Jimmy Kincaid , was a good friend and a buddy so many years ago , it is a sad day indeed.. R.I.P.

I remember him, too; thanks for taking the extra effort to locate the picture.  It is a tragic situation, in which there are no winners.

Barry, my son had an ordeal with his pistol one evening, he does have a right to carry license.  He was at the lake with friends and was leaving the area when a car load of young spanish boys backed into my son's truck and damaged the driver's side door of the pickup.  My son asked them if they had insurance, then they started taunting him and making gestures to hurt him and his passenger, stating they were going to call their friends to come and "take him out" in different words of course.   My son pulled his gun out for protection and told them to stay still until the police arrived and was calling 911 at the same time to keep them from harming him.  The police did arrive, took the boys in as they were underage and drinking.  They also confiscated my son's gun and told him if he had stayed in his vehicle with the gun it would have been fine as your truck/car is the same as in your home, so to speak, but when you step out of the vehicle and point a gun, it is taken by the police.  He had to pick up the gun later at the station.  So if you are defending yourself from harm or question of harm, be sure you stay in your vehicle.  Just another lesson learned.

I don't remember Kincaid either (I'm pretty senile), but it's very sad.  Seems like Police in the Metroplex believe in shooting first and asking questions later if one is holding something that appears to be a gun.  Wish we had a Den online, so I could look up the people I can't remember.

Reading the story of Jimmy's death as reported in the Dallas Morning News is disturbing.  I did not know him well, but my prayers are with his family.

Thank you Mike for posting that info about Jimmy Kincaid, he had lived down the street from Gary and his brother David and they had known him since they were all about 4 years of age.  We had not heard about this until you posted this and are saddened to hear of this mortal incident against a former classmate.    On the other hand too, will let you all know that Tommy Barr will have his surgery on the 17th of March at Baylor in Irving.  Tommy takes care of his aging mother and there are no family members to take care of him, when he comes home. Hopefully they can have home health services go there to help him out on some of his days when arriving home.  Prayers are asked for him during his surgery and his recovery after this heart surgery.  God Bless our Classmates.

Jimmy Kincaid is no longer with us. Link to the news story: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/garland/headlines/20110227-garland-police-kill-homeowner-who-they-say-aimed-pistol-at-them.ece

Is anybody else tired of this March wind?  It'll blow the hat right off your head, and your hair along with it.

Bill, I spent some time and money at "Up Your Alley" too. Wonder what happened to the "Lovely and Talented James" (the third member of the band)? Have a friend who is the only person I ever heard correctly sing "Old Ben Lucas" and won a pitcher of beer every time he went. Someone in our group almost always won the jalapeno eating contest. That place was a lot of fun and those guys were very funny.

Bowley & Wilson fans might like this website http://bowleyandwilson.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30&PN=10

You know Bill I was having kids in the 70s, 70, 71 and 73.  Sure did not have time to frequent any bar, ha.  In fact did not go to one until I turned 30 years of age in East Texas, I believe it was called The Orange Blossum, that's where I learned to two-step! 

Paul Anka also wrote the song "I did it my way" for Frank Sinatra.