Sick
Being sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely not a Kleenex box attached
To their chair, and looking unkempt
And flowing with dispair
While still sick and in the bed
A horrible event ran through the homestead
In the middle of early morn
During an outright winter storm
A car left the road and into my yard
Dropping parts and getting scarred
Crashed landing like thunder in a flash
Shaking the sturdy window sash
Two DOS(dead on scene) next to flower bed
Two living one barely by a thread
One lesson learned during this ordeal
Never ever get behind the wheel
While drinking, for that can kill
Twenty-two years a very short life
Not long enough for the musican's fife
To play for one to dance and enjoy
Just barely out the door, still just a boy
Lesson two learned from this trip around
No matter how bad the situation sounds
Life could issue out a much worse thing
Leaving grief and suffering in its wake
It is good to be alive for goodness sake
Even though my nose drips goop
And I am in on the latest scoop
My heart aches for the losses that linger
Just out my front door, where death points finger
About 3:30 Friday morning January 22, 2016
Chasen Nicklason age 22 died
A young lady in the front passenger side died
One man in the back seat in serious condition
Another young man also injuried
This was in my front yard..
Chasen A. Nicholson, age 22, of Yatesville, died Friday, January 22, 2016 in Thomaston.
Mr. Nicholson was born January 13, 1994 in Thomaston to Deanna R. Nicholson and Chuck D. Nicholson II. He was a Diesel Mechanic for Speedway Ford in Griffin, a member of the Technical College Honor Society, and a member of Lila Memorial Baptist Church.
He is survived by his parents, Deanna R. Nicholson of Yatesville, and Chuck D. Nicholson II, of Thomaston; sisters, Paige Nicholson (Daniel Peterson), D.J. Nicholson, and April Nicholson, all of Yatesville; grandparents, Paul (Wanda) Clark, and Shirley Nicholson. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Charlie Nicholson; and great-grandmother, Claudia Raybon.
Funeral serves for Mr. Nicholson will be held on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Monday, January 25, 2016 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorial donations be made to the St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105 or to www.stjude.org
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