Jamison Sean Tuckett

A month ago today my 15 year old nephew Jamison was hit by a car, riding his long board (he just made), and was killed instantly. To say the least it was a shock. I happened to be in Utah when it happened. Earlier that morning Jamison came over to my parents house to have my mom give him a perm. We had such a fun day with him. I ended up helping with the perm, all the while giving him a hard time for getting it. He told me his friend was going to bleach his hair so he was getting a perm. He was so excited about it! It actually looked really good. If I didn't know he had straight hair, I'd think it was natural.

Before Perm

After Perm

Jamison was such a fun kid! He loved life! His passions were anything outdoors, including sports, camping, fishing, scouting, snowboarding, and helping my dad in the yard. He also loved working with his hands and had just made his long board and a cabinet for his dad. The day he passed away I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up and he told me he wanted to work in construction or forestry (really anything outdoors). Another passion was BYU football. He and Anth would argue about which Utah team was better. After any Utah and BYU game they would give the other a hard time, depending on who won and how the game went. When Utah won it was fun to see Anth get excited to gloat over Jamie and if they lost he'd say, "oh, I'm going to hear about it from Jamie." It was a fun relationship.



The services for Jamison were amazing! Over 1300 people came to the viewing and they estimated around 2000 were present for the funeral. The out pouring of love and support for Barbara, Sean and their family from their community was incredible! I was at their house the days following his death, going through pictures for the viewing, etc, and their house was like a revolving door. It was a neat experience to see so many expressions of love and condolence. One of the things that will always stand out to me from that week was the immediate feeling of peace. It was such a shock but we all felt that the Lord needed Jamison right then and that it was ok. From this tragedy came so many blessing, some yet to be seen.




Even though it's been a month I still can't believe he's really gone, that when we go home for our family reunion this summer, Jamison won't be there. Death is so hard for those left behind. Because of the gospel of Jesus Christ we know that Jamison is in a better place (I like to think that he and Will are hanging out together). I know we'll see him again. I can't imagine life without that knowledge.