I've lost a good friend

[Gary Crafton]

I'm posting this in memory of one of my good friends, he lost his life this weekend to cancer at 36 years old.He loved hunting as much as anyone i ever knew, and i have shared a lot of good moments with him in the duck blind and goose pit. He requested that all his paul bearers be dressed in fully camo,Everything was the way he wanted it , His casket was dressed in camo netting all over it like a duck blind , He was buried in a realtree hardwoods camo shirt and a camo team real tree cap, everyone at the funeral home was wearing full camo, the women kids and all, I;m sure he was looking down smiling, He blew a smh , black barrell with ivory insert, he loved Jeff's video's , he also liked the duckmen video's , hunting and fishing was all he lived for, I spent countless hours on the phone with him talking about hunting, He was single and no kids, He does leave behind a black lab named Brandy, that he loved dearly,She was his pride and joy, I will miss this man a lot, he was always upbeat and i never heard him say a bad word about anyone, he was always happy when he was hunting, David we will miss you brother... David Lee Abney..another one gone but never to be forgoten..

[SGTSLTR]

Sorry to hear about your loss brother.

[SMOKE]

thoughts and prayers man....

[migrator00]

Sorry to hear that...thinking of his friends and family..

[IowaMigr8tor]

sorry to hear about that.

[Mark Spence]

I am very sorry to hear of your loss Gary. My thoughts and prayers are with all of his friends and family.

[njhonker]

sorry for your loss.....we lost a hunting buddy a month ago too...also to cancer......51 years old and the nicest guy you would ever meet...

hang in there....

[Kelly Rees]

Damn Gary sorry to hear it. Sounds like a service fit for a king. Sending the man off in style is a hell of a way to memorialize him. I'm sure he's looking down thanking every one of you for that. You better take that dog huntin.

[njhonker]

what happened to his SMH.....

[ganderlander1]

Sorry to hear that. It sounds like a good service I am sure he was proud. My thoughts and prayers to all his friends and family.

[wpritchett]

sorry to hear about your loss.

[DukDog]

sorry to hear about your friend. my thoughts and prayers are with you. remember the good times you had together. and look forward to the day that you meet again. take care and God bless.

[SDMF]

VERY SORRY about the loss. He sounded like he was good people.For what it's worth,that was a good send off for a dear friend.Dedicate next waterfowl season to him.He''ll always be with you in the blind my friend.And raise a beer in his honor.
Jason

[Brian Rennecker]

Gary, Sorry to hear about You loss, if I can do anything for You or His family in tribute to the man just let Me know. Jeff

[Jayson Wilt]

Sorry to hear about your loss brother. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

[philly]

r.i.p bro he will have some good hunting with the man up above

[Gary Crafton]

Thank all you guys for the thoughts and prayers,Myself and his family thank all of you.David had everything planned out,One of his friends Stevie had a old hunting truck that they rode in to go hunting, He requested his last ride be in that truck, So he was placed in the bed for his final ride from the funeral home to the grave, Brandy rode up front with Stevie, I guess this was unusual, but the man lived for his next hunting trip, and this was the way he wanted ,it so that was the way it was , Thanks again everybody

[SMOKE]

man that funeral sounds like it was a first class deal for a hell of a guy.