.I miss calling you to pick a fuss,to tell you what Kemine is doing new or just to tell you about whats going on in my life. We met 2 weeks after I had Kemine and you still loved him as if he was yours you were always there no matter what every doctors appt,birthday,
holiday, and whatever came in between. I Love you so much and I know that you felt the same way about me. You are the only daddy Kemine ever knew and Im going to make sure he never forgets you. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU
shemeka gunn
April 15, 2006
jackie it seem like yesterday, i ask myself time and time agin why. but god never makes any mistakes just know you will forever be in my heart. and i will always love you. it just feels good to know if i do the right thing on earth i will soon see your face oneday. love always,shemeka gunn
gertrude gunn
April 15, 2006
to the robinson family my sympathy and prayers are with you always.the gunn family.
Kristian Allred
April 11, 2006
mrs. othella, mr. jose, and jada
god brought you guys into my life at a time when i really needed you(when buster died), and you guys showed me nothing but love and kindness, and i will never forget that just as i'll never forget the day i met jackie. We met in english class at UNO, he sat right behind me, we were put into the same assignment group, and it was just a fun filled friendship from there. Jackie was a fun loving joker, and I will miss him dearly.I can't say that i know what your going through, but as a new mother myself, I can't imagine life without my child, and i'm sorry you have to experience that. I will just leave you with the prayer that i live by, and that helps me continue living in this world filled with sorrow and misunderstanding:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the power to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.........
Love, and miss you
MY BROTHER AND I....YOU WILL BE MISSED!!
JADA ROBINSON
April 11, 2006
TO MY BEAUTIFUL BROTHER...WRITTING THIS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. IT IS STILL HARD TO COMPREHEND THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE...MY HEART BREAKS EVERYDAY KNOWING THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR PHYSICAL BODY AND GIVE YOU A HUG AND HEAR YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND SHOW ME THAT MILLION DOLLAR SMILE. I MISS YOU SO MUCH BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN HEAVEN SMILING DOWN ON ME. IT'S KIND OF CRAZY BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE I AM DREAMING AND MY PHONE IS GOING TO RING AND I WILL HEAR YOUR VOICE ON THE OTHER END SAYING I AM ALRIGHT AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE JOKE. I KNOW YOU KNEW IT BUT I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. YOU WERE MY ONLY SIBILING SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST ME AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP BUT I KNOW THAT IS NOT WANT YOU WOULD WANT....YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME HOW PROUD YOU WERE OF ME BEING IN COLLEGE AND JUST KNOW THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU PROUD. YOUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE HAS TOUCHED ME AND YOU NOT BEING HERE WILL LEAVE A HOLE IN MY HEART FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I LOVE YOU BABY AND YOU WILL FOREVER BE MY BIG BROTHER AND YOU WILL LIVE ON IN ME FOR LIFE. PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID WE LOOKED LIKE TWINS...ALTHOUGH WE NEVER AGREED AND LAUGHED ABOUT WHO WAS CUTER THAN THE OTHER....I FIND COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT I STILL HAVE A PART OF YOU LIVING IN ME. I WILL LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND YOU DEFINITELY WAS THE BEST BROTHER...ALL YOUR TALKS ABOUT LIFE AND GUYS.....DON'T WORRY I WAS LISTENING AND DID INDEED TAKE ALOT OF MENTAL NOTES....I LOVE YOU AND ALTHOUGH I CAN NO LONGER SEE YOU ON THIS EARTH....SAVE MY SPOT BECAUSE WE WILL BE REUNITED ONE DAY AND OH WANT A REUNION THAT WILL BE. SO I CHOOSE NOT TO SAY BYE BUT I WILL DEFINITELY SEE YOU LATER!!!! I WILL LOVE YOU ALWAYS!!
WANDEO SQUIRE
April 10, 2006
MY PRAYERS ARE FOREVER THAT WE WILL MEET AGAIN.
MUCH LOVE TO PASTOR MATHEWS, SISTER OTHELLA, JADA AND THE FAMILY
jose mathews
April 10, 2006
This message is to all who will dare to read it. Jackie was loved by all people and you have seen that by the number of people who showed up at his home going. Yes, it was a home going because he was a child of God and he knew that. But even the children of God must separate themselves from those who do not want to serve the Lord. We can teach our children how to live right but we cannot make them live right. Nevertheless, nothing gives individuals the right to take a life that they did not give life to.Young people you must put down your guns and pick up the Bible because it will teach you how to love each other. God knows what took place in the life of my son Jackie and God will handle those who dare to take the life of His child. No, Jackie was not a saint and none of us are. But we are God's people and the sheep of His pasture. Through all of this God will still get the glory. The Word of God declares to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Jackie accepted Christ as a young and therefore is a child of God. Son I love you, we love you, your mother loves you, your sister, famliy and friends all love you but God who sits on His throne loved you the best and to prove His love He refused to let you toil in this wicked world any longer. Yes, it hurts that you are gone but you will never be forgotten. Love Daddy "Jose" April 9,2006
J. McGinnis & Family
April 8, 2006
Jackie spent Thanksgiving with us. we never thought he would be gone so soon. We thank God for the opportunity to have known him, if only for a short time. Now he has found peace with both his earthly and his Heavenly Fathers.
roland mathews jr.
