Southern Memorial Funeral Home & Crematorium in Montgomery, AL made a public announcement on James Fondren’s passing on January 12, 2023.
On January 12, 2023, James Tyler “Ty” Fondren of Montgomery, Alabama, passed away after a courageous fight with glioblastoma. Only 59 years old, he.
Ty spent the majority of his life in Montgomery after being born in Columbus, Georgia, on May 1, 1963. Ty had a distinguished career at AT&T, which allowed him to get involved with a huge number of groups, including Jubilee Cityfest, the Montgomery Arts Council, Montgomery Area Crimestoppers, and a ton of others ones.
Ty started a second job in the State of Alabama’s Office of Information Technology after leaving AT&T. Anyone who knew Ty was aware of his kindness. He was an altruistic individual who put the needs of others ahead of his own.
Ty was a beautiful guy, full of light and happiness.
Ty’s son wrote on his timeline:
My dad died. I’m sorry for the abrupt statement. I struggle to write this entire post because I don’t know how you do something like this. How do you summarize the life of something so complex as an entire person, let alone someone who meant so much to you. My dad struggled with brain cancer for the last year and a half. He fought valiantly day in and out, but we always knew it would end this way. The end is built into the beginning, and my dad’s story was always going to end this way. I haven’t talked or posted about it because he did not want it publicized and we all agreed that we all wanted to keep on living and not be consumed by the lingering thought of death. My dad was so in love with life he always made sure I lived the most of mine, and he wanted this to be no different for me or my mom. I don’t mourn his loss because I believe he exists in another place now, and that one day we might get to see each other and catch up again, just like we did every time we went out for lunch and he had me fill him in on my life, or every time I came over and he had to tell me all the work stories he found amusing. Instead, I mourn all the lost time. All the opportunities we never could’ve had. I always thought my dad would get to hold my kids in his arms. I thought he would get to see me face all the struggles he did and give me advice. I thought we would get to see Half-Life 3 release and finally get to play a video game together again. I thought we would be there for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opening night together. I thought my dad would get to see my new office I built at least. I really thought we had more time, but time waits for no man, and our time has passed. If there’s one thing I adamantly do not want, it’s for people to look at my dad and see how tragic it was for him to have died from this illness. Cancer is a vile thing that destroys and consumes. It is an evil unlike any other and I find it hard to compare anything to. But I will not let it have the power to remove my dad’s legacy. My dad’s life was NOT a tragedy, it was a beautiful character piece that ended in bittersweet misery. He was not just a good dad, he was the only dad I wanted. He was everything I needed him to be and nothing more or less. I had an endlessly complicated relationship with him that grew into true comradery with every passing year, and I am comfortable calling him my best friend. It breaks my heart to know that we have no more movie dates, we have no more lunch breaks, no more computer talk, we just have what if’s and happy memories, and my best friend has gone where I cannot follow. My dad was not a perfect man, but no man ever is. To me though, he was everything I needed and wanted from a dad. I’ll never not be thankful for all his hard work, all his sacrifice, all his love and humor and the wisdom that he gave me. Without my dad, I wouldn’t have gotten into super heroes like Spider-Man, who we watched the original Tobey Maguire ones upon their initial release, and we got to see No Way Home together in cinemas even with his condition. I say this because if there is one thing that I wish I had the strength to tell my dad, it’s that out of all the superheroes he introduced me to, he was my favorite. I had a pretty cool dad. Ty Fondren
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