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We grew up together playing play both organized and in the backyard.Sometimes it seems like yesterday and other times it seems like only a dream.I think back in the day all of us at one time or another wanted to be Richard Haggard.Good looking,great mom and dad and a beautiful sister.He was probably the best athelete ever to come out of Model High.He gave me a ride home many times in that 1957 Chevy.I still wonder what he would have done at the college level playing either football, baseball ,or basketball.I remember his senior year Coach Tuggle decided our best pitcher-Richard should be our catcher and he played like he had been doing it his whole life.Three awards as most valuable player in the 3 sports he played.Richard represented everything I wanted to be and have.Your family inspired me to one day have a family like yours.Although Richard and I lost touch after high school our time together continues to be very special to me.May the Lord hold you close and put put your broken heart back together. I am so thankful for having known Richard and so blessed that he passed my way. Lidelle