JOHN ELLIOTT
JUNE, BOB AND GIRLS
JUDY AND I ARE GOING TO MISS BILL SO MUCH, HE WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. I WILL MISS MY MONTHLY PHONE CALLS, WHEN BILL AND I WOULD REMINISCE ABOUT OLD TIMES IN MARTINSVILLE. THEN WE WOULD TALK A LITTLE FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL STAY ON THE PHONE FOR A LEAST AN HOUR. I WOULD ALWAYS ASK HOW ARE YOU DOING, HIS ANSWER WOULD BE ” NO BETTER..NO WORSE’. NEVER REALLY TELLING HOW SICK HE REALLY WAS. I REMEMBER HE TOLD ME BACK IN MARCH THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY, I TOLD HIM YES YOU WILL.
BILL ALWAYS HAD FUNNY STORIES, SOME WERE A LITTLE EMBELLISHED.
HIS WITT AND CHARM WILL BE MISSED. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT HIS IS GONE. I KNOW HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE. GOD BLESS YOU BILL RIGGS.
JOHN & JUDY ELLIOTT