This memorial web site was created in memory of our loved
one, Harley Scott Walls "H" who was born on December 22, 1982 & passed away on February 8, 2004 at the age of 21, due to a car accident. Harley was born in Jacksonville, Fl. & grew up in Middleburg, Fl. just outside of Jacksonville.
Harley graduated from Middleburg High "Class of 2001."
Harley is the oldest of 3 children & it took me a long time to get pregnant with him, Harley was my Christmas present. I was the proudest & happiest Mother in the world. I had Harley for 2 years then , he had a baby brother to play with, 1 year later, a baby sister. I was happy & content, it took me so long to have babies, & now I had 3. From the time Harley was born, till the time he passed away, Harley was a good natured young man with an awesome personality & a big, beautiful smile. Harley & his brother , Johnny were full of energy & like all boys, would ride bikes, camp out in the woods & build forts with their mutual friends. I would let the friends spend the weekend & at one time their were 7- 8 boys running around & wrestling in the bedrooms I would have to holler at them to settle down or they would have to go home,the teen years got here & their were holes in the walls from wrestling, so Harley would just cover up the holes with posters, the room still looks the same, I can't bear to change it, even Harley's old duct-tape shoes are here. A part of me feels like he is visiting someone & I'm waiting for him to come home, I know what's real, but I still feel this way."The worse loss in Life is the loss of a child." I'm the parent, I should go first, we as parent's don't expect to outlive our child, it shouldn't be that way.Mother's spend 10 months getting ready for the birth of their child,we gave birth to this child, we love, nuture, & protect are child & then something like this happens, I held my Son's lifeless body in my arms & I felt like my Heart was ripped out & stomped on, I ask "Why.
I did not even see Harley on an ER bed, I had to see him in a cold hospital morgue, when I held my child's lifeless body in
my arms I wanted to die with him, if given a choice I would have taken his place, Harley's life was just beginning & had so much to give, he made an impact on a lot of people's lives.He always had a smile on his face & he could make you laugh, & was fun to be around, he was laid back & just wanted to be happy. If help was needed, Harley was there.
Whenever one of their friends wanted to know what was going on that day or night, where to go, what to do, they would call Harley on his cell phone, that phone meant everything to Harley no matter what, I would always get on to him about the bill being so high, Harley went through a lot of phones, due to being careless with them,so one time when he bought another phone there were some real samples, but you could not activate them he just wanted one. The night of the accident Harley had his phone with him, but it was nowhere to be found, Harley always wore a hat & looked mighty handsome in it, so at the funeral service, I put his hat on & opened his hand and placed the phone that he had taken from the Nextel store in his hand that way Harley would always have his phone with him.
Harley & Johnny shared a close relationship with all of their mutual friends, going to the beach together, partying together & just hanging out with each other, all of these boys would do anything for one another, that's just how tight they were. They were always there for each other.A part of all of us died the night Harley died. Harley & Johnny weren't just Brothers, they were "Best Friends" where one was , the other was right there, these two Brothers would back each other up no matter what.
My two Son's & four of their Friends were headed to Fort Stewart, Ga to bring a Friend his duffle bag, Mike was
getting ready to deploy to Iraq, they only had one more exit to go & then a terrible tragic accident.Shelia had broken bones, the car was on top of Drew, now paralized for life, James had messed up shoulder, Jason had minor injuries, Johnny with a messed up knee sobbing uncontrollaby because Harley had died in minutes from head trauma, that was the night our lives have forever changed, my children are the most important part of my life, & to lose a child is just devastating, my life can never be the same, I will always have a hole in my Heart that can never be mended, our family will never be as we knew it, because Harley is not here with us.
Harley was known by his friends as "H"
http://www.ispokewithmychild.com/
Local News web posted Tuesday, February10,2004
Liberty County wreck kills Florida man
Lewis Levine
for the Savannah Morning News
A Sunday night accident on Interstate 95 in Liberty County left a Florida man dead and five others injured.
Harley Walls, 20 of Middleburg, Fla., was killed, Georgia state troopers said. He and his brother, John Walls, and four friends were headed to Fort Stewart to bring clothes to a friend scheduled to deploy to Iraq within the next few weeks.
The Georgia State Patrol said a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by John Walls, 18, hit a construction barrel about 8:30 p.m. and swerved toward an embankment at exit 67.
The vehicle rolled over several times and stopped at the bottom of the ramp, troopers said. Andrew Hutchinson and James Alexander, both 19, and Sheila Hines, 18, were ejected from the vehicle.
Hutchinson sustained serious back injuries, Alexander suffered contusions, and Hines had multiple injuries, troopers said. All three were taken to Memorial Medical Center in Savannah.
