We skied EVERY spring together.RebelT said:
Very sorry to hear this. Condolences to your and your family.
Also, I just have to add -- this is an absolutely fantastic photo of Miles:
All 70 classes are proud Baylor Bears. We Believed!Pecos 45 said:We skied EVERY spring together.RebelT said:
Very sorry to hear this. Condolences to your and your family.
Also, I just have to add -- this is an absolutely fantastic photo of Miles:
Would take an entire week off and head for the mountains.
Before we both got married, we would drive to a different area every day. Would hit Monarch, Crested Butte, Copper Mountain then go to Taos, NM on the way back to Dallas.
It was a great time to be ten-feet tall and bulletproof, and young with no problems.
I miss those days.
And we always made it to a Baylor football game. He was in the stadium when the Bears came back against Texas in 1974, AND when they came back against TCU in 2014. He witnessed (arguably) the two greatest games in Baylor history.
He was a proud Baylor Bear. Always.
https://imgur.com/tSylcjN
Always.Pecos 45 said:
Got the death certificate yesterday from the Dallas Medical Examiner and it said death was due to "Cardiac Tamponade" or "pressure on the heart that keeps it from filling properly. The result is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can be fatal."
They ran a COVID-19 test and it came back negative.
Miles had told me in a phone call last Friday that he "had Coronavirus', but (unbeknownst to me) he had not been to a doctor or had a test run on himself.
He told me on the phone that he had been "sick for seven days," so when he died the next day, I took him at his word.
BUT, we now have the medical examiner's report, and it is NO CORONAVIRUS.
So glad that Miles' family is NOT infected.
There will be some kind of memorial service for Miles once the lockdown order is lifted, but don't know when that will be. Because Miles asked to be cremated, there is no rush for a burial.
Diann, Roland and I are doing fine. Our supplies are great out at the ranch.
(If we get into a bind we can shoot a deer from the front porch and use mesquite beans for toilet paper.)
Wanted to let you know the latest. Continue your prayers for Miles' family as they are just crushed.
I have still lost the only brother I ever had, so learning the cause of death does not bring him back.
Adios, mi hermano.
Thanks for posting the article. That picture of the two of them where Miles is wearing an acceptable lid, and I will not even speak of what the other guy is wearing. Looks like a cool cat indeed - especially the awesome ski shot from the 70s.Assassin said:
So sorry to hear this Kirby. Sounds like a cool cat. and a great brother. Someone you can rely on when you need a a shoulder. May he rest in peace.
