Widow hopes husbands fatal motorcycle crash raises awareness about road safety

Comal County – As her household prays for the others progressive successful a fatal clang that killed her husband, a La Vernia widow is hoping his communicative raises consciousness astir roadworthy safety.

Shannon Morris was the woman of Jacob Morris, 27.

“He was a bully guy,” she said. “A societal feline who would marque friends with a stranger. He would locomotion up to idiosyncratic and bargain them a portion oregon thing and past marque friends with that person.”

She said helium had friends each implicit the state including successful the lipid manufacture wherever helium worked countless hours.

“He made definite helium provided for his family,” she said. “He wanted to supply for his family. He would get arsenic galore hours arsenic helium could. Because of the hours helium worked, I was capable to go a enactment astatine location ma with the baby. So that we could fulfill our plans together, and I could go a caregiver and past helium could discontinue the lipid manufacture and we could beryllium astatine location unneurotic more.”

Because of his large property and relationships helium established, each the mode from Michigan wherever his different household lives, to different places astir the country, the family’s enactment strategy has been strong.

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“I would similar to accidental convey you to the radical from W&B Service Company, Xtreme Coil Services, Gladiator Energy, and Step Energy Services,” Morris said. “All of you made our beingness possible.”

Jacob Morris had a champion person named Hector Gonzales, 28, who they accidental was a large antheral and who worked with Jacob.

The 2 men did everything together.

“They were similar 2 peas successful a pod,” said Bailey Eldred, Jake’s sister. “Hector’s laughter was truthful amazing.”

Bailey Eldred remembers her member arsenic being the stone of her family.

“He was ever similar my spell to if I ever needed anything,” Bailey Eldred said. “He was ever there.”

Jacob Morris’s parent and stepfather agreed.

“He was a standup guy,” said Steven Eldred, his stepdad. “Everybody loved him. I americium going to miss his telephone calls. He would conscionable telephone maine up and say, ‘Hey aged man, what’s up,’ and we would speech for hours. None of our holidays are ever going to beryllium the same.”

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“Jake was my champion person and I don’t deliberation I tin determination connected without him,” said his mother, Tami Eldred, arsenic she wept.

Canyon Lake Fire officials accidental conscionable aft 6 p.m. connected FM 306, Jacob Morris and Gonzales were riding their motorcycles erstwhile somehow, Gonzales crashed head-on into a pickup truck.

Jacob Morris and his motorcycle slid respective feet disconnected the roadway.

Officials are inactive investigating what led to the crash.

Two different radical successful the truck, a 62-year-old antheral and 68-year-old woman, were taken to the hospital. One of them sustained life-threatening injuries.

Jake leaves down Sophia, his 1 ½ twelvemonth aged girl and pridefulness and joy.

“It took america 5 years to person Sophia,” Shannon Morris said. “We had to person infertility attraction and it wasn’t easy. Our locomotion to beryllium parents was difficult, but we made it hap with the assistance of science. We wanted it truthful much. I effort to advocator for the infertility assemblage strongly. I americium a pre-nursing major. I privation to get a BSN to supply a beingness for our girl and to enactment successful an infertility session oregon bash immoderate benignant of labour for women. They are not alone.”

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The household said helium loved being a father.

“I would conscionable look astatine however bully of a begetter helium was and I would conscionable say, ‘Wow,’” said Steven Eldred.

They said his girl is precisely similar him.

“Her attitude, her actions, her stubbornness and of people her looks are conscionable similar him,” Shannon Morris smiled.

She said she plans to stock each large representation of her begetter with Sophia including a peculiar opus to her heart.

“It is called ‘Oil Man,’” she said. “It is astir a antheral moving successful the lipid tract and successful the extremity helium says, ‘If I die, I anticipation they cognize it was each for them due to the fact that I volition bash it each again’. That is precisely what Jake would do. I americium going to play that opus for her truthful she would cognize however loved she was.”

As much and much motorcycle deaths plague the roads of Texas, Morris hopes her husband’s decease encourages others to beryllium cautious portion driving.

“Your beingness tin alteration successful a divided second,” Shannon Morris said. “They accidental look twice…don’t look twice, look 3 4 5 times. If you deliberation you perceive a motorcycle oregon a thing that sounds retired of the mean look. To the families retired determination successful my shoes, we are successful this together. We are a assemblage and family. If this has happened to you oregon a loved 1 oregon friend, I cognize your pain. We each cognize your pain. It doesn’t marque it easier. I conscionable anticipation everyone stays 2 wheels connected the ground. We privation the assemblage to beryllium safer for motorcyclist and pedestrians and different radical connected the road.”

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She besides stressed the value of motorcyclists being other cautious connected the roadways.

Shannon Morris said she is profoundly praying for the different families progressive successful this crash.

While the probe continues, loved ones are readying aggregate events successful grant of Jacob Morris and Gonzales.

This Saturday, a memorial motorcycle thrust is scheduled. The nonstop clip and spot is inactive pending astatine this time.

The household is besides raising funds for ceremonial expenses. If you would similar to spot however you tin help, interaction baileyeldred66@yahoo.com.

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