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Last Friday I went to a memorial service for a friend who had a heart attack and died on July 24th. He was a good friend of my dad's. I knew him as "Chip", but his real name was Murray Riley Smith. He hung out at my parent's house a lot over the last ten years. He didn't have any family, so my parent's would always invite him over whenever we had any type of holiday gathering; Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, etc. He was a really nice guy. But the reason I feel like I want to write a post about him is because, when he died, he had no family. I mean NO family. He was only 60 years old. He was all alone when he had the heart attack and he called 911 himself. When the ambulance arrived at his house, it was too late, he had died.

Chip

Chip's Photos - Cowboys

There were also a ton of older photos. We all sat and looked through them and it was just so sad because none of us knew who the people were in the pictures. We could guess at some of them, but most of them were unknown. They were not marked on the back, etc. I guess it feels so sad because he was the only one who knew who all the people were and he never told anyone. So it's like a whole family history is just "poof". I scanned a couple of them.

Chip's Photos - Girl Dressed Up

Chip's Photos - Swingin' Couple