THIS MEMORIAL WEBSITE WAS CREATED TO REMEMBER OUR SON ~ JARRETT LEE LITTLE ~ WHO WAS BORN IN GEORGIA ON JULY 24TH, 1984 AND RAN HIS LAST CALL ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2008 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 24 YRS., 5 MONTHS, 1 WEEK, 12 HRS., 37 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS.  HE WILL FOREVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR MEMORIES.





(GRAPHICS/ORNAMENTS BY: EVER EDEN DESIGNS)

"You don't get over it, you just get through it.
You don't get by it, because you can't get around it.
It doesn't get better, it just gets different.
Every day...GRIEF puts on a new face..."
(Borrowed from Jaime Drebit's memorial site)







I loved you like there was  NO TOMORROW ~
then one day...THERE WASN'T (AUTHOR UNKNOWN)
(Borrowed from Elyse Cannon's memorial site)




























(DIVIDERS BY: EVER EDEN DESIGNS: WWW.GRAPHICS-4FREE.COM)








FROM THE LITTLE FAMILY:
(KENNY, BECKY & SEAN)
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO 
CONTINUE TO VISIT, LIGHT CANDLES 
AND GIVE GRAPHICS.  IT MEANS
ALOT ~ AS MOST OF YOU SADLY
KNOW THAT FEELING.  

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ABOUT JARRETT



     JARRETT WAS BORN JULY 24TH, 1984 AT TRI-COUNTY HOSPITAL (NOW KNOWN AS HUTCHESON MEDICAL) IN FT. OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA.

     HIS FIRST HOME WAS KNOWN AS OUR HARKER HOUSE.  WE CALLED IT THAT BECAUSE OF THE STREET NAME.  THAT WAS OUR HOME UNTIL WE OUT GREW IT.

     WE THEN MADE THE MOVE TO RINGGOLD, GA.  ONLY ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF OUR HARKER HOUSE.  WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT HOUSE AND MOVED AGAIN.  WE HAD A HOUSE BUILT ONE STREET OVER.  THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME OUR "HOME".

     WITHIN A MONTH OF MOVING INTO THIS HOUSE, WE HAD OUR OWN HOUSE FIRE.  IT WAS JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS LATER THAT JARRETT GOT INTERESTED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  A FIRE FIGHTER AND A FEW YOUNGER GUYS WERE TESTING A FIRE HYDRANT ACROSS FROM OUR HOUSE AND JARRETT SEEN THE FIRE TRUCK AND OUT THE DOOR HE WENT.  HE WAS HOOKED FROM THAT MOMENT ON.  HE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD AN EXPLORERS PROGRAM AND JOINED THE POST 2305 AT THE AGE OF 12.

     AT THAT TIME THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE BOYNTON BAD BOYS.  I CALLED THEM "GO-FORS"...GO-FOR-THIS...GO-FOR-THAT.  BUT, THEY STILL HAD TO LEARN ALL THE NECESSITIES NEEDED TO BECOME A FIRE FIGHTER.  THEY HAD TO KNOW WHERE EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS AND WHERE IT BELONGED ON THE FIRE TRUCKS.

     HIS BROTHER SEAN, BECAME AN EXPLORER A YEAR LATER WHEN HE TURNED 12.  HE WAS JUST FOLLOWING IN HIS BROTHERS FOOTSTEPS.  THEY GOT TO GO ON CALLS TOGETHER AND THEY HELPED THE FIRE FIGHTERS WITH THE TOOLS THAT WERE NEEDED WHILE ON A CALL.

     AT THE AGE OF 18, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GO INTO A BURNING STRUCTURE AND ACTUALLY GET TO FIGHT A REAL FIRE.  HE WOULD ALWAYS GET DISAPPOINTED IF THEY GOT CANCELLED.  HE LOVED BEING A FIRE FIGHTER.  HE ATE IT UP.  HE DREAMED IT, LIVED IT, BREATHED IT AND DIED FOR IT.  HE HONESTLY LIVED OUT HIS DREAM.  HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER!

     JARRETT, HIS BROTHER SEAN AND HIS BEST FRIEND LANCE WENT DOWN SOUTH TO HELP FIGHT THE WILD FIRES NEAR THE GA./FL. BORDER ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO (IN 2007).  THOUGH IT TOO WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, THEY HAD ONLY BEEN AWAY FROM HOME FOR ABOUT 12 DAYS AND JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO COME HOME.  HE CALLED HIS DADDY TO ASK IF HE COULD CALL IN A FAVOR FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS TO FLY DOWN AND PICK THEM UP.  HE JUST COULDN'T RIDE THE BUS BACK.  HIS DADDY COULDN'T GET THE PLANE AND ALL 3 OF THEM HAD TO ENDURE THE 8 HOURS ON THE BUS ~ ANYWAY.

