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Accident victims remembered
On Tuesday, they were laid to rest in twin blue caskets. They were remembered by friends and family through stories and comments made during a funeral service at New Community Church. With words punctuated by tears, the lives of the two young men unfolded.
A neighbor had watched the boys grow up “sitting right next door to them.” He recalled a recent late night knock on the door when he found Chris Truitt standing on his front step. He was looking for mustard. Of the brothers, he told the crowd, “We had no trouble with Quadrez. For Chris, we did a lot of praying.”
A Callaway High School classmate of Quadrez Truitt recalled how the towering “gentle giant” often bragged that his mama cooked macaroni and cheese better than she did. The mother of one of Quadrez Truitt’s friends talked about picking up her son and Quadrez Truitt after football practice, watching Truitt jump in the front seat and yell, “Shotgun!”
And one elementary-school-age boy took the microphone and, in a strong voice, told the crowd how Chris Truitt played basketball with him and let him win – except for one time. Callaway High School football coach Pete Wiggins also spoke. “I called Quadrez ‘Big Tru.’
He was 6 foot 3, and the last time I weighed him he was 299 pounds, but he could move pretty good,” Wiggins said. Two or three days before the accident, Quadrez Truitt sent his coach a text that said, “Coach, I’m going to make it happen.”
“I saw him not only on the football field, but also in the classroom. He kicked it in gear on the field and in the classroom,” Wiggins told those gathered at the church.
Then the coach spoke to the students. “I think (Quadrez) would tell you to take advantage of every day, to love your family and to go to church and do the right thing.” Callaway High School football players served as pallbearers for the brothers. They were buried at Wehadkee Baptist Church cemetery.
Sherri Brown can be reached at sbrown@ lagrangenews.com or at (706) 884-7311, Ext. 240.
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