April 5, 2006
I WAS HAPPY TO KNOW MY COUSIN JACKY. WE DON'T MEET ALL OF OUR RELATIVES SOMETIMES BUT THE ONE'S WE DO MEET WE SHOULD EMBRACE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR FAMILY...I LOVED MY COUSIN JACKY VERY MUCH AND WAS HAPPY WHEN HE STAYED IN MY DORM ROOM WITH ME FOR THOSE COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE SHARED A LOT OF THINGS AND BECAME REAL CLOSE. WE STARTED GROWING OUR HAIR TOGETHER AND BOTH OF US GOT IT TWISTED BY THE SAME GIRL ON CAMPUS. WE AGREED NOT TO EVER CUT OUR HAIR SO FOR YOU JACKY I WILL BE LOYAL TO THAT AGREEMENT AND NEVER CUT MY HAIR AS LONG AS I SHOULD LIVE!! I LOVE YOU CUZ!!!! I KNOW GOD HAS YOU NOW!!!!! :)
roland brown
April 5, 2006
As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life’s routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.
Quincy Brown
April 4, 2006
I was so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow.
Eric Brown
April 4, 2006
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Jawaan Gunn
April 4, 2006
Please accept my deepest sympathies.
Jamal Gunn
April 4, 2006
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Shemeka Gunn
April 4, 2006
To the family of Jackie Robinson Jr:
I can't say I know exactly what you are going thorough but I can say to stay strong in the name of Jesus and know he accepted Jesus as his pesonal savior so he is definitely in a better place I will also miss Jackie very much I will continue to pray for you
quiana brown
April 4, 2006
This is a poem i wrote dedicated to my round Jackie:
It's very hard to say good bye,
Eventhough I know I shouldn't cry,
Because you're in a better place,
I'll really miss seeing your face.
The times we spent together were so dear and true,
and until I leave this world I'll never stop missing you.
The last time I heard your voice was very long ago,
But yet and still you knew knew I loved you so.
We grew apart as we got a little older,
But you knew I was here if you needed a shoulder.
You were someone who was real special to me,
And eventhough it's not through blood you are still family.
You always seemed as if you cared,
no body could ever break the bond we shared.
I'll just picture your smile when ever i'm down,
and with your memories you"ll always be aroud.
I never met a person who touched so many,
You were special not just to me, but to plenty.
Your memories will live on for years to come,
I love you, I miss you but God's will must be done.
eugenia michelle brown
April 4, 2006
To Othella and Jada Robinson,
My prayers are with you and Jada.My
memories of Jackie will always be in my heart.If ever there is the need to talk remember that I will always be available;call me anytime
602-793-7658;or [email protected]
Love and continued prayers,
Eugenia Michelle Brown,CEO/LPN
Houston, Texas 77073
RANDRA WRIGHT (SQUIRE)
April 4, 2006
DEAR COUSINS,
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL.
Rev. & Ms. Samuel Davis, Jr
April 4, 2006
We can't begin to comprehend the depth of your loss. Please accept our deepest condolences as you find comfort in the prayers of the righteous and the promises of God's Word.
CHERYL GHOURM-ANDERSON
April 3, 2006
OTHELLA
YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE LOSS OF YOUR SON. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND THE FAMILY.MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES
quiana brown
April 3, 2006
It does seem like yesterday when we were all together at church I will miss Jackie so very much he was like a real cousin to me and my deepest sympathy goes out to the family just keep ya'll head up and know that his soul is finally at rest and he is where we all will be eventually and he doesn't have to go through no more hurt or harm I will say it again Jackie I love you and you will always be in my heart always
Fallan Valteau
April 2, 2006
Mrs. Othella and Jada
I am sorry to hear about your lost. Jackie did not only leave his family here hurting, but he also left many friends behind. Jackie was a great person with a beautiful smile. Everytime I think of Jackie I cry at the thought of him being gone and smile at the idea of him being in a better place now reunited with Buster and everyone else he lost. Jackie's memory will always be kept alive in my heart. I cared for Jackie a lot and had a great deal of love for him. Everything happens for a reason and just remember that God is taking care of our sweet Jackie now.
ROLAND MATHEWS SR
April 2, 2006
TO: MY BROTHER JOSE MATHEWS AND HIS WIFE OTHELLA.
