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FIVE FOOT TEN --AT AGE TEN:
YOU STOOD FAR ABOVE THE REST WAY BACK THEN:
  WHEN YOU STARTED JUNIOR HIGH IN THE SEVENTH GRADE:
  ALREADY A GREAT IMPRESSION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL COACHING STAFF WAS MADE:
JOEY YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND:
YOUR STATURE MATCHES THE SIZE OF YOUR HEART AND THAT IS SO HARD TO FIND:
  WHEN YOU SMILE IT SAYS IT ALL:
  YOU MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL SEVEN FOOT TALL:
YOU ARE A GENTLE GIANT WITH A TRUE HEART OF GOLD:
STANDING TALL STRONG AND BOLD:
  YOU STAND OUT IN EVERY WAY SO MUCH MORE THAN ALL THE REST:
  YOUR KIND GENTLE DEMEANOR TO OTHERS BRINGS OUT THERE VERY BEST:
IT HAS BEEN MY GREAT PLEASURE TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND:
ALWAYS IM GONNA BE HERE FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU MY HEART TO LEND:
  REMEMBER--PEACE--LOVE--SERENITY--FAITH AND HOPE:
  THEN GRACE---UNDERSTANDING---COMPASSION---AND COURAGE TO FORGIVE--THESE STEPS WILL ALWAYS HELP YOU COPE:
LET GO LET GOD--LET THY LORD FIGHT THY BATTLES COMPLETE:
JOEY YOU ARE NOTHING BUT THE THE BEST OF THE BEST ELITE:
  IN THIS LIFE THERE IS NO GREATER GLORY THAN THAT WHICH WE WIN BY OUR OWN HANDS AND FEET:
  ITS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE--JOEY YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST --AND YOU CAN NEVER BE BEAT:
YOU CAN NEVER LOOSE--CAUSE YOU ALWAYS GIVE YOUR BEST:
YOU RISE TO EVERY OCCASION AND YOU PASS EVERY LIFE TEST:
  YOU ARE A VERY LOVING AND HUMBLE MAN --WITH POTENTIAL SO VERY GREAT:
  TO BE A CHAMPION IN ALL YOU DO IN THIS LIFE--SIMPLY IS YOUR FATE:


HOLD ONTO YOUR MOMENTUM:
HOLD ONTO YOUR PEACE--SHOW YOUR LOVE AND COMPASSION TO THIS WORLD AND KEEP SMILING ENJOY LIFE HAVE FUN:


09--13--2012:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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