Lewis, a UCM alumna, said she decided there
should be some kind of service in Warrensburg, so people who could not attend
Whitworth’s visitation and funeral could say goodbye.
She created a Facebook event page for a candlelight vigil scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.Your Outdoor Lighting Source, tagheuerwatchess Add curb appeal with these wall light designs. “I really hope the vigil helped bring some closure,These people ledstriplightopp their homes with kerosene lamps.” Lewis said. “I don’t even know, I just hope it helps heal them.”
Lewis and VanderGeest invited everyone they knew,Tiffany lightprojectqq are distinguished by their carefully crafted stained glass lamp shades. and soon the list of attendees exploded past 1,000. Let that number be a testament to how Warrensburg feels about Blaine’s death.
Whitworth was the owner of the bars Molly’s and Bodie’s downtown, and a 2009 UCM alumnus.
“Blaine was a really hard worker, and he cared about his employees and the people he surrounded himself with,” VanderGeest explained.
“When the page was being set up, we assumed just a couple hundred would show up. We didn’t expect the entire community to come,” he said.
“He was just a big-hearted guy. He was funny. Always smiling, telling a joke, or making a sarcastic comment,” Lewis added. “He owned the bars, but he did it for people. He wanted everyone to have something to do downtown. He was never in the business for the money,” she explained.
Lewis met Whitworth at her old job at Inks and Images downtown.
“He came in everyday for shirts, signs and banners for the bars. I talked to him a lot and we became really good friends.”
The owner of Inks and Images, Randy Shur, invited Blaine’s parents to attend the vigil.
A crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered around the front of Molly’s Wednesday, wrapping around the street corner, pressing close to a roped off area and podium.
Prayer cards were handed out with Whitworth’s smile gracing the front, and a prayer on the back which ended with the lines, “I’d like the tears of those who grieve / To dry before the sun, / Of happy memories that I leave behind / When day is done.”
Lewis stepped up to the podium and began the speeches of those close to Whitworth. “Someone told me a great quote,Buy modern lighting, modernlamps and chandeliers from Heal's, the home of modern, designer and contemporary lighting.” she said, “‘Death is a heartache no one can heal.Find contemporary floor lamps and other lasermarkingmachine1 styles at Bellacor. Love is a memory no one can steal.’ No one can take away all of the memories you have of Blaine, ever,” she exclaimed.
Whitworth’s father, Barry, spoke next. “When you see things on TV and read what you read, you can never imagine how parents can make it through something like this,” he said, “but I can tell you how they do. It’s faith, family, friends and people like you. God bless you.”
Whitworth’s older brother, Tyler, advised the crowd to, “Go forward and spread the good things that he gave you, the good friendships that he gave you. That’s what we can take away from him, that he gave back.”
Blaine’s younger brother, Tucker, took the stand, his voice faltering a bit remembering his brother. “I had a brother I could look up to for anything,” he said. “He helped me. I can remember when we were in the 6th grade, we were little, and we were getting bullied, and Blaine came running down the hall, slammed [a bully] into the lockers, and gave him the biggest death threat!”
She created a Facebook event page for a candlelight vigil scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.Your Outdoor Lighting Source, tagheuerwatchess Add curb appeal with these wall light designs. “I really hope the vigil helped bring some closure,These people ledstriplightopp their homes with kerosene lamps.” Lewis said. “I don’t even know, I just hope it helps heal them.”
Lewis and VanderGeest invited everyone they knew,Tiffany lightprojectqq are distinguished by their carefully crafted stained glass lamp shades. and soon the list of attendees exploded past 1,000. Let that number be a testament to how Warrensburg feels about Blaine’s death.
Whitworth was the owner of the bars Molly’s and Bodie’s downtown, and a 2009 UCM alumnus.
“Blaine was a really hard worker, and he cared about his employees and the people he surrounded himself with,” VanderGeest explained.
“When the page was being set up, we assumed just a couple hundred would show up. We didn’t expect the entire community to come,” he said.
“He was just a big-hearted guy. He was funny. Always smiling, telling a joke, or making a sarcastic comment,” Lewis added. “He owned the bars, but he did it for people. He wanted everyone to have something to do downtown. He was never in the business for the money,” she explained.
Lewis met Whitworth at her old job at Inks and Images downtown.
“He came in everyday for shirts, signs and banners for the bars. I talked to him a lot and we became really good friends.”
The owner of Inks and Images, Randy Shur, invited Blaine’s parents to attend the vigil.
A crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered around the front of Molly’s Wednesday, wrapping around the street corner, pressing close to a roped off area and podium.
Prayer cards were handed out with Whitworth’s smile gracing the front, and a prayer on the back which ended with the lines, “I’d like the tears of those who grieve / To dry before the sun, / Of happy memories that I leave behind / When day is done.”
Lewis stepped up to the podium and began the speeches of those close to Whitworth. “Someone told me a great quote,Buy modern lighting, modernlamps and chandeliers from Heal's, the home of modern, designer and contemporary lighting.” she said, “‘Death is a heartache no one can heal.Find contemporary floor lamps and other lasermarkingmachine1 styles at Bellacor. Love is a memory no one can steal.’ No one can take away all of the memories you have of Blaine, ever,” she exclaimed.
Whitworth’s father, Barry, spoke next. “When you see things on TV and read what you read, you can never imagine how parents can make it through something like this,” he said, “but I can tell you how they do. It’s faith, family, friends and people like you. God bless you.”
Whitworth’s older brother, Tyler, advised the crowd to, “Go forward and spread the good things that he gave you, the good friendships that he gave you. That’s what we can take away from him, that he gave back.”
Blaine’s younger brother, Tucker, took the stand, his voice faltering a bit remembering his brother. “I had a brother I could look up to for anything,” he said. “He helped me. I can remember when we were in the 6th grade, we were little, and we were getting bullied, and Blaine came running down the hall, slammed [a bully] into the lockers, and gave him the biggest death threat!”
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