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I don't even know where to start here. My brother, I remember so much of you. But mostly, I remember the pain you lived through all your life, with the illness you had.  Even though your heart was damaged, it was always big enough to give love to anyone you came in contact with, and always able to understand another's pain, no matter the pain you were in.

You were a wonderful Uncle to all the nieces n nephews, and they loved you so much, calling you Uncle Wilbar 'cause they couldn't say your name. Later on, living so far from us all, we missed you so much.  Our only brother, we loved you so much, and you, always being the big brother, trying to watch over all of us.

We all knew you were ill and had heard from doctors how you wouldn't live to be 30, yet I guess we just ignored it, and enjoyed our time with you as we could in the state you lived in, being so far away. With you all the while saying you would never move back to our state 'cause you wanted to be in the same area you had grown up in.  The visits were always so special.  You would have us laughing, sometimes so hard it would be hard to breathe.

Then when you came back we had no clue what was happening.  You were here with us just under a month when you left this world.  So very young, yet we all had the same feeling.  You were home now, and finally pain free, and no more health problems.  We were sad to lose you, but knew God had a plan, that he took you from us so young.

Knowing what was going to happen, you came home to us and spent special time with each of the family members in your special way, so that you could say Good_bye to us. No one could really believe it when you left us, it was unreal.  How could our big brother be gone?  You never married or had any children, you were the only son.  This couldn't be, it had to be a mistake.

But there was no mistake.  God has a bigger plan for you in heaven than you had on earth. I know you are still watching over us, and in your own way making us laugh now, as you did then.  Forever you will be missed, and forever you will be a part of our lives, loving us, helping us, with your arms reaching out from heaven, to surround us with all your love.