I met Ty when I was 16. One of my best friends, Shannon, started dating Ty and soon after she moved in with him and Duke. Duke was Ty's first son (one of the coolest Pit Bull's to ever grace God's earth!!) Ty kept telling us that he wanted to take us to the nude beach in San Fransisco. Although we were pretty wild, we had never been to a nude beach and didn't plan on going. One day, Ty and a couple of his buddies decided that they would take us to the beach, but they left out the nude part. We drove over in 2 cars, parked at huge sand embankment, unloaded all of our stuff and climbed this huge hill of sand. We had a huge cooler and bags full of munchies and everything you might need for a beach party!! We dredged down this hill and what seemed like a mile across this beach. We finally stopped to catch our breath and just happened to look up and realized that everyone there had on nothing more than a hat and a pair of sunglasses. I'll never forget the look on Shannon's face!!! Ty got a really good laugh out of us that day and the way we acted. I have many good memories of Ty. He had a huge heart. I left California in April of 1988. I was pregnant with my youngest daughter and Shannon was pregnant with Nick. I lost contact with them after they split up. I started looking for them over 10 years ago, to no avail. I wrote Ty when I finally found Ty on the internet, but my letter came back. I just tonight, found this memorial and learned of Ty's passing. Breaks my heart that i didn't get to corespond with him. The whole thing breaks my heart, but this I know, in heaven there are no more broken hearts and one day I will see him again. Rest in peace my Brother !!! I Love you friend, Crystal Epps-Masters

I just sit here and think sometimes about all of the things that we use to do when we were growing up. I think back know and think about how I couldn't wait for you to come over so we could play. Playing with you when we were little is what makes it so easy for me to play with my grandson. Since all I played was boy things, I can really relate to him. We play cars, just like we did, gi joe well we have a bucket of them to.. The imagination of playing and shooting aliens, well I am sure that was us to. play fighting well we do that to, but we use licorice not sticks. As the years go by I am sure there will be more and more things that will remind me of my childhood with you. We all have a different part of you, but when we all talk about the different parts it makes a whole story. Love you

Let me tell you about a game I play Where I close my eyes and fade away I float away to a special place Beyond the stars and moon and space In this special place you see There are only two people - just you and me In this place, all is right Nothing but love, and we never fight In this place, there is no sadness No cells, no courts, none of that madness No rules to follow, no laws to break No bars to hold us or separate No one to tell us we can't kiss or touch I don't just tell you "I love you" - I show you how much But eventually the game must end My eyes must open, and reality sets in But someday soon - I'm not sure when I will close my eyes and play my game again. I love you Ty

There was a time when we lived on shasta dam blvd. and we cared for the property on Rose lane. On this day we were at 5 rose lane to do some yard work. Ty was trimming a tree up front, and i was in the back mowing the lawn. We had along with us Tuffy and Mary, which played threw out the yard. Now if any one remembers the yard out back was uneven and there were rocks inbedded in the ground. Let me also throw in there that morning i got a brand new pair of shoes, Skeeters...you know the kind with big soles. Anyway im mowing along and at one point i pulled the lawn mower backwards, tripped on a rock and this no safety guard having mower took the tip of my TOE right off. Now by the sound this made it already had Ty running to the back yard. Right way he said to me "Say to your self ' Self dont hurt and self dont bleed and dont look at it" And trust i did just that! He carried me to the truck loaded up both dogs and went straight to his sisters. It just so happened that are dear friend Chris was there and she is a nurse. Still not looking at the damage and up set about my new shoe, i continued to say to self " self dont hurt and self dont bleed. Ty was always so calm when stuff of this nature took place. The mower shirley did take the tip of my toe off, and it was no longer round but flat past the nail! OMG if i would have seen it i would have paniced. And of course made the situation worse. Thankful to Denise and Chris for there part in fixing me up, I went and got a shot, and returned to work. Those words to self have followed me to this day. I miss Him and his calm ways to handle drama.

The memories of you and me creep up on me. We were closes when we were young. We went to school together, played together, and graduated together and lived together. The memories of walking to school, playing stp, race car's, passing each other in school, and cooking together are memories that will stay with me always. I am so happy that we were able to spend all that time together.

I too think of our camping trips all the time. Remember when our kids were young and we to had mud fights like we did as kids. So much fun. How about the time you was pulling L. Danny and you got into a cove to tight and Danny rode the rocks on shore or how about when I broke my ankle chasing those kids. So many memories I will have forever. I miss you so much brother. Love you up to the stars and I have a hug for you, catch it. Love your Big Sister Denise

We were living together at the time, and Ty had tickets to go watch The Mike Tyson fight, he was running late but figured it would be ok and that he would just miss the crowds. Well he left and it was not to long after that when he returned all upset cuz the fight only lasted 90 seconds..and he had missed it

The family was all together celebrating. Our dad use to golf, so everytime we all got together he would pull out his golf clubs and we would all see if we could hit the ball

I remember a time when we were in kindergarten we went to the same school, as a matter of fact we actually got babysat by Ruth together, well we had a brand new tricycle in the class and Ty would always beat me to the tricycle, well one day I am happy to say that I beat him, well that was not going to sit to good with Ty, he came over and pushed me off the bike and took off riding it, with me chasing him. I never did catch him, he peddled fast. I Love You

We use to go to woodward every summer for camping, all of us kids would walk to the bridge. This would take hours for us to do. The one thing that Ty use to do was sing a song while burbing,