When writing my last post about Lebanon Junior High pre-season practice, i copied my mother’s typed label of the photo to capture the names. Most of my memories are carved from Estelle Jewell’s documentation on her typewriter, a Kenwood i think. But my copying is far inferior to my mother’s typed recall.

So, after i posted “An Escape to Yesteryear,” my long time friend John Gamble pointed out i had omitted listing his brother, Jimmy Gamble, in the photo. When i checked it out, i had not only omitted one of my all-time best friends, i also had left off Tommy Palmer, who was probably the only guy as close of a friend to Mike Dixon as me.

Jim and i reconnected in the 90’s while he worked in intel out of Huntsville. i drove over to see him on our annual 2018 Chattanooga Christmas trip. We told stories and relived our glory years talking about our capers and unrealized plan to attend the University of Michigan and play football for the Wolverines together.

It was a good day. Jimbo passed just over a year after our visit. i’m glad i saw him that last time.

So Jimbo, please forgive my oversight and omission on the previous post. i still miss you, buddy.