JerseyJohn Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Copied from the General Forum courtessy of Michael Dorosh Home » Obituaries Printer-Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Published Sunday, January 23, 2005 JAMES BOGGS, 51 Florida Brewery WINTER HAVEN -- Mr. James Oliver Boggs of Winter Haven died of cancer Friday (Jan. 21, 2005). He was 51. Born June 29, 1953, in Charleston, W.Va., Mr. Boggs came here from West Virginia in 1958. He was a comptroller for Florida Brewery for 15 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Boggs is survived by his wife, Mary Pat Boggs; mother, Garnette Blanche Boggs, Winter Haven; son, James Robert Boggs, Tampa; daughter, Erika Rene Holloway, Winter Haven; sisters, Carol Ann Coile, Washington, D.C., Linda Jean Salley, Anaheim, Calif., Jane Ellen Love, Winter Haven; two grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Oak Ridge Funeral Care, Winter Haven. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Silver Hill Cemetery, Frostproof. === Jimbo was a long standing member of this forum though most of his posts were on the GF. All I can say is he was a great guy. Periodically we exchanged email for the sake of keeping in touch during lulls and I always enjoyed the wit and really enjoyable humor he managed and it was never at anyone else's expense. In late 2002 Jim and I were banned together on the mistaken belief that we were the same person. I didn't know him at the time, he was a very new member here. He wrote me an email asking if we were twins separated at birth, if we used the same computer or lived together and hadn't noticed! Fate couldn't have exiled me with a better person. Hope you're on to something better than you've left, Jimbo. You're sorely missed by your friends here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curry Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Sad news JJ. A loss to our community here at Battlefront forum. Sympathy to his family. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curry Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 one more thing, he was far too young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 I agree on both, Curry. I've never seen a photo of him, I've always known his true age but my mental image is of a guy in his early twenties. What a terrible loss all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I'm sorry to hear this news. Thoughts & prayers are with his family. Jimmy Boggs was a class act. Jimmy brought historical facts to the forum, humor, & an overall uplifting effect. During the 2002 Campaign, he became a made man during a mistaken double identity. Earth's loss is Heaven's gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 This is terrible news. Rest in peace Jim. One of the old guard from 2002 has left the building. Jim was falsly accused of beeing JerseyJohn during the christmas riot 2002 and banned. He was aqquited and remained a solid part of this board, with an extremly good sense of humor. I think he liked our community but got a bit appauled during the christmas riot. Here's two quotes from him; “As stated above, I am not a young kid, and my concepts of treating people with respect and courtesy apparently come across as sappy and gratuitous. I realise that times have changed and the now generation has entirely different ideas on this theme, which is beyond me to comprehend.” Jim Boggs “I really think this thread can be useful to Hubert and if it gets locked down for turning into a flamefest it would show tremendous disrespect for a class guy” Jim Boggs [ April 13, 2005, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: Kuniworth ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyBucket Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 My hat is off to the memory of Jim. Perhaps there should be a memorial tourney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 A class act and all-around good guy. Had many interesting exchanges with Jim, He was always well informed and often Had some funny-unusual responses. I'll simply add my prayers And condolences to those who were close To him. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curry Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Kuni, you missed one of Jim's best quotes, on the Zapp Leno thread of his check list: """3) Les is grumpy ol' Canadian...Check""" Will miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 A lot of his funniest posts were at the General Forum. Most of them are gone now because the files there were cleaned out last Spring. The best one was when he first went there. He was lambasted here for saying something in an AAR that the players didn't like and he said he was going back into Lurk Mode. Next day he started a thread at the GF starting off with something like, "I don't know why this place has such a bad reputation, it seems very friendly to me" and he was adopted by them. The thread itself was pretty funny and it's a shame it no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Very sad to hear this. I too had the honour of a few pleasant exchanges with Jim and fondly remember his contributions to SC, the SC Forum and the SC community. The idea has come up and I think it would only be fitting to honour Jim's memory by including his name in SC2 somehow. There are a few ideas and I'll definitly come up with something for the game's release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hubert, FANTASTIC !!! :cool: I'm sure Jim would have some really funny suggestions that I won't speculate on because his would have been much funnier. You're a class guy and only a class guy would have thought of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Thanks but I can't take credit for the idea, that was Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 Well, then Moon is a class guy as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Well Im sure Boogsey in heaven is gay(gay=happy) hearing the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade Trapp Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Really sorry to hear this, Boggs was definitely a well liked member, both on here and the General Forum (which we all know is not an easy thing to accomplish). 51 is far too young to go, he will be missed. There sure has been a lot of death these past few months, 2005 is already turning into a really ****y year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curry Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Top notch of Hubert and Moon. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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