Jay Fuller - Cullman / Mobile Alabama

Jennifer Anderson was someone very unique and special to me. Her life came to a very unfortunate end on my mom's birthday...April 11, 1997. No one my age (19) should have to endure the pain of knowing you could loose someone...and then it happens.

She has already proven to have a link to me...there have been several personal things which happened during those two days which caused me to feel much closer to her then I ever was during the short time I knew her. The terrifying dream I had the morning of her accident....several hours before her life was placed into jeopardy - surely it wasn't just chance I dreamed about another best friend dying? The actual pain in my heart less then two hours before she passed away. She was truly more of a part of me then I came to realize during my short time knowing her.

We met -- I'm not sure, but I believe it was in TEEN ECHO. R.T. Dowling, her cousin, allowed her to see what we talked about in the echo, and -as she read messages- she developed a liking for me, apparently. [Jen, if you're reading this from up there, correct me if I'm wrong, ok? ;) ] We became friends after she introduced herself, and we found we had a lot in common. We wrote on Juno...(internet email) ; Juno disconnected their toll-free 800 number. She managed to get on R.T.'s internet account...kicking him out of his room several times to be able to chat with me....and we were just starting to really get to know each other.

I learned wonderful things about her...her morals...were fantastic for a woman her age. She hated it when I misspelled words. :) She could talk about anything, and she did. Her last email reply:

> I resent all of them. :) I better get some replies now. :)

You did! And you will continue to do so! :)

But..I did not get any more replies from Jennifer Anderson. As I learned she was in the hospital with several major injuries, I could not work. I could not think. I could not even pretend to be happy while recording the weather shortly before she passed away. :(

As she was slowly slipping away, I realized more and more how much she meant to me, and how many chances we missed. We were going to talk on the phone...for the first time...really soon. We never did.

We were planning on meeting in 1998 at the Teen Echo reunion. That won't happen.
She always wanted to be a disc jockey....just like me. She wanted to be a DJ before I was a DJ - and she told me that. Therefore, in her honor, I'm dedicating the Sunday Morning Gospel show this coming Sunday morning - Sunday, April 13th, 1997 - to her. I've also dedicated my personal webpage, and my biggest accomplishment yet.....Deep Space Nine BBS....to her memory. She will truly be missed.

-Jay Fuller
April 11, 1997.