Remember the lavish, gorgeous wedding that Kelly and I attended in Nashville two years ago for Rebekah Gee and Allan Moore? Click here to see pictures that I posted then. I got this piece of mail today inviting me to "A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Allan Frederick Moore," and immediately thought of his father, also a doctor. I thought, "I don't recall Allan's dad having the same first name," then googled it. His dad's name is Michael, by the way. I found out that Allan, 31, died about six weeks ago when he and Rebekah were riding a Vespa (motorcycle) and a 21-year-old woman driving a Range Rover or Land Rover, collided with them. I'm numb and saddened by this awful news. I hope to attend the memorial service for Allan that will be held on October 7 in Boston. That will have been Rebekah and Allan's second anniversary. Rebekah's dad was the main guy (Chancellor, I believe) at Vanderbilt University when Kelly and I were there in Nashville for Rebekah and Allan's wedding, but he's now the president of The Ohio State University, where he worked previously as the president, back when his wife, Elizabeth, died of cancer. You may recall that I worked for Gordon when he was the president of the University of Colorado, during which time his wife, Elizabeth, encouraged me to pursue the our adoption of a baby, as they had with Rebekah. A few weeks before Elizabeth's death, Lindsey was born, and we named our little girl after her, Lindsey Elizabeth. I'm so sad for the future that Rebekah and Allan are never going to be able to have together. I have emailed both Rebekah and Gordon, and called to leave a message for Rebekah.
Remember the lavish, gorgeous wedding that Kelly and I attended in Nashville two years ago for Rebekah Gee and Allan Moore? Click here to see pictures that I posted then. I got this piece of mail today inviting me to "A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Allan Frederick Moore," and immediately thought of his father, also a doctor. I thought, "I don't recall Allan's dad having the same first name," then googled it. His dad's name is Michael, by the way. I found out that Allan, 31, died about six weeks ago when he and Rebekah were riding a Vespa (motorcycle) and a 21-year-old woman driving a Range Rover or Land Rover, collided with them. I'm numb and saddened by this awful news. I hope to attend the memorial service for Allan that will be held on October 7 in Boston. That will have been Rebekah and Allan's second anniversary. Rebekah's dad was the main guy (Chancellor, I believe) at Vanderbilt University when Kelly and I were there in Nashville for Rebekah and Allan's wedding, but he's now the president of The Ohio State University, where he worked previously as the president, back when his wife, Elizabeth, died of cancer. You may recall that I worked for Gordon when he was the president of the University of Colorado, during which time his wife, Elizabeth, encouraged me to pursue the our adoption of a baby, as they had with Rebekah. A few weeks before Elizabeth's death, Lindsey was born, and we named our little girl after her, Lindsey Elizabeth. I'm so sad for the future that Rebekah and Allan are never going to be able to have together. I have emailed both Rebekah and Gordon, and called to leave a message for Rebekah.
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that is so tragic. What a loss!