I LOST TWO SONS IN TWO DIFFERENT ALCOHOL RELATED WRECKS.

by PAULA OVERSTREET
(RANGE, ALABAMA UNITED STATES)

MY TWO SONS WERE JEREMY AND ALAN OVERSTREET FROM GROVE HILL, ALABAMA.THEY BOTH ATTENDED CLARKE PREP SCHOOL, JEREMY GRADUATED THERE, ALAN NEVER MADE IT TO GRADUATE.THEY BOTH WERE FULL OF LIFE. JEREMY NEVER MET A PRETTY GIRL HE DIDNT WANT TO DATE,HA.ALAN WAS A CHARACTER NOW LET ME TELL YOU.THEY BOTH HAD BUNCHES OF FREINDS AND LOVE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. THEY BOTH LOVE TO ENJOY LIFE,ENJOY TIMES WITH THERE FREINDS AND FAMILY.LOVE TO RIDE 4 WHEELERS, MUD RIDE, LOVED 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS. JEREMY GOT PROM KING HIS SENIOR YEAR. ALAN MADE HOMECOMING FAVORITES TWICE. ALAN WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER WHEN HE GREW UP. ALAN HAD A TWIN SISTER NAMED ASHLEY, THEY WERE VERY CLOSE.JEREMY WAS DRINKING AND DRIVING, HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD, HE WRECKED ON THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER 2004, HE DIED ON THE 6TH, WE BURIED OUR FIRST BORN SON ONE MONTH AFTER HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY ON OCT 9TH 2004.JEREMY WAS GOING TO FAST IN A CURVE HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS Z-71 TRUCK, IT FLIPPED THREE TIMES BEFORE LANDING AGAINST A TREE. JEREMY WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.JEREMY WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. JEREMY SUFFERED SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE, HE LOST HIS RIGHT EYE. MY SON SUFFERED THREE STROKES BEFORE PASSING ON THAT WENSDAY EVENING.THIS WAS SO DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN HEARTED. NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I BELEIVE I WOULD LOSE MY CHILD BEFORE MY LIFE ENDED. BUT I DID, AND ONE YEAR EIGHT MONTHS LATER, I LOST MY BABY SON TOO. ALAN WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. ALAN WAS RIDEING WITH MY OLDEST SONS BEST FREIND. HE HAD BECAME VERY CLOSE TO MY TWINS AFTER JEREMYS DEATH. ALAN WAS SOBER, THE FREIND WAS NOT, THE WRECK HAPPENED ALMOST THE SAME PATTERN OF MY FIRST SONS. THEY CAME AROUND CURVE, LOSE CONTOL AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES. ALAN WAS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE. THE TRUCK PARTIALLY LANDED ON ALANS YOUNG BODY. ALAN DIED SHORTLY AFTER WRECK.THIS WAS SO DEVASTATEING I COULD NOT CATCH MY BREATHE. I SCREAMED SO LOUD, I FELT MY NEIGHBORS PROBERLY HEARD ME. I HAD ALREADY LOST JEREMY, NOW ALAN TOO. THE PAIN WAS SO HARD, MY MIND WAS AT A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. I DIDNT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, I WAS ANGRY, I WAS HURT, I WAS SO MANY THINGS. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING KILLS. DO YOU HEAR ME???????? DRINKING AND DRIVEING KILLS. PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IM TELLING YOU, YOU COULD BE THE VICTIM OF A DRUNK DRIVER. EVERYONE HAS CHOICES, SO THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK. CHOOSE TO SAVE A LIFE, NOT TAKE ONE OR TWO OR YOUR OWN. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO READS THIS DRINKING AND DRIVING MEMORIAL. PLEASE IN HONOR OF MY TWO SONS AND SO MANY OTHERS,PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME. IF AT ANYTIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, MY NAME IS PAULA OVERSTREET AND MY EMAIL IS ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS paulaoverstreet@yahoo.com I SO MUCH APPRECIATE ANYONE WHO READS MY COMMENTS AND STORIES . GOD BLESS THIS MESSAGE TO REACH THAT ONES IT IS ATTENDED TO REACH. THANK YOU PAULA GIBSON OVERSTREET