Jimmy and I were cousins, 6 months apart and the only blondes in the family.  In the 50's and 60's our families got together for celebrations quite often.  Jimmy and I were the youngest of several cousins, so we were always together.  When the party was at Bill and Olive's house, we were in the pool...we never got out of the water!  I still have a scar from the time I stepped into the pool backwards and hit my chin.  Aunt Olive thought I cut my throat, she was immobilized.  Thankfully, Uncle Bill and my Dad saved the day and I ended up with about 10 stitches at the local hospital. And then there is the time we got caught smoking in my Dad's car...
Jimmy was sweet and kind and so good looking.  He enjoyed the attention big brother Bill got from all the relatives, never jealous, enjoying the show as much as the rest of us.
As adults we kept in touch with Christmas cards and the occasional visit.  I will miss my cousin.  He is gone too soon.

Lynda, our condolences to you and your family members for the loss of my cousin Jimmy. My memories go back decades, and are all pleasant. He had that “Ricky Nelson cool” all of his life. A couple of fishing trips, golf outing, and my
Mom’s 90 th Birthday stand out.
I will miss him.

There are so many memories that I could share about my Uncle Jim Fowles (one is about a dude ranch that he and my dad were going to start, but that's someone else's story!)! One that really stands out in my memory, though, was when I was probably 9 or 10, and we (my dad, my brothers, Dawn and I) went hiking with Uncle Jim. I remember being extremely tired, and all of my muscles were screaming. My dad said if I was tired, they would stop and wait for me to take a break. I sat down on a rock and took a little break, and  got up again to keep going. I will always remember Uncle Jim saying, "You're a TROOPER, Lisa! You are such a TROOPER!" He didn't just say it that once, either. Every once in a while, if I was lagging behind or I was looking tired, he would say it again, that I was such a trooper! I still remember that today, and look back at how he motivated me to keep going. I think that until that point, I had kind of babied myself since being sick with encephalitis when I was 7 and having residuals from having been paralyzed. That hiking experience taught me that it's really a mental thing, and that to push through something like that is the key to succeeding. I loved Uncle Jim, and I looked forward to seeing my funny, demonstrative uncle whenever we went to see that side of my family. I will always look back with wonderful memories of Uncle Jim, and especially of that hiking day that changed my thinking for the better.

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3 mars 1951 – 8 février 2019

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