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Old 08-23-2021, 11:22 PM
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Such sad news.

Rest In Peace Jerry, your suffering is now over.

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Old 08-24-2021, 12:38 AM
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Jerry definitely always seemed like one of the good ones.
Posted regularly and was a long time member of the forum too.

Another sad day.
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Old 08-24-2021, 01:52 AM
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I agree, there seems to have been a rash of people from this forum passing, as well as people in their families.

When my wife and I used to sell T shirts during Norwalk Jerry would usually show up on his scooter sometime during the weekend. Had a few bench racing sessions with him.

He also owned a storage facility that when I had thoughts about buying one sent me his phone number and told me all the ins and outs of the storage business, advantages, and disadvantages of owning one. Turns out I passed on the opportunity, was really nice of him to spend some time talking with him about the business.

He also had one of the cleanest 65 GTOs around, he sold it a few years back. as has been said he did have some very nice examples of Pontiac performance cars in his stable in the past.

Look after all the Pontiac people that have passed recently Jerry, RIP, prayers sent for family and friends affected by his passing.

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Old 08-24-2021, 04:57 AM
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Sadden. Very nice caring man from talking with him on txtd. My god bless and keep you. Condolences to all. He will be in my prayers.

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Old 08-24-2021, 07:01 AM
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WOW!! RIP Jerry!!!

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Old 08-24-2021, 09:20 AM
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RIP Jerry.

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Old 08-24-2021, 09:28 AM
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RIP Jerry.
We shared a birthday (Sept 4) and we always made sure to wish the other a happy birthday.

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Old 08-24-2021, 02:11 PM
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Old 08-24-2021, 02:25 PM
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RIP Jerry.

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Old 08-26-2021, 08:27 PM
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I'm sorry to hear this. RIP Jerry.

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Old 08-28-2021, 08:36 PM
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I have been down with Covid the last 2 weeks and just seen this,. Jerry Texted me on the 22nd. We ate lunch together not to long ago.
RIP Jerry.

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Jerry’s funeral was today. He founded the Southeast GTO Association (SEGTOA) and was very active in it until just before his death. He was signed up to attend Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge before his health declined sharply. A group of us from the SEGTOA attended the funeral today and accompanied his Cremains which were riding in his Grand Prix for his last ride in a Pontiac. We had a police escort for the 19 mile trip to the grave side service. It was a beautiful service and I was glad to be part of it. He was so faithful to check on me after I lost my wife to brain caner last November. He knew what I was going through as he, too, had lost his wife. No matter what Jerry was dealing with, I never saw him without a smile on his face. Here are some photos of our cars outside the Dairy Queen he used to own in Cleveland, GA and of the memorial program from the service today.

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Old 08-29-2021, 08:12 AM
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Jerry always made sure to bring me some sipping tea "aka moonshine" to norwalk.

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Old 08-29-2021, 03:13 PM
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Sad, but I think it’s just the nature of our hobby.

If you were an affluent professional in your mid-30s that could buy whatever you wanted at the peak power of the muscle car years, say 35 in 1970,
With a lifelong love of the cars, you are now half a dozen years or so above the average age of a man passing away in America, and about a one in five chance of dying any given year.

The guys that graduated college with a great job for a couple years or got back from VN and working a good job and starting a family around then are hitting the average lifespan age around one in 15.

They guys just getting their learners permit then and drooling over those cars and their first girlfriend are retiring and about one in 40.

Those of us conceived in the back seat of one or driven home from the hospital after being born in one, that lusted after the old ones compare to the decade plus of crap factory power are in our 50s and about one in 200 chance of passing away each year. Kind of the age where you start hearing about guys getting cancer or having a heart attack.

The Millenials are in their 30s hitting the 40s and had worse benefits, pensions, insurance costs, housing costs, medical costs, wage stagnation, etc. and combined with increasing costs of this era of car have been kind of priced out. With only a one in 700 chance.

Gen Z has just gotten their license or still early in their lives in their 20s. The shift of good careers, jobs, etc. Overseas leaving many in the service economy, and H1Bs killing wages for the stateside STEM types, and illegal labor killing a lot of good money in the trades and labor market, keeps a lot of them out of the market. If they truly are a performance coupe type, they can drop 20-25K on a Toyota 86, Challenger RT, Mustang GT, or Camaro SS with low mileage and a warranty and have performance, handling, safety, features, braking, and reliability off the charts compared to a muscle car era vehicle. Even less could be spent. If they need more room a Charger or whatever. And about a 1699 out of 1700 chance of being around next year.

Even the ones I have seen inherit an old muscle car are way more likely to sell it.

It’s a weird future. The America that shaped guys like the two that recently passed away was different.

For three quarters of a century all boys and young men seemed to think of nothing other than young women and cool cars. Virtually all anyway.

Now, the interest in their license, cars, trucks, etc. seems like less way interested.

It’s crazy and I wish it were different.

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Old 08-29-2021, 05:06 PM
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RIP JERRY.
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Old 09-04-2021, 04:52 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jerry!

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Old 09-04-2021, 06:04 PM
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RIP Jerry, you were a real PONTIAC GUY.

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Old 09-04-2021, 07:00 PM
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Old 09-07-2021, 12:22 PM
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Damn, I'm shocked! I'm pretty sure I just got a FB message a day or two ago that it was his birthday!
RIP Jerry.

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Old 09-15-2021, 01:28 PM
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Great guy! Very sad news!

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