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“So Long To All My Friends In Tupelo, Mississippi” – RIP Captain Larry Bell

Posted on August 12, 2022 by tommystafford

Dyer County, Tennessee Larry Bell and I shared an office together in the 1980’s when I was still in law enforcement. We both had moved into administrative jobs, more or less, at that point and it became necessary to have … Continue reading →

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So Long Mr. Luck

Posted on January 5, 2022 by tommystafford

  I met Mr. Carleton Luck over a decade ago in the Nellysford, Virginia coffee, wine shop & restaurant called Basic Necessities. One of my absolute favorite places on this earth, by the way.  I know of no nicer man … Continue reading →

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Godspeed My Friend & Fellow Pilot, Steve Shannon

Posted on February 24, 2021 by tommystafford

Dyer County, Tennessee I was sitting in my favorite Mexican restaurant here the mountains of Virginia when I got the message from a mutual friend Joe Markham down in Florida. “Steve Shannon died this morning.” Within a minute I had … Continue reading →

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All Plumbers Go To Heaven – R.I.P. My Friend, Jim Purvis

Posted on October 7, 2020 by tommystafford

Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford I’d seen Jim Purvis long before I knew Jim Purvis. Around 1999 when visiting Nelson Jim, or JP as I ended up knowing him, would be seated in the old Truslow’s Auto Repair and … Continue reading →

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