Harley Walls was pronounced dead at the scene. John Walls sustained minor injuries, as did Jason Padgett, 17.
Padgett's friend, Spec. Blair Shiver, said the group was headed from the Jacksonville area to Fort stewart to visit and bring personal items to Spc. Mike Padgett, who will deploy to Iraq later this month with the 850th Transportation Company, a reserve unit from Lyons, Miss.
Mike and Jason Padgett held each other and cried as rescue workers from Riceboro and Midway removed Harley Walls from the vehicle.
When Walls learned his brother had been killed, he sobbed uncontrollaby in the back of a patrol car.
State Trooper R.L. Howard said it appears alcohol may have been a factor in the accident. Beer cans were found at the scene.
Troopers are awaiting the results of a blood test. Charges may be filed pending the investigation's outcome.
This eulogy was written by Kayla Ferraer, a friend of Harley's. I also had this written on Harley's slab. Harley's brother Johnny and all of their mutual friends called Harley "H".
"H"
Harley was close to a lot of people.
In some way or another he made a difference in everyone's lives.
Without having to say a word, he could cheer you up at the worst of times.
His big, beautiful, warm-hearted smile made you feel as though time had stopped, and nothing else mattered at that exact moment.
He was the Life of the party.
Harley Walls was a true friend.
I know this because when he would reach for a hand, he would touch a Heart.
"H".....may the choir of Angels welcome you into an everlasting paradise.
We will always love you and you will never be forgotten.
The Georgia State Patrol questioned my youngest son, Johnny the night of the accident as he was the driver of the vehicle. He was in shock at the time, so his memory was not working at all. He was only thinking of this horrible accident and his brother Harley in the car, no one could get to Harley as he was trapped in the car. Details about the accident were sketchy and their was much confusion.
The insurance company hired Johnny a lawyer about 3 months after the accident, and then I learned that the passenger in the front seat had grabbed the steering wheel that made the car turn a sharp right towards the embankment. Why? I don't know and I will probably never know why.
Ten months later, on December 13, 2004 my youngest son, Johnny was arrested for the accident. I called Georgia Patrol and asked them if they were aware of the passenger grabbing the steering wheel, they said no, so I told them if you are going to arrest my son, you better arrest the passenger that grabbed the wheel.
The passenger has been arrested and is also being charged with the accident.
The night of the accident my son passed all the sobriety tests, but he did have some alcohol in his blood, not even enough to consider him impaired, but he was 18 and not even allowed to have one drop in his blood.
They are both being charged with vehicular homicide and serious bodily injury.
My son Johnny is paying the price right now of this horrible accident, Harley and Johnny were not just Brother's, they were Best Friends, wherever one was the other one was right there. Johnny is so lost with out Harley and the emptiness and the guilt he is carrying in his Heart will be there for the rest of his life.
Johnny was in a self destructive path for awhile, not caring if he lived or died, but with constant talking from me and his girlfriend, I think that he might be on the right path. I know Johnny is hurting and it hurts me to see my baby hurting, I wish I could take his pain away.
No one ever thought something like this could ever happen.
Johnny has already been to his arraignment, we are now waiting for a court date, so we need a lot of prayers.
A MOTHER'S HOPE
I hoped it was a mistake.
I hoped he would come back.
I hoped for acceptance.
I hoped for peace.
I hoped this feeling would go away.
I hoped for reprieve.
When my so died, I hoped it was a mistake...it was not
I hoped it was a dream...it was not.
Before my son died, I hoped for enough time in the day to clean my home, provide my family with clean laundry, taxi service and healthy meals. I loved dinner time with my family. After my son died I didn't know what day it was. Cleaning our home or doing laundry were things I no longer thought of.
I did not cook; I did not shop for food; I did not eat.
I hoped he would come back...he did not. I hoped I would gain understanding...I did not. I couldn't understand how I could wake up on a perfectly normal morning, and my Son was gone from his room, gone from our home and gone from our lives.
I hoped for acceptance...I found none. I hoped those around me would understand me...they did not. How could they understand me? My Son was dead. They could not have any way to understand unless they had also lost a child. How could my beautiful,vibrant,healthy Son be gone?
I hoped for peace...I had none. I hoped for sleep...I had none.
I hoped for courage to resume my daily life...my life was out of control. The only thing I was sure of in the early days of my grief was that our lives would never be the same again. I had hoped this empty feeling would go away...it did not.
I had hoped that some day my family would be normal again...we were not. I hoped I could stop looking for our son in every young man I saw that was tall, a little chunky and had brown hair...I could not.
I hoped that I could become the parent to my surviving children that I knew they deserved...I could not. I knew how much they were hurting, but I could not help myself and I could not help my children. My younger Son need my comfort,my only Daughter needed my comfort. I was their Mother but their was no comfort in me to give.
