What a sad, sad story. I am sorry for your friend and his family.
Daryl Tucker commits suicide.
by dogon 19 Replies latest jw experiences
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Tired of the Hypocrisy
My sympathies to you and his family.
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dogon
Daryl was an older man that had taken some hits. His first wife was a bit of a tart and cheated on him with several so called brothers in the mid 70s. His second wife he married in the late 70s and they have been married for all that time. I heard she left him and he shot himself. He had 6 kids and I dont know how many grandkids. I moved from north Michigan several years ago and do not keep in touch with many. Daryl was one of those who would stop and talk to you even though you were not going to meetings. A rare thing in the pompous cult. He did more to be what the dubbers say they are like then 1000 rank and file dubbers. It makes me sick to think of another funeral that is a recruting talk than helping the people he new.
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IHaveADream
Dear dogon,
I offeer my deepest sympathies in your time of sorrow. It is a heart-wrenching thing to lose one you care so much about. -
AudeSapere
So sad.
I wonder if they will even have a witness funeral for him since cause of death is suicide.
My heart aches for him and his children/grandchildren.
-Aude.
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misguided
(((hugs))) how traumatic for you and his family.
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dogon
You know, I never thought of that. I don’t know if they will allow the family to have a funeral at the hall because of that. Just another brick in the wall of the society not caring about people but about themselves. The only thing that could come out of the whole situation in that case is maybe some will rethink the society’s not caring about people and maybe sow the seeds of doubt. I can only hope. I was not close to Daryl, but it disturbed me that some one I knew shot them self. I lost a family member a few years ago. After that I have a lot of sympathy for anyone loosing a member of their family. They turned my mothers funeral into a recruiting speech for the cult. The only reason I did not say anything is that she always was a keep the peace person. I did what I thought she would have wanted, then walked away from the religion and will never step into a hall again.
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lonelysheep
I'm very sorry.
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AudeSapere
The only thing that could come out of the whole situation in that case is maybe some will rethink the society’s not caring about people and maybe sow the seeds of doubt. I can only hope.
Sadly, many times people make up stories and will embellish that bad. They may talk about a 'secret sin' and whisper that it's a shame he pulled away from Jehovah instead of seeking peace and forgiveness. They may villify.
I don't know the man and don't know his congregation. But I do know that people in general and JWs in particular speculate on many unsubstantiated rumors following a suicide. I would hope this does not happen to your acquaintance, but it often does.
Whether there is an afterlife or not, I wish him peace. Moreso, I wish his children and grandchildren peace as well.
Oh! About the org's not caring about people, if you want to read a truly tragic story, look up Cruzanhart's topic history from about 4 years ago. Her father killed himself and she wrote to the elders and the society. Maybe, if you are so inclined, you will want to write a similar letter???
-Aude.
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AudeSapere
Hmmm I just looked back through her (Cruzanheart's) posts and cannot find the threads. It's possible that she had them removed.
-Aude.