thinking of you and life  / Mom
it occurred to me the other day, you can be planning a big celebration, or just going to the store, and you can die at any moment. life is too short. there is no warning sometimes. there is no rhyme or reason. live life to its fullest while you can. i know that you did that. you were loud, proud, and full of life. you were just starting to live life. i love you, and i wish we had had more time together.i know i cant go back.but i'll always have memories.unfortunately, some will not have that. Close

hey babe thinking of you  / Rebecca Felts (friend)
hey i feel bad i didnt get on here to wish you a happy halloween, but i was thinking of you. I'm not looking forward to thnksgiving without you, or your b-day coming up. Remember all the plans we made for it?? Well one day we'll see each other & be able to carry them out. Well i love you...Bye Close

Thinking of you  / Rick
Hey just checking in. Home for a few days (weekend only) and thinking of you. Not looking forward to the holiday's and your Birthday...we'll have to do something graveside for ya' I still have that bottle of Moet' in the fridge that J-Kwon gave me. The one you wanted to open and I said no, I'd save it for a special occassion. Well maybe that will be it. Love you kid! And I miss you something fierce! Close

remembering / Mom
 well, all the leaves are falling. i remember the only time you raked leaves, was when you jumped in afterward. you always loved to do that. by the time you were through, you couldn't tell they had ever been raked.i miss watching that. Close

remembering / Mom
 it has been 4 months, but it seems like yesterday. 4 months ago at this very minute, i sat in the hospital and held your hand for the last time.i love you, and i miss you so much Close

MAD! / Rick
Hey kid... Tonight is the first night I have concumed any alcohol since June 29. I am sitting in Las-Vegas with a day off before my next show. I am going to say something they may piss some people off, but I don't care... I am sitting here in tears missing you and I AM SO FUCKING PISSED OFF AT YOU FOR GETTING INTO THAT CAR!!!! You were one of the smartest kids I knew, and why you did that is beyond belief. I miss you more than anything! And to think that this pain that I am experiencing could have been avoided pisses me off even more. I am so mad at you but yet I love you so much! Man Why?! Close

To the family  / Deanna Irvin (Friend)
We are so sorry to hear of your lost. We all wish that we could be there for you guys at this time of need. Sandra I know that you are being stronge because of the wonderful mother you are for your girls.I am here when you are ready to talk. You can call at anytime of the day or night. We send our condolences to everyone in your family. Shelby said that if Jennifer ever wants to talk she is here for her. We love and miss you guys. My god be with all of you. Close

Grannies thoughts and memories  / Sue Ashley (Granny)
                  My Memoies and Thoughts  by Granny 
                  My memories of Stevie, are of a beautiful baby boy, born two days before Xmas . The doctor called him Wild Man cause he had so much long dark hair. He was our special present that year. He was always tall and slender. He always had the most beautiful big eyes and long lashes .  I remember so many cute and funny little things he did an said as a little guy growing up.He was Grannies pride and joy. I've told a lot of friends and co-workers as the years went by about the one thing Stevie said that always made me smile and laugh a little. " Granny if you didn't see me do it then I didn't do it! " He declared this to me at about three or four years old.I said with thoughts like that he'd be a lawyer when he grew up.   I never would have dreamed we would lose Stevie at such a young and tender age, with so many more things left to do and see. God sent this precious boy to us to love and cherish , but took him back to  soon. I wish I would have known.  It just doesn't seem real sometimes. I wanted to write this memorial for over a month , but it was just to hard to put into words. I'd be so full of tears I couldn't put it on paper . That terrible day this happened to my precious boy I wish we could do over. I know God called him home to a wonderful place. He isn't suffering . No more heartaches nor tears. This eases my pain. God willing we can see him later.                                                            




Thank you for the
wonderful memories.
Granny will love ya forever 
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always thinking of Stephen  / Rebecca Felts (friend)
i went to Stephen's grave site today...I felt bad b/c it's the 1st time since his burial. It felt good though to speak to him & let him know everything that's going on, that I miss him & think about him everyday. I know he was listening & if he was here he'd tell me everything's cool & say something to make me laugh. If i ever had a bad day i knew i could count on him to make i better. I miss him so much, but i know he's watching down on All of us & misses us, also.  Close

What a day!  / Rick
Well kiddo today has been a really crap day for me, and it's days like this that I miss you the most. Remember how you wouold call when you had problems or a bad day? Well, today would be the day I would like to call you. :( We loaded out in Jacksonville, FL the other night and had all the gear shifting to the right side of the trailer because of the fact that the trailer was in the gutter of the street. By the time we got to the end of the trailer we had ZERO space left and eight more cases to put into it. So genious me say's strap everything that is in and let me try something. So I level the trailer out in the middle of the street (thank god it was 1 AM) I back up and pull forward and hit the brakes so everything slid forward. Okay and no problems until we loaded in today in South Bend and discovered that I had all but destroyed the $80,000.00 front of house console. You know only the main board that controls all of the sound for the show. Beleive it or not the damned thing still work's, but that did not make my day any better! I miss you kid! Close

The Broken Chain  / Julia Wetterau (Gramma)
We knew little that morning that God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone;
for part of us went with you the day God called you home.
You left us happy memories; your love is still our guide,
and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same;
but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

  My love and prayers to all family (especially Sandi) and friends who miss him too.
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You GO GURRLLL!!!  / Rick
I could not agree more with Sandra! I wish some of your so called "friends" would step up to the plate. Nobody has called to express condolances to your parents, visited your site, left any comment's It sucks! Close

Talking To You  / Mom
i love you. i miss you so much. i wish i could turn back the clock, and you were here. things would be so different.Remember  that shaggy song we used to listen to, (angels). i used to say yes, stephen, WHO IS going to have your back when its all done? Well, I still want to know that. Unfortunately not many people. It makes me so mad because you had so many peoples back. That was my whole point. There unfortunatley, are'nt many people that have yours. If there are i would love to meet them!!!! Close

New toy...wish you could see it  / Rick
Hey kid...