I hoped I could be a wife to my husband...I could not.
I never hope for laughter. How could I laugh when my Son was dead?
I hoped the feelings that consumed me every waking moment would somehow change so I would not feel as though I could never again be in a public place without crying.
We all have a future; we have memories. No matter how long our children were part of our lives, we have memories.
When my Son was a baby,a toddler,a young child,a teenager and young man, I watched over him. I thought I could watch over him for my entire life. But I was wrong. I hope with all my Heart that now he is watching over me.
I know my joy will never change every time I think of my Son, share a memory with someone or look at pictures of him. My hope as a Mother is that we all will find peace and cherish the joy our children have brought to our lives.
Written by a grieving Mother
Harley my son, my love, my soul.
I loved you from the moment that
I knew I was carrying your life
inside of me.
You were taken from me beyond
my control.
You didn't deserve the fate
that you faced, I would have
given anything to take your place.
The pain of my loss is so hard to bare,
my life has become a life of dispair.
I take each day one step at a time,
with you in my Heart and Forever
on my mind.
I know in my Heart there's a time
when we'll be Forever together
in Eternity.
My Precious Harley, you are with
me every minute of every day,
in My Heart and Soul is where
you will always stay.
My Precious Harley, your Love, Life,
and Memory are with me every minute
of every day, for you are a part of me,
you are "My Flesh and Blood."
Written from the Heart of Nicole Eck, one of Harley's and Johnny's dear friends.
June 4, 2004
Anyone that ever knew Harley, knew how great of a guy he was. And he was quite the lady's man. But Harley knew how to have fun. Whether we were sitting in a garage, outsde by a fire, or just driving around, he found a way to entertain you. He laughed, when you laughed. And you always wanted him around because he could make you laugh no matter what and he was awesome to hang out with. He made you feel happy with no care in the world. He lived from moment to moment. Just trying to be happy. When all the guys were together there was never a dull moment. Still never is, but it's not quite the same. Something was always happening, there's always someone to watch. Whether it's Johnny and Mike doing the "dice dance", or Fro making fun of someone, or Greg trying to make a fire, which by the
way no one has been able to make a fire quite like Harley could. Reguardless, the guys have not been the same since Harley passed. Now the room just gets quiet and someone will drop their head to cry, another will just leave the room. I have never seen any of these boys cry and I've known them awhile. That just goes to show how much Harley meant to them. No one has been the same since he passed. And I don't blame them for that because it's like a piece of all of us died too. Harley is always in the back of my mind. And I drive myself crazy thinking about him, and why these things happen to good people.
But I don't want him to leave my mind because I'm afraid I'll forget something about him. May it be his sinister smile, his good nature, or the good ol' times with the guys, we all love him and miss him dearly. He touched so many peoples lives just by making them smile. Making that one persons day just a little bit easier, with a simple smile. And we have his parents and friends to thank for that.
Every moment Harley experienced, he shared with his younger brother and friends. I have never seen two brothers so close together as Harley and Johnny were. They could get in the biggest fight but they were over it in minutes telling each other that they loved one another. Those two would back each other up for anything. The rest of the guys were like their brothers too. His friends had such an impact on his life and who he became. That close group of friends he has meant so much to them...they were ALWAYS together and would do anything for one another. I for one would like to take this time to tahnk his friends and parents, Bev and stepfather Dan, for raising Harley to be such an outstanding guy. I know you all meant so much to Harley and no one can describe the pain you all feel through this tough time. But alwys remember that just because you can't see Harley everyday, doesn't mean he's not with you...He lives through you now! He lives through his friends too! Every moment you experience, he's with you. Bev, everytime you think of Harley, and his awesome personality and sense of humor, he's with you. And he always will be...He's gonna be there at every birthday and every Christmas and every Thanksgiving. Harley's gonna be there when Johnny and Nicole have their kids and even when they get married. Because he wouldn't miss those things for the world. I will never forget anything about Harley. I won't forget all the times he broke his glasses, or the huge fires he would make because he was such a pyro. I won't forget how many dents he put in his truck when he got mad. I won't forget the heart to heart talks. I won't forget any jokes, smiles, or tears.
But mostly, I won't ever forget all the great times he had with all his brothers. Because that's when he was his happiest!!
So please, anyone who knew Harley~"...make the best of this test and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right...I hope you had the time of your life!"
(Mdlbrg)
Harley's other memorial web site's:
http://legacy.com/TimesUnion/Guestbook.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonId=1918425&GuestPage=31
http://harley-walls.memory-of.com/About.aspx
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13536022
http://www.ourangelfamilies.com/page/page/2659723.htm
http://www.preciousmemorials.com/
http://harley-walls.personalizedmemorial.com/index.php
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