Dear Anthony (A.K.A Big Boy ),

I have and will never have the privilege of having a child with my genetics. However going through life every year more and more I realize that it is not a prerequisite in order to be a great parent however because of the great brother father and son you were when you were on this earth in a physical since.

I learned a lot from you during your time on earth.

I learned that you don't have to have a child of your genetics to care for them as a father. As you were and still are a father/father figure too many kids starting with your own children (Anthony Tyrone Jr., Autumn Tyler, and Ashlyn Tyshae ) along with numerous neighborhood kids that still call you Mr wilmer to this day when they speak of you on facebook or and social media or when I run into one of them perhaps on a sunny day in the supermarket around your old neighborhood etc.

I just wanted to write this story to give thanks and to honor your life. In essence to re-assure you that you have not been forgotten.

I can not tell you how thankful i am to have had you in my life for the amount of time that I did and one day I will be privileged to be a parent to a child.

Besides both of our parents Claude and Dorothy Wilmer you are one of the best examples that I could ever have learned for from.

With Much Love,

Your Keeper