Glad I found this tribute site.
I met Jeff in the 9th or 10th grade at Reagan High School when his family lived down the road from us
Jeff was always a free spirit, enjoyed the outdoors a much as I... We spent hours and days together snake and lizard hunting around the Austin area.
We shared an apartment together for a few years.
My life changed, I got married, had kids, and all that and had lost track of him over the years.
For a long while, as others had, believed he had already passed away. Which turned out not to be true when he pinged me on LinkedIn maybe 2yrs ago. He was out on the highland lakes working as a camp site host.
Even as I tried, I lost track of him again..
I just recently moved from the Austin area to Corpus Christi, only to find out he was living in the Rockport area. We were finally able to spend an afternoon together, and I was able to return to him some of his most cherished art pieces he had done for me.
I always felt like Jeff struggled to fit into life here, in this place and this time, and wish him gods speed, and hope his soul is finally at rest!.
I love you man!
Steve Hudson