Well my new 20" iMac came today and it is awesome!
Remember what you said when the big screen arrived? "Bring's a whole new meaning to..."
Well you'd love this 20" screen. I can see you here chatting in front of it now.
I miss you Buddy!

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Talking to you  / Rick
I kind of like what your Dad said about coming here to be with you. Well I am going to start coming here to "talk" to you. Well Kiddo, as I am sure you are a ware; I am home on break from the Alice Cooper tour and I also just had this huge fight with Sara. I came home and the house was just trashed... Brand new freakin house looked like some ghetto crack Ho has been livin in it. One of the things I got on her about was stains on the carpet that she used to blame on you! God how I wish things were different and she would be gone and you would still be here. I am so sorry! After I put you out and you and I work through that issue and you wanted to come back, I let her influence my decision. I should not have done that and shopuld have let you move back in. Please forgive me! I hate this house now! It is full of memories of you. I used to love coming home from the road and being in the house; now I can't stand it. It was just me and you kid! Remember? You were here before there was any furniture downstairs; before there was a shitty roommate, and even before the cat. (Pimpin) Stephen I miss you so much and I am so sorry for throwing you out and I am so sorry for not picking you up BEFORE you went to that @#$%ing party!!!!!!! If I had been a good friend you would still be here. I love kid Close

}i{I MISS VERY DEARLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART}i{  / Mykala Mccabe (friend)

I am sorry for your loss he was loved by lots of people here in antioch,there are a few i would like to mention like Jasen aka big sas also Patrick aka phat pat 04.they were his boys who he hung out with when ever he could,my mother fell in love wtih him just as i did.he would always try to help my mom on her need for speed game,always told me how he wanted to be more then just friends with me,we were always actin like we were married when we were together,askin when were we going to make our beautiful childern together.there is'nt a day that goes by that i don't think of him he is with me everyday,i remember him with the ring on my finger thats what keeps me going.i wish that things could have been different,but the memories i have with him i would never change.he had such a big heart and it should evertime he would hold me in his arms and told his boys i was his wife and we were goin to get married one day,didn't care what anybody said.i would give anything to have him back here with me and his friends and family.the last words said to me from him were i love you too,that will be one memory i will never forget.i love you stephen ray turney,we will see each other again,hopefully you'll be waiting there for me at the white gates.

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Thanks / Rick
I wanted to say thank you to Stephen's parents Sandra and Jim. This has of course been a horrible time for them, but they have been kind enough to help me with the site and get me photo's to add. THANK YOU!!! Words cannot express my grattitude or my sympathy! Close

You have no idea  / Rick
Little Man you have no idea how much I miss you! I keep waiting for my phone to ring. I keep waiting for the ping of a text message. Uploading these pictures is killing me. I would sell my soul to the Devil and face an eternity in Hell to have you back. I miss you so much! Close

Great Kids Inspire us to become Better Adults  / Katie Tolliver (Passer By )

Soar high baby, I hope to you get the opportunity to meet all the great musicians that inspire you. I hope you get to be a part of the best shows.

Stephen's memorial is great, I think he must be very impressed and know that he is very much loved.  To tell you "I am sorry" I know does nothing for the pain, I recently 8/16/05 lost my brother and my very best friend www.jimmyg.memory-of.com he to was a musician of a different type of music.  He dressed different and had long hair, sometimes his behavior was very different from the norm (whatever that is).  But his heart too was of the loving and open kind.  He never forgot anyone he ever met, and if he loved ya, he loved ya for life.

I know it might sound crazy, but it is very ironic that my one of my brothers best friends too lived on a house boat, he was a captian in the Navy, and took the very first ship into Vietnam.  (he can be seen on the website, LOL, in the bigbird t-shirt).  He loved my brother as you love Stephen, I believe my brothers passing is almost as difficult for him as our family.  So my condolences to you, the creator of this wonderful website.

To his parents and all of his friends, dont think of Stephen as gone, this body is only a carriage that carries the soul to the next journey.  Look for you son/friend you'll find he is everywhere, in the eyes of the people that loved him, in their voices, and sometime even in strangers that act as messengers for him.  Know that he loves you all and needs to be loved. He is one step behind, pushing you all forward to that next journey, where you will meet again.   


                                                         Big Sister of
                                                                Jimmy G.

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Thanks / Giles Scott (Cousin)
I didn't get to see much of Stevie because i live in Illinois, but we always had fun when i did come down.  He was a really good person.  I want to thank the creator of this website for this memorial and just for being there for him. Thanks, man. Close