There Once Was a Little Boy
Photos from Christine Connelly ~
Great adventures!
By Jim Brow ~
I’ve known James since I was a teenager, when he and Carole were in Berkeley. He seemed very proper in his manner at first. He was probably just over whelmed by our boisterous family and didn’t know how else to react.
One summer when I was about seventeen or eighteen, James and Carole drove the old blue Capri out to Utah for a visit. One day, the rest of the family was going fishing or something, but James, Carole and I went to explore the West Desert. We had such a great time that day, driving down empty roads and stopping to take pictures. Like the staged one of James and me, one of us trying to sell the other an old used Capri in the middle of the desert.
Or the time the three of us rode our ten speed bicycles from their apartment in downtown Sacramento all the way out to Sunrise Mall. It was almost sundown by the time we got there and we were so exhausted, we took the bus back downtown. What great adventures! What great memories!
James was an incredible person and I will never forget him for his caring, his wit, his kind nature, and his love and devotion to all our family.
Love at First Sight: James
By Carole Brow ~ My first memory of James was in early November 1967 when a high school friend came to UC Berkeley to visit a friend who happened to be James’ roommate. The four of us decided to go to the store to buy food to fix for dinner. As we stood there trying to decide what to buy, I looked at James and fell instantly and completely in love. It took James several weeks to come to the same point! Meanwhile, at Thanksgiving, I told my mother that I had found the man I intended to spend the rest of my life with.
Not long after New Years, I took James home to Travis AFB to meet my family. They loved him, too.
After more than 48 years, we were more in love than ever.
I will miss James forever.
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