BORN MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 1978 AT 8:OOAM, WE HAD A BABY BOY AND CALLED HIM JOSEPH THOMAS, JR. HE WAS BORN AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA . WEIGHTING A WHOPPING 6 LBS AND 15 OZ. THE BIGGEST OF HIS SIBLINGS. HIS PARENTS WAS JOSEPH THOMAS SR AND KRISTAN. HE HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL SISTERS DAWN (THE OLDEST) & YOLANDA.  HE WAS CHRISTIANED AT ST. JAMES A M.E. CHURCH.  WE ALL CALLED HIM JR. & MOM CALL HIM SPORT OR J.R. .  JR WAS FAST IN EVERYTHING AS FAR AS CHILDHOOD THINGS.  HE TEETH AT 3 MONTHS, CRAWLED AT 8 MONTHS AND WALKED AT 9MONTHS AND HE WAS EASY TO POTTY TRAIN. JR WAS A VERY AFFECTIONATE PERSON. WE WOULD GO OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET FLOWERS FOR HIS GOD MOTHER AND THE TEACHERS AT SCHOOL OR ANY GIRL HE LIKED.  TIME WENT FAST FOR J.R. HE LOVED TO PLAY IN THE BACKYARD WITH HIS FRIENDS .CLIMBING TREES AND ALL. .HE LOVED THE OUT DOORS AND HIS FAVORITE SONGS WAS "JESUS LOVES ME", AND "GOD HAS SMILE ON ME "

HE LOVED ALL HIS AUNTIE'S BUT HIS AUNT JACKIE, SHANZE, KAREN AND CONNIE, THEY WERE MORE DOWN TO EARTH AND ACTED MORE LIKE A FRIEND THAN AND AUNT. THEY WOULD LAUGH AND TALK JUST LIKE THEY WERE FRIENDS OR JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  HE LOVED CHILDREN, LITTLE JOHNNIE, WHO HE TOOK UNDER HIS ARM AND TRIED TO TEACH HIM THE THINGS OF LIFE.  THEN GOD BLESSED HIM WITH TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, A BOY- JACAI (BUBBA) AND A GIRL- PARIS ( "TOOT). "WHY TOOT" WE NEVER KNEW OR ASKED WHY. SOMETIMES PARIS AND GRANDMOM WOULD SIT AND WATCH TV AND I WOULD TRY TO HELP HER REMEMBER HER FATHER AND THINGS HE WOULD DO FOR HER AND PLACES THAT HE WOULD TAKE HER. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT SHE WOULD REMEMBER, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE. CALLING HER "TOOT" AND TAKING HER TO DUNKIN DONUTS AND TO THE PUBLIX ON DAVIE BLVD. HE LOVED THE OUTDOORS , CUTTING GRASS WAS HIS JOY WHEN HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL HIM AND HIS FRIEND AMBER WOULD CUT YARDS IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD TO MAKE SOME MONEY TO BUY HIS SCHOOL CLOTHES. THIS GAVE HIM THE IDEA TO START HIS OWN BUSINESS. THEN WHEN HE GOT OLDER HIS DREAM CAME TRUE. HE HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS FOR 10YRS.  HE ALWAYS WANTED IT TO BE INCORPORATED. THAT WAS HIS DREAM. HE WOULD GET HIS FRIENDS TO GO TO WORK TO HELP HIM AND HELP THEM PUT MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.

SOMETIMES I LOOK FOR JR OR SPORT TO STILL COME THROUGH THE DOOR WITH HIS TALL DARK, HANDSOME SELF, JR HAD THOSE BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES AND HIS LONG DREEDS. I CAN STILL HERE HIM ,OOOOH GEEE. WHEN I WOULD HUG HIM HE WAS SO TALL THAT I COULD STILL SEE ME JUST REACHING HIS CHEST.  O.G. WAS MY NICK NAME AND NO ONE CAN CALL IT LIKE SPORT.  I USE TO GET A JOY OUT OF IT BECAUSE IT MEANT OLD GIRL. WHEN HE CALL ME THAT I KNEW EVERYTHING WAS OK.  BUT WHEN HE SAY MOM THAT WAS A SERIOUS CONVERSATION COMING ON. OH HOW I MISS J.R. HE WAS MY SON, MY PAL AND MY FRIEND. WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS BEYOND COMPREHENDING. I LOVE HIM SOOOOO MUCH AND I KNOW HE LOVED ME TO. I PRAY HE IS IN HEAVEN PRAISE GOD ALONG WITH THE ANGEL AND WAITING FOR HE. WHERE HE CAN PRAISE HIM TOGETHER. 

THANK GOD FOR MEMORIES!  O.G.