This is too much, losing good friends; one week it's Pat Dye and the next Johnny Majors.
Life has an order which we can neither forecast nor alter which is why memories become so heartwarming. "Precious Memories, how they linger." Those lyrics resonate with any of us who sang them in church growing up or listening to a gospel music hour on the radio.
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