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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / 7 gettin HIGH in St. Pete. 1985 (DAYS CALLED IN) Talk to me
« on: March 18, 2003, 05:31:00 PM »
Morli,

I thought Jeff came from the Straight in Orlando.  It's me Shell, his high school/college sweetheart.  I remember so clearly when he was admitted and it was in Orlando, near "I" Drive.  It's been so many years, that maybe my mind is slipping.  Does Steve Brooks know about his death?  I actually remember meeting Steve once.  Jeff came home for a visit and I met him at a restaurant and I think he brought Steve home with him.  It was about that time that his dad and step mom adopted a new baby girl and a year or so later she got pregnant with his brother.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / are there any 1980's dallas straight mebers out there
« on: March 18, 2003, 10:41:00 AM »
Thank you for your kind words.  I lost contact with Jeff in 1989.  I was working at a dept. school and was about to graduate from college, when I last saw him.  He told me he was going to have a nose job.  He also told me about the wonderful job prospects his mom had set up for him at Universal Studios.  Upon his death, he was a computer graphics specialist.  I feel so much for his mom and step dad, for Jeff was her only child.  Jeff was very close to her and he lived with her for most of his life.  His dad was a different story.  His dad enrolled him in Straight Orlando sometime in 86.  I was still his girlfriend at the time, so I was the subject of many discussions about his drug use.  Everyone at Straight convinced his dad and step mom, that I was his drug problem, when I was not a drug user.  I remember going to many "rap sessions" and when that was no longer possible due to my work/class schedule, I had to report in with his dad each week to get progress on Jeff.  I don't know if Jeff ever found that special someone and I just knew that I couldn't live like this anymore.  Upon graduation from UCF, I met and married my husband, Jim.  I have been married for almost 12 years and we have three children, 8, 3, and 2.  I wondered from time to time how my first love was doing and just recently found out about his death.  A few friends from high school said that he overdosed.  I wondered if Straight had anything to do with his death?

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / are there any 1980's dallas straight mebers out there
« on: March 17, 2003, 11:46:00 PM »
I never thought that I would come across people that remembered my high school/college sweetheart, Jeff Spearman.  Jeff and I had a long history together that spanned about 6 years total.  I was never a drug user like Jeff, but the good college student that him Mom and Step Dad loved.  I owe so much to them for all their support when Jeff was in the Dallas Straight program.  I often thought about Jeff from time to time and ironically he called me on my wedding day in 1991.  It was unfortunate I did not get to talk with him, but I know that he was thinking of me and I will always remember my first love.  I met Jeff while we both were student attending high school in Orlando way back in 82.  He was my first boyfriend and I loved having someone wait for me on the front steps of our high school.  It was a very sad ending to such a precious life for Jeff, as he passed away in 1995 and only days before his 28th birthday.  Friends told me, but I just couldn't believe it until I actually saw his obituary notice in the paper.  May he rest in Peace and know that he was truly loved my me and his family.

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