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In
Loving
Memory
James
William
McCombs,
Jr.
February
12,
1973
-
May
12,
1998
We
Love
and
Miss
You!
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James
William
McCombs,
Jr.
"Jamie"
was
born
February
12,
1973,
two
days
after
the
biggest
snowfall
on
record
for
our
town
of
Greenwood,
S.C.
He
was
a
beautiful
baby
with
thick
black
hair,
dark
brown
eyes
and
the
longest
eyelashes
you
ever
saw!
He
was
an
easy
baby
with
very
few
problems.
Perfect
for
a
first
child.
He
did
most
everything
early,
rolling
over,
sitting
up,
crawling,
talking
and
walking.
He
was
the
light
of
our
lives.
Two
and
a
half
years
later
his
brother,
Michael,
was
born
and
our
happiness
was
complete.
Jamie
was
very
protective
of
his
younger
brother,
even
though
they
had
a
fierce
sibling
rivalry
going
up
until
the
past
few
years.
Jamie
grew
into
a
fine
man.
He
was
loving
and
generous.
He
was
very
devoted
to
his
friends,
and
he
had
many.
Jamie
was
the
kind
of
person
who
didn't
notice
the
outside
of
people,
he
saw
what
was
inside,
in
their
hearts.
He
loved
animals
and
children,
and
both
had
an
uncanny
attraction
to
him.
He
loved
the
outdoors
and
one
of
his
greatest
pleasures
was
fishing.
He
couldn't
wait
for
spring
every
year
so
he
could
get
out
there
and
start
fishing!
His
greatest
desire
though
was
to
find
a
wife
and
start
a
family.
Jamie
had
wanted
children
since
HE
was
a
child!
However,
the
woman
that
did
have
his
child
ended
up
being
his
and
his
baby's
undoing.
In
the
11
months
that
his
daughter,
Ashley
Marie,
lived
,
he
never
once
got
to
see
her
in
person
or
hold
her.
He
got
a
few
pictures
and
promises
but
that
was
all.
He
was
so
excited
when
he
found
out
that
he
was
going
to
be
a
dad!
He
bought
baby
clothes
and
bottles.
He
would
have
made
a
wonderful
dad.
After
he
was
killed,
I
found
Ashley's
ultrasound
in
his
photo
album.
How
he
wanted
that
little
girl!
Ashley
was
born
Dec.11,
1996.
She
died
Nov.
22,
1997.
Jamie
was
devastated.
We
were
told
it
was
SIDS,
which
sounded
suspicious
to
us.
We
found
after
Jamie's
death,
that
it
was
not
SIDS,
but
asphyxiation.
Jamie
was
murdered
on
May
12,
1998.
I
found
his
body
in
his
home
on
the
morning
of
May
13,
1998.
The
two
people
arrested
for
his
murder
are,
Rebecca,
the
mother
of
his
child
and
the
person
she
had
recently
married,
Allen.
They
had
been
married
only
a
couple
of
months
when
Ashley
died.
These pages are a gift of my heart to honor Jamie and Ashley. There are some pages of poetry that I hope will comfort. There are some of my thoughts and observations on the journey of grief that our family has traveled. It is my hope that visitors to this site will find something they need or something that inspires them as they stop by for a while.
Thank
you
for
spending
some
time
here.
More pages will be added in the future. Please check back from time to time.
Please
follow
the
links
below
to
navigate
this
site.
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