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October 23, 2007 at 7:36 am |
To my very best friend and brother;
I met Denny in the summer of 2000. Dennys, late model Ford Thunderbird was in need of some work, and I had a small shop set up at my home, and he had stopped by to see about having his car repaired.
At first, Denny was just another customer in need of my magic, I repaired the car, and being that I like to talk, Denny and I began to talk. As we spent more time talking
I noticed that there was something exceptionally special about this young man.
He always had a smile on his face, and a magnetism in his personality that was extremely enlighting to me, and so very difficult to ignore.
My personal life was not going well, and I guess that Denny had sensed that things were not going well for me. After that first meeting, Denny would stop by from time to time to visit, and to invite me to go places with him, and so we became very good friends.
I had moved to Akron some 6 years earlier and in that 6 year period there were very few people that I had met that I enjoyed spending my spare time with, and then I met Denny Parsons, he took me into his life and treated me as though we were brothers, you know the kind of brothers that really care about each other!
When I learned of Dennys medical situation, I sat down and cried. here is this man that didn’t care that I was an old pain in the ass, he didn’t care that I was moody, and angry at the world most of the time, he always had something to say that made me feel good inside, and that tomorrow was another day, and it would be better than the day before.
I know Denny! I know that the world needs to be full of people that is the heart and soul of Denny Parsons, and it would not be a better place, but instead the world would be a GREATER place.
To know Denny, is to love Denny!
To my very best friend and brother Denny Parson, you have no idea how much I love you, and you will be MISSED!!!!!!
Steve Hughart ( The Old Bastard)
October 24, 2007 at 12:33 pm |
Denny is my uncle. I love him very much. My dad and him have been best friends forever. I have some great memories and I remember having so many fun times with him. Denny is such a grat person althrough I don’t get to see him as much as I would like, he has still touched my life.