THIS IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE ABOUT BECAUSE WE (MYSELF AND SHIRYL) LOVED JACKIE UNCONDITIONALLY. THE LOST OF JACKIE WAS BOTH UNEXPECTED AND UNPREDICTIED. JUST KNOW THIS........JACKIE WAS GIVEN THE FOUNDATION HE NEEDED TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT JESUS HAD DESIGNED FOR HIM. EVEN THOUGH JACKIE CHOSE OTHERWISE WHEN HE REALIZED THE END WAS NEAR HE KNEW TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF HIS LIFE BY MAKING AMMENDS WITH YOU PASTOR MATHEWS AND HIS MOTHER. SO IN ENDING I SAY TO YOU THAT JACKIE CAME FULL CIRCLE, BACK TO THE FOUNDATION AND SAFTEY NET THAT THE WORDS OF GOD OFFERS, IN THAT HE MADE HIS PEACE WITH JESUS CHRIST.
WE LOVE AND WILL MISS YOU
"JACKIE"
UNCLE ROLAND &
AUNTIE SHIRYL
Jacqueline winding
April 1, 2006
To the family of Jackie, no one can know the pain you feel. but always think of the good times you had with Jackie. The heavenly father only takes the best. Jackie was the best, so he call him on home to labor with him! Be Bless!
donna mcclinton
March 31, 2006
To jackie mother,I didn't know you but I knew jackie a very sweet young man it's almost like yesterday that i saw his face he will be miss by me,DONNA anthony's mother
Lynell Nichols
March 31, 2006
Othella, Jada, and Jose,
Please know that my heart and prayers are with you, but there are no words to adequately express my profound sorrow at the loss of Jackie. Every time I see his face in my mind, he is the handsome, chocolate, charismatic, and personable young man I saw him to be. I would love to be there to hug you and comfort you ,but I will leave that to our most gracious Father who has wrapped Jackie in His arms, and is thanking you for taking care of him during his time here with us.The fact that Jackie expressed to you things he never had before tells me he wanted you to be comforted. You know he left here loving you, Jada, Jose and understood the things you all tried to teach him. Othella, you are amazing. Stay strong and know that I am always here for you any time of the day or night. God bless y'all... Much love
Wendy Hammond
March 31, 2006
Mrs. Othella and Family
You have my deepest sympathy. Jackie was like one of our sons. We will miss him dearly.
Marcel and Wendy Hammond
(Pampy's Mother)
Rose Mason
March 31, 2006
Othella,
Deepest Sympathy on the loss of your son, praying for you and your family...
Mildred Newman
March 31, 2006
Othella and Jose,
I express my deepest sympathy to you and your family. My son is exactly the same age (to the week) as your Jackie and I fear for him because this is such a vunerable time in their lives. Therefore, know that you did all that you could and that the ways of the world can take a strong hold on our young loved ones. Speaking to you, Othello, I could see the passion and nuturing that you provided your children and that is all that we can do as parents. I will be praying that you stay strong, be blessed and continue to look to Him.
Mildred, from
the Ramada
Latonya Gunn
March 31, 2006
Dear Othella, Jada and Rev. Mathews;
I am deeply saddened by your lost. It seems like yesterday when we were worshipping God together at Discipleship as children. We will all truly miss Jackie. Jada, Othella, and Rev. Mathews, be strong and know that Jackie is in a better place now and also know, that no hurt, harm or sorrow can come to him anymore.
Love always your sister in Christ,
Latonya Gunn.
Bert Rhodes
March 31, 2006
To the Robinson and Matthews family. I haven't known you but a short while. But I have found you to be a God fearing family. I am sending this note to let you know that my prayers are with you and your family. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. You know He will take care of you. Continue to put all of your trust in Him and He will see you through. Othello, God is with you. Love and prayers,Bishop Bert and Husband Herman Rhodes
LYDIA POINDEXTER
March 31, 2006
Othella,
I was shocked to see your son in the orbituary. Pleaqse accept my heartfelt condolences. My prayers are with you and your family. I am living in Houston right now, therefore I cannot be there to share in your grief. Take comfort in knowing I would be there if at all possible. Hug Jada for me, I am sure she remembers me. When you get an opportunity please call me.
Love your friend,
LyDia Poindexter
heineka cruz
March 31, 2006
dear jackie
jacie it is so hard to say goodbye. it feels like we were just running around in the turtle necks your mama love to always put on us.jackie i miss u bra i just wish u could still be here with us writing your rapps and just living but u in better place and now one in the army of the lord so just kind of help the rest of us be strong.
Brenda Chapital
March 31, 2006
Dear Othello, Jada and Rev. Matthews,
I am deeply saddened by the passing of Jackie. I still remember him laughing, playing, and just chilling with Wyndal and Whickleff at the house and at Bibleway. My heart and prayers are with you. We can take comfort in knowing that Jackie accepted Christ as his Savior and that one day we will be united with them. Be good to each other and to yourselves. Know that many are praying for you.
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