 
JARRETT TOOK AS MANY CLASSES AND COURSES THAT WERE OFFERED.  HE TOOK SWIFTWATER RESCUE AS WELL.  THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, JARRETT WAS CERTIFIED AS A ROPE RESCUE TECH.  (HE NEVER GOT TO SEE HIS CERTIFICATE).  HE LEARNED TO RAPPEL SO HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON CAVE RESCUES TOO.  HE WAS JUST LEARNING TO ROCK CLIMB WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND SHANNON BURGER.  HE PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  HE LEARNED WHATEVER IT TOOK TO DO THE JOB AND TO DO IT TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.

     JARRETT WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE WALKER COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN WALKER CO. GEORGIA.  HE WAS ALREADY WORKING AND STATIONED AT STATION 11 IN LAFAYETTE, GA.  WHEN THE NEW AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR EACH COUNTY TOOK EFFECT, WALKER COUNTY DECIDED TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPT. AND THE AMBULANCE SERVICE HOUSED UNDER ONE ROOF AT DIFFERENT FIRE STATIONS.  THEY WOULD ALSO START THEIR NEW WORK SHIFTS.  THEY WOULD WORK 24/48 SHIFTS.  (WORK 24 HRS. & BE OFF FOR 48).  THAT WAS THE SAME SCHEDULE THAT HIS BROTHER WORKED.  HE LIKED IT AND TOLD JARRETT THAT HE WOULD LIKE IT TOO.

     IT WAS THEN THAT JARRETT, MATT & ADAM GOT TRANSFERRED TO THEIR NEW STATION - STATION 6 IN CHICKAMAUGA, GA.  JARRETT WOULD BE CLOSER TO HOME AND WOULD SAVE MONEY ON GAS.  HE WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO WORK HIS OTHER PART TIME JOB ON HIS OFF DAYS. 

     DECEMBER 31ST, 2008, WAS THE START OF THE NEW WORK SCHEDULE AND THE NEW SERVICES BEING HOUSED UNDER THE SAME ROOF.  BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN START THEIR DAY...THEY HAD TO CLEAN THE STATION AND GET IT READY TO BE "LIVED IN".  IT HADN'T BEEN LIVED IN FOR SOMETIME.  THEY HAD TO GET 2 DIFFERENT BATTERIES JUST TO GET THE FIRE TRUCK STARTED.  THAT'S HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN UN-MANNED.  BUT, JARRETT WAS EXCITED.  HE LOVED IT.  HE WAS READY TO BE CLOSER TO HOME.

     JARRETT HAD CALLED HIS DADDY EARLIER THAT DAY AND ASKED HIM TO BRING HIM A FEW ITEMS.  HE DID AND STAYED A LITTLE WHILE TO CHECK OUT HIS NEW STATION.  WHEN I GOT OFF WORK AND FOUND OUT THAT KENNY HAD BEEN TO VISIT JARRETT'S NEW STATION - I SAID THAT I WANTED TO GO AND VISIT HIM AND SEE IT TOO.  WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEY WERE STILL CLEANING.  SO, WE ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES AND PITCHED IN.

     I GOT TO HELP COOK HIS LAST DINNER AND HE DONE HIS PART IN CLEANING UP THE DISHES.  EVEN THOUGH I WAS THERE, HE SAID THAT IT WAS HIS JOB AND HE HAD TO WASH 'EM.  SO, I LET HIM.  AFTER WE FINISHED, HE WENT BACK TO WORK.  AS I STARTED TO LEAVE AND WALK OUT, I REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS NEW YEAR'S EVE AND I WANTED TO WISH HIM A HAPPY NEW YEAR.  I WENT BACK IN TOWARD THE FIRE TRUCK AND FOUND HIM ALREADY INSIDE.  I TAPPED HIM ON HIS BUTT AND WISHED HIM A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND TOLD HIM THAT I LOVED HIM.

     THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT I GOT TO SEE HIM ALIVE.  MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET ''THAT FINAL TIME" WITH SOMEONE WHEN IT'S A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.  I'M GREATEFUL FOR THAT, THOUGH I WISHED I WOULD HAVE STAYED LONGER.  I AM HIS MOTHER AND I'M PROUD OF JARRETT AND OUR SON SEAN AS WELL.

     JARRETT ENJOYED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE DID IN LIFE.  HE WASN'T ALWAYS TREATED RIGHT BY OTHERS AND MAYBE THIS CAN BE A WAKE UP CALL TO THEM.

     JARRETT HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES AND A SMILE THAT WENT FROM EAR TO EAR.  HE HAD A CONTAGIOUS LAUGH AS WELL.

     WE ALL WILL MISS JARRETT, HIS LAUGH, HIS SMILE, HIS BLUE EYES...JUST HIM IN GENERAL!

WITH LOVE ALWAYS & FOREVER FOR YOU~MY JARRETT...

 YOU WILL FOREVER BE LOVED AND MISSED BY US:

MAMA, DADDY, SEAN, YOUR BFF ~ ANGIE, YOUR TYLER, NICKI, YOUR AUNT (SIS), YOUR COUSIN KRISSY ~ ALONG WITH OTHER FAMILY & FRIENDS.

(THIS IS JARRETT'S NAME FROM THE NATIONAL FALLEN FIRE FIGHTERS PLAQUE IN EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND... OCT. 2-4TH, 2009)

THIS IS THE NEW MARKER HONORING JARRETT IN FT.OGLETHORPE,GA. THE MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD 10/29/2010







MEMORIES OF JARRETT GRAPHIC GIVEN BY:MRS.CLAUDIA LINDLEY~MOM TO ANGEL ROCKY LINDLEY~THANK YOU MRS.CLAUDIA~I LOVE IT!


 

THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES TAKEN OF JARRETT & TYLER.  IT WAS TAKEN 5 MONTHS & 5 DAYS BEFORE JARRETT RAN HIS LAST CALL. 

THEY SAY THERE IS A REASON. THEY SAY THAT TIME WILL HEAL.

BUT NEITHER TIME NOR REASON WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE FEEL.

FOR NO-ONE KNOWS THE HEARTACHE THAT LIES BEHIND OUR SMILES.

NO-ONE KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN & CRIED.

WE WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING SO THERE WON'T BE ANY DOUBT.

YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL TO THINK OF ~

BUT SO HARD TO LIVE WITHOUT...

MOST OF THESE PICTURES OF JARRETT ARE SELF TAKEN WITH HIS CELL PHONE.  WE RECOVERED IT 19 DAYS AFTER THE CRASH.  IT WAS IN ABOUT 20" OF MUD.

I JUST LOVE THIS PICTURE 

JARRETT LOVED HIS JOB & ENJOYED WHAT HE DID ~ HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER! 

JARRETT LOVED HIS JOB & WAS PROUD OF BEING A FIREFIGHTER!

WE JUST WISH HE WAS HERE TO CONTINUE DOING IT!

ANGEL MOMS

We have shared our tears and our sorrow.
We have given encouragement to each other -
given hope for a brighter tomorrow.
We share the title of grieving mother.
Some of us lost older daughters or sons,
who we watched grow over the years.
Some have lost their babies before their lives begun,
But no matter the age, we cry the same tears.
We understand each other’s pain,
The bond we share is very strong.
With each other there is no need to explain.
The path we walk is hard and long.
Our children brought us together -
they didn't want us on this journey alone.
They knew we needed each other
to survive the pain of them being gone.
So take my hand my friend.
We may stumble and fall along the way,
but we'll get up and try again
because together we can make it day by day.
We can give each other hope.
We'll create a place where we belong.
Together we will find ways to cope,
because we are Angel Moms and together we are strong!

( I LOVE YOU SON~DADDY)

~AS THE SEASONS CONTINUE TO CHANGE~

 ~WE CONTINUE TO MISS YOU~

~IN EVERY ONE~

THESE ARE JARRETT'S WORK BOOTS SITTING ON THE TABLE AS THOSE WHO PAID THEIR RESPECTS   SIGNED THE CONDOLENCE BOOK. 

THIS WAS MAY 2, 2009 IN FORSYTH,GA. AT THE TRAINING CENTER WHERE ALL THE FIRE FIGHTERS TRAIN.  WE TOOK JARRETT ~ SINCE HE WAS THE REASON FOR US BEING THERE.

