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John Sumrall’s Dad passed away
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:38 pm
Sad news. Just heard this. Prayers for his family.
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Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:39 pm to BurnsideStyle
Yep terrible.
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Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:39 pm to BurnsideStyle
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:39 pm to BurnsideStyle
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:42 pm to Slums_Alum
RIP
Very sad
Very sad
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:45 pm to navy
RIP
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:45 pm to BurnsideStyle
Lord Have Mercy
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:46 pm to BurnsideStyle
I hate that he didn’t get to see his son coach at the highest level of the sport. Must have been a good dad.
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Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:52 pm to BurnsideStyle
Losing parents is such an understated event. Hard to explain to people who haven’t experienced it. It’s so easy to take a “full life” perspective that blunts the impact, especially if they were indeed at the end of one.
What I didn’t anticipate, though, was the sense of having no “go to” resource anymore for things like family history, wisdom, etc. You will never get to ask another question, and you are now the one that your family looks to for that. You’re it. No safety net.
Maybe that’s just me.
What I didn’t anticipate, though, was the sense of having no “go to” resource anymore for things like family history, wisdom, etc. You will never get to ask another question, and you are now the one that your family looks to for that. You’re it. No safety net.
Maybe that’s just me.
This post was edited on 12/19/25 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:57 pm to Ag Zwin
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What I didn’t anticipate, though, was the sense of having no “go to” resource anymore for things like family history, wisdom, etc. You will never get to ask another question, and you are now the one that your family looks to for that. You’re it. No safety net.
I completely agree. Stories you've heard dozens of times but don't exactly remember the setting. Where did a certain family name come from. Tips and tricks for getting that fudge recipe just right, because there's some little thing that was never written in the recipe.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:05 pm to GreatPumpkin
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I hate that he didn’t get to see his son coach at the highest level
Yeah, but in his statement he mentioned that his dad was there at the conference championship game and at the press conference in Gainesville.
Imagine how immensely proud he must've been, and how fortunate it was that they got to experience that together.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:29 pm to GreatPumpkin
Sounds like he was sick for awhile. Glad he got to see his son be named coach at the highest level of college football...I know he was proud.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:36 pm to Ag Zwin
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Losing parents is such an understated event. Hard to explain to people who haven’t experienced it. It’s so easy to take a “full life” perspective that blunts the impact, especially if they were indeed at the end of one. What I didn’t anticipate, though, was the sense of having no “go to” resource anymore for things like family history, wisdom, etc. You will never get to ask another question, and you are now the one that your family looks to for that. You’re it. No safety net. Maybe that’s just me.
Makes me try to be a better parent for sure. Some people have parents that you can’t even do what you mentioned when they are living.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:39 pm to BurnsideStyle
My gosh that’s awful. Prayers for comfort to the family
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:45 pm to BurnsideStyle
I've been through this.
Feel for him, his family
Feel for him, his family
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:55 pm to BurnsideStyle
Damn. That sucks to hear. I lost both my parents a few years ago. Never gets easier to bear.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 4:55 pm to Ag Zwin
Yup. Just wait until both parents are gone.
It’s feels like every root you ever had is severed.
You may be whole, but you are never put together the same way again.
Thoughts are with the guy. To lose a father at the biggest moment of your professional career is brutal. Especially because he won’t be able to properly mourn and understand what he is going through as he is trying to coach his team.
It’s feels like every root you ever had is severed.
You may be whole, but you are never put together the same way again.
Thoughts are with the guy. To lose a father at the biggest moment of your professional career is brutal. Especially because he won’t be able to properly mourn and understand what he is going through as he is trying to coach his team.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:05 pm to BurnsideStyle
Everyone who has been there knows that pain..it is brutak. Very. Life can be a bitch sometimes Just know as long he was a good guy, he is in heaven smiling down. Knowing my father was a good man gave me tons of comfort...it is very much needed.
This post was edited on 12/19/25 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:36 pm to Tex117
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Yup. Just wait until both parents are gone.
Both mine are. After Dad, I had some sense of it. After Mom, it was full on.
Good friends of Mrs. Zwin and me lost all four parents in about 2-1/2 years. They and I connect on this.
Mrs. Zwin’s parents both alive, but with drama that causes her angst. I sometimes gently remind her that there will come a day when she will wish she still had that angst.
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