Jimmy has lost his fight

I just saw this on hi facebook page.  I'm so incredibly sad. 
Memorial Services for Jimmy Gentry will be held at the Cheatham County Funeral Home at 7pm, Friday with visitation before service. 117 Elizabeth St., Ashland City. Easily accessible from Hwy 12 and 49. Please spread the word amongst the musician networks.

 
That's incredibly sad news.
 

Very sad news indeed.

Thanks Janet

Very Sad, Thanks for the heads up Janet.
My thoughts and condolences go out to his loved ones.

Alas, I did feel in this case that no news was bad news as I felt sure he would have been in touch if he had been able.

Thank you Janet for flagging up the difficulties he was in firstly and for breaking this sad news also.

God bless you Jimmy.

Rest in Peace.

I wrote and recorded this song for him a couple months ago.  He heard it but I never heard from him after that.  I'm so sad I never called him.  

God Bless You, Jimmy
 
Every now and then
you meet a special friend
one who makes you more than you could be (alone)
one who sees you differently than you see yourself
he looks out for you, as if you were his own
 
God bless you, Jimmy you’re such a special friend
always kind and giving, good to the end
God bless you, Jimmy for goin’ the second mile
Somehow you always make me smile.   
 
And every now and then, we stumble and fall,
something bigger than ourselves washes over us,
When the pain comes in waves and we don’t know what to do,
It’s good to know in God we can trust.
 
And now a tough time’s come, but your friends still love you
if we could, we’d take the pain away
we hate to see you hurting we wanna be there for you
so for now, we’ll remember to pray
 
God bless you, Jimmy you’re such a special friend
always kind and giving, good to the end
God bless you, Jimmy, for goin’ the second mile
we pray that God will give you back your smile
God please give Jimmy back his smile
 

Rest in Peace, Jimmy.

My sympathies and prayers go to Jimmy and his family.  I'm very sad to hear the bad news, but thanks for sharing it with us. 

RIP Jimmy,
Jan

I just got off the phone with Jimmy's sister, we talked for about 1/2 hour. Obviously she is heartbroken and devestated by this news. 

I offered to continue/reinvigorate the donations to help pay for his services, but she said that they have enough provisions for that, and that she would request that any donations be sent to a cancer service charity in Jimmy's name instead. She will be sending me the details on where to send donations in Jimmy's name in the near future. obviously she's a little busy right now.

please keep her in your prayers, she is in need of them as are her 4 surviving brothers.

Very sorry to hear this.
Another blues picker gone home.
R.I.P. Jimmy

Thanks Janet and Reece.

Oh, Jimmy...... Your kindnesses will not be forgotten. Rest in peace my friend. May those who loved and knew you find comfort in memories.

jamesyoyo


Rest in Peace, my musical brother...

I just PM'ed Reece this morning to find out if he had any updates on his condition.  For some reason, I felt inspired yesterday to pick up my remix version of his "I Know" tune that has been languishing for two years.

Now I know why.  

I just finished it ten minutes ago and read this awful post. I will post it on the Songs Forum in a bit as a tribute to our friend.

that will be a wonderful tribute james.  thank you.

Sad news for sure..... I will miss Jimmy. What a talented songwriter, guitar player, singer, producer, and all around nice guy. He will be missed.

Thank you, Janet.
Jimmy, it was an honor and a privilege to know you.
Rest assured, we've plenty of coins for the ferryman. 

You may remember that I wrote this song but didn't want to sing it myself.  I sent it to Jimmy, mostly to prove to him that I really don't have a nice voice.  Three days later he sent it back to me, better than I ever could have done it myself.  Now it's for him: 

Born to Fly