Dear Carole, Brooke, Lauren and Family,
Linda and I want to express our heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your INCREDIBLE husband and father. I never had the opportunity to play on the oline with him, but I got the opportunity to be coached by him at GV. Olinemen are the barometer of football teams and families. They do all the little things that nobody else sees so that the team family can have success. Jim was the definition of a true oline man in how he blocked for his team and family and others so that they could have success. In 1980, I had the great privilege of starting the GV Football Alumni Club with Jim and Coach Hark. That is when I really got to know Jim. This association will now live on because of Jim planting the seeds that he planted just like the seeds of his daughters and grandchildren. Together his children/grandchildren and GV Football Alumni will be his legacy.
A few years back Jim and I had a great conversation at a GV tailgate about the three F’s that have guided us both through our entire lives. FAITH,FAMILY and FOOTBALL 🌞💪🏈. I put these 3 symbols in all my FB posts and text messages. The sun signifies faith, the arm the strength of family and football the greatest team game. In order of importance FAITH being first. Faith is now what you must embrace in the knowledge that your husband and father is in heaven. He is home in the endzone now. God bless you all and know that your family will remain in our prayers.
Dick and Linda Williams
