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Goodbye Tiffany
It's always tough when someone dies. Sometimes you know them, sometimes you know of them. It's especially tough when someone dies that you wish you could have known more.
A girl I went to High School with, Tiffany Dawn Stubblefield, died Wednesday in a car accident, probably on her way home.
I'm not sure if she had any kids, I'm not sure if she even had a husband, but that right there is what I'm talking about. She was only 27.
I graduated from Burkburnett High School in 2000. Tiffany graduated in 1998. She had a birthday in January.
There's a lot of Stubblefields in Burkburnett - a lot. And today they are mourning. Unfortunately I had to be the one who wrote the story about Tiffany's car accident. I don't know how it happened, and I don't know if I want to find out.
Being the reporter I am, I had to do my job yesterday and try and call her family. As soon as someone on the other line picked up the phone I could feel the grief pouring out of the phone. They didn't want to talk and I didn't want to bother them anymore.
I called the funeral home a couple of minutes after that call. I wanted to know for sure if Tiffany was the girl I went to school with. The person working wasn't really sure. I started to reminise with the complete stranger on the other end thinking about others who died from my school. I actually started to tear up a little bit talking to her. Life sucks sometimes.
Tiffany is the third person to die from the Class of 1998 from Burkburnett in a car-wreck. Jenny Hill didn't graduate, but she would have in 98 if she didn't die in a car wreck. I still remember my mom telling me the news. Everyone knew Jenny Hill. I'm still good friends with Jenny's little brother. Larame Griffin died in a motorcycle accident not long after he graduated. He played soccer, he had a close family, he was a great guy.
The bad news doesn't stop there, and I'm sure it doesn't for many people who have lost someone close. You always think the tragedy affects you when you are related to people in a roundabout way. I know I'm not the first and I know I'm not going to be the last.
I wish I would have know Tiffany, Jenny and Larame more. I will also miss a good pal Jacob Pyatt. Jacob graduated in 1999 with my borther. I don't wish what happened to the Pyatt family on anyone.
In highschool Jacob and his family lost their dad when he was shot working at a convenience store. A couple of years ago Jacob died in a car wreck. I'll miss you Jacob, I wish I could have known you a little better.
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