“I’m here with my son and grandson. We’re showing him how to catch crabs.”
Do you have other children?
“I have two others. One is deceased. I lost him in 2000 when he was 21. He got in a car with the wrong person. It was a guy showing off in a sports car. He was doing 130 miles an hour on a two-lane blacktop out in the country. He lost control and went into a pine tree. My son was the only person killed. The other passenger was crippled for life. I had the driver prosecuted for manslaughter. He was convicted. He’s out now. But the message is that anybody who breaks the law like that, they should be prosecuted. Anyhow, I did.”
Do you remain bitter about what happened?
“No. You just come to terms with it. It’s just like anything in life. You just tolerate it and push on.”
— Pat O’Bryant