We want your memories The Gaffney Ledger would like everyone to know the wonderful people our community has lost in recent days. Please feel free to share your memories of Kline Cash, Hazel Linder, Gena Linder Parker, Stephen Tyler or Abby Tyler by sending us an e-mail at any of the following addresses: tim@gaffneyledger.com or editor@gaffneyledger.com. Please include your full name and the word "MEMORIAL" in the subject line of your e-mail. Formatting and space constