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Old 10-19-2016, 09:48 AM
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The obituary that I read on Donald Patrick Joseph indicates that he had two great grandsons. One's name is Cole Edward and the other is Elijah Patrick. I thought I remembered him posting about the birth of Cole Edward and I looked back and found the post. I think this is the child in his avatar. If it's true and DJ(Bigrun) is gone, I am sorry for his family and for his friends here at Derby Trail. I will miss the friendly competition he and I had in contests and I will miss his cartoons in the politics section.
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:28 AM
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The obituary that I read on Donald Patrick Joseph indicates that he had two great grandsons. One's name is Cole Edward and the other is Elijah Patrick. I thought I remembered him posting about the birth of Cole Edward and I looked back and found the post. I think this is the child in his avatar. If it's true and DJ(Bigrun) is gone, I am sorry for his family and for his friends here at Derby Trail. I will miss the friendly competition he and I had in contests and I will miss his cartoons in the politics section.
I used the search and it looks like this is the case... Sad
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:58 AM
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The obituary that I read on Donald Patrick Joseph indicates that he had two great grandsons. One's name is Cole Edward and the other is Elijah Patrick. I thought I remembered him posting about the birth of Cole Edward and I looked back and found the post. I think this is the child in his avatar. If it's true and DJ(Bigrun) is gone, I am sorry for his family and for his friends here at Derby Trail. I will miss the friendly competition he and I had in contests and I will miss his cartoons in the politics section.
Here is a post he made about his son living in Columbia, SC.

"I've been watching that for days..My son lives in Columbia and fortunately he is not in the flood zone...has a leak in the roof and had trouble getting anyone to come out and fix it..minor problem compared to many down there...prayers to all those suffering.."

The obituary does state he had a son from Columbia, SC

This is very sad and was hoping it wasn't his obituary.
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:35 AM
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Sad news indeed...Rest in Peace DJ
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:10 PM
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RIP DJ. Sad news!
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:24 PM
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I certainly have had my bouts with DJ as we clearly did not see eye to eye on political issues, but I really hope that the obituary is not his. If so, it is very sad news to hear and wish to extend my condolences to his family and friends.
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:51 PM
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I certainly have had my bouts with DJ as we clearly did not see eye to eye on political issues, but I really hope that the obituary is not his. If so, it is very sad news to hear and wish to extend my condolences to his family and friends.
Looks to be true Nick. The birthday of January 25 was on the obituary and is what he used here. Years were different but it looks to be him.
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Old 10-19-2016, 02:53 PM
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That obituary was DJ As i previously mentioned he asked me to do his Delmar contest picks for the last week of the contest. Well, earlier i logged into the Delmar site and his profile information is a match with the birthday in the obituary. 83 years old retired Air Force, a good man. RIP D J
If anyone wants to send his widow a card, i have the address from the profile. Please send me a PM and i will give it to you. Thanks.
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Old 10-19-2016, 03:09 PM
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Very sorry to see this.. An active participant here from nearly the beginning. RIP and best wishes to his family..
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