A PLAQUE MADE IN HONOR OF JARRETT WITH THE NEWSPAER CLIPPING OF THE FUNERAL PRECESSION, A DUPLICATE OF BOTH HIS FIRE HELMET SHIELDS (FT.OGLETHORPE STATION 8 & WALKER CO. STATION 6) &  JARRETT'S OBITUARY FROM THE NEWSPAPER.

FOREVER  MY BOYS

JARRETT & SEAN

JARRETT LOVED HIS BROTHER SEAN...AND SEAN NEVER CALLED JARRETT BY HIS NAME.  IT WAS ALWAYS: ~~BROTHER~~

SEEN THIS "YOU ROCK" KITTEN & THOUGHT OF HOW YOU WOULD LISTEN TO YOUR HEADSET AT WORK AND DANCE AROUND IN YOUR CASE WHILE PUTTING UP THE MAIL.  HOW IT MAKES ME SMILE AND YET I'M SO SAD WHEN I HAVE TO GO INTO WORK.  LOVE YOU ALWAYS MY JARRETT ~ MAMA

FOR MY SON

Something will remind me

I never know just when,

It might be something someone says

And it all comes back again.

The times we spent together

The happiness, the fun

Once again I feel the pain

Of life without my son.

It's said that times a healer,

I'm not sure that this is true.

Theres not a day goes by my son,

That I don't cry for you.

~~JARRETT~~

I thought of you with love today,
But that is nothing new.
I thought about you yesterday
And days before that too.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name.
All I have are memories
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is my keepsake,
With which I'll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
I have you in My heart.


WITH ALL MY LOVE~FOREVER

MAMA

JARRETT WAS AN ORGAN DONOR.  THIS IS HIS OWN LITTLE TREASURE CHEST.  THE TEDDY BEAR IS MADE FROM ONE OF JARRETT'S WORK SHIRTS & WAS GIVEN TO US AS A GIFT FROM HIS BEST FRIEND ANGIE AND WAS MADE WITH TONS OF LOVE. 

THIS IS JARRETT'S BEST FRIEND~ANGIE.  JARRETT HAD QUIT HIS JOB AT THE POST OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM OFF FROM WORK TO SEE HER OFF TO WAR IN IRAQ~SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL AFTER HE RAN HIS LAST CALL.  I WAS TELLING SOMEONE & SHE OVERHEARD ME.  HE NEVER TOLD HER WHAT HE HAD DONE~FOR HER...HIS BEST FRIEND FOREVER!

WRITTEN: FEBRUARY 2010

THIS IS TYLER~JARRETT'S LITTLE BUDDY THAT HE HELPED RAISE FROM A BABY.  THIS PICTURE IS FROM WHERE JARRETT TOOK TYLER ON ONE OF MANY TRIPS TO THE LAKE TO RIDE HIS SEA DOO & SPEND TIME WITH TYLER AS A ''FATHER'' FIGURE.  TYLER MISSES JARRETT ~  JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.  HE IS NOW 9 YRS. OLD.  HE HAS HAD 2 BIRTHDAYS WITHOUT HIS BEST BUDDY ~ JARRETT.  LOVE YOU TYLER!

JARRETT & TYLER SPENDING TIME TOGETHER AT THE LAKE ~

BEST BUDDIES ~ FOREVER & ALWAYS

LOVE YOU TYLER ~ LOVE YOU RIGHT BACK ~ JARRETT

JARRETT, NICKI (TYLER'S MOM) & TYLER...ON THEIR WAY DOWN TO

MISSISSIPPI TO SEE ANGIE BEFORE SHE LEFT OUT FOR WAR IN IRAQ

(THE FIRST TIME~THAT'S WHEN JARRETT QUIT THE POST OFFICE &

NEVER TOLD ANGIE WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR HER ~ HIS BEST FRIEND).

THIS WAS TAKEN MAY 30TH, 2008 ~ 7 MO.'S -1 DAY BEFORE JARRETT'S ACCIDENT.  THE LITTLE FAMILY & TYLER (WHOM JARRETT HELPED RAISED) AND IS LIKE A GRANDSON TO US.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR JARRETT'S SITE.  PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LITE A CANDLE, WRITE A MEMORY OR A TRIBUTE.  WE APPRECIATE EACH & EVERY ONE.  THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING.  

GRAPHIC GIVEN BY TINA TOMKIN: MOTHER TO ANGEL MICHAEL GRAYSON 

 ~THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE~