Posted by MELINDA MILLICAN SMITH on 9/13/2001, 12:15 pm A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THAT I GET ON THIS SITE AT LEAST ONCE A DAY TO SEE IF ANYONE IS GOING TO WRITE ANYMORE STORIES ABOUT JOHN. IT SADDEN'S ME TO SEE THAT THE MESSAGE BOARD HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR SO LONG. I KNOW THERE ARE ALOT MORE STORIES TO BE TOLD ABOUT JOHN. SO I WILL TELL YOU ONE THAT MAKES MY FAMILY LAUGH. FIRST OFF, MY DAD WAS TRUELY ONE OF JOHN'S BEST FRIENDS, HE IS STILL SEEING MS. BANKSTON ON A DAILY BASES. MY DAD IS PRINTICE MILLICAN. ANYWAY, THE LAST NIGHT THAT JOHN RACED HERE IN BEAUMONT, OUT AT SPEEDWAY 90. AFTER THE RACES I TOOK MY BOYS AND MY COUSIN'S BOYS OVER TO SEE POPPEY (MY DAD) AND JOHN. I THINK THAT MY BOYS HAVE ENOUGH JOHN BANKSTON T-SHIRTS TO WEAR A NEW ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. BUT THAT WAS THE WAY JOHN WAS, HE WENT TO THAT BIG CABINET AT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND STARTED PULLING OUT T-SHIRTS FOR THE KIDS. HE SIGNED ALL FOUR OF THE KIDS SHIRTS AND GAVE THEM HIS GOOFY GRIN, WHICH MADE THEIR NIGHTS. THEN HE TURNED AROUND TO ME AND ACTED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO SIGN MY FOREHEAD. AND AT THAT MOMENT, I GAVE HIM A HARD TIME, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND WENT TO THE RACES WITH MY DAD TO WATCH JOHN RACE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON CLOUD NINE TO HAVE HIM EVEN NOTICE ME, MUCH LESS SIGN MY FOREHEAD. I WOULD HAVE NEVER TOOK A BATH. I TOLD HIM THAT AND HE AND I LAUGHED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE. THEN HE HUGGED ME. I WILL DO MY BEST TO HEAR MORE STORIES ABOUT JOHN FROM MY DAD AND WAYNE AND BOBBY. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT TIMES TO REMEMBER. WE WILL BE GOING TO FLORIDA IN NOVEMBER FOR THE RACE DEDICATED TO JOHN AND I KNOW I WILL HEAR ALOT MORE STORIES THERE.
JOHN WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MY FAMILY FOREVER.
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