'Daddy's dead like me, grandpa, and now he's come home to us!'

After reading Eric Bailey, Sr's obit, I did a little "googling" of the cemetery he is burried in--and guess what? Sure enough, his "little boy that died" was there in the cemetery records. They are much more than likely buried next to each other now. The more I learn of this man's life, the sadder I become.

Here's Eric Martin Bailey, Sr. obituary as it appeared in the http://dentonrc.com (Denton TX Record Chronical on Wednesday, November 15, 2005:

Wednesday, November 16, 200506:59 AM CST on Wednesday, November 16, 2005Eric Martin Bailey Eric Martin Bailey, 41, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, at his home in Denton. He was born April 27, 1964, in Bethesda, Md., and moved to Texas in 1971. He graduated from Bryson High School in 1982. He graduated from Midwestern State University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in theater and speech, and did graduate work at the University of North Texas, University of London, Kings College Chelsea and Oxford University. He began work for the Denton school district in 1997. He was named Denton High School’s “Most Inspirational Teacher” in 2005, Texas Teacher of the Year in 2004 (Educational Theatre Association) and Denton High School’s “Most Talented Teacher,” 1998–2004. He served as interim director for the Denton Community Theatre in 2005, and in February 2005, he received the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Community Arts Recognition Award for education. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, at the First Baptist Church in Graham. The Rev. Chad Stubblefield of Loving Baptist Church will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Gary Tull of First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Jermyn. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in the Ly­ceum of the Student Union at the University of North Texas in Denton. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Kay and Mark Shepard of Graham; his son, Taylor Bailey of Evansville, Ind.; daughter, Jordan Bailey of Hen­rietta; their mother, Joy Hicks of Henrietta; two brothers, Frankie Bailey and Brandon Bailey of Graham; one sister, Kelly Smith of Graham; grandmother, Vestal “MeMe” Martin of Abilene; four nieces and three nephews. He was preceded in death by his son, Eric Martin Bailey Jr.; and his father, Frankie Weldon Bailey. Morrison Funeral Home in Graham is in charge of arrangements.
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I'm numb; I don't know what else I can say for today.