Ok I knew one of these guys and both were touted as good guys so WHY WERE THEY STREET RACING???? They were street racing motorcycles. i race but I DO NOT CONDONE STREET RACING :cuss: RIP Teddy :bncry: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyles, Timothy Lavell "Boss Dog" Sledge, MS Timothy Lyles, 40, of Sledge, died Sunday, May 30, 2004, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Services are Saturday at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant M.B. Church in Enid. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Micheal Ferrel will officiate. Cooley's Mortuary Inc. has charge. Lyles, born May 26, 1964, to Tommy Lyles Jr. and Flora Lyles, was a maintenance worker for ACI. Survivors include his parents Tommy and Flora Lyles of Memphis; his companion Jackiella Jordon of Sledge; one son Jaheim Lyles of Falcoln; two step-sons, Bobby Miles of Ohio and Corey McMurray of Texarkana, Ark.; three step-daughters, Beverly Miles, Cynthia Miles and Linda Miles, all of Batesville; four brothers, Tommy Lewis Lyles and Terry James Lyles, both of Memphis, Marcus Lyles of Aurora, Ill. and Quartico Reed of Memphis; five sisters, Shirely Franklin, Gwendylon Simmons, Alisa Smith, Tamika Reed and Brittany Reed, all of Memphis. --------------------------------------------------------- Patton, Thedrick "Teddy" Sr. Courtland, MS Thedrick "Teddy" Patton Sr., 33, of Courtland, died Sunday, May 30, 2004, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Services are today at 1 p.m. at Salem M.B. Church in Courtland. Burial will be in Salem Cemetry. Rev. Larry Itson will officiate. Cooley's Mortuary, Inc. has charge. Patton, born Nov. 15, 1970, to Williams Watters of Memphis and Eunice Patton Payne of Sardis, was a forklift operator for Dunlap & Kyle and a member of Salem M.B. Church. Survivors include his wife Jennifer F. Patton of Courtland; parents, Eunice Paynes of Sardis and William Watters of Memphis; four daughters, Teylar Patton, Teddera Patton and McGheyla Patton, all of Courtland and Amber Patton of Batesville; two sons, Kedrick Patton and Thedrick Patton Jr., both of Batesville; one sister Carol Payne of Sardis; two brothers, Titus Watters and Kandon Watters, both of Memphis; and grandparents, Eva Hardy of Courtland and John and Annie Lee Watters of Batesville.
I really don't understand why people street race. So many people you see die this way over the years you would think people would wise up. You see it from time to time in the news, I don't remember the guy that died in the NBA a few years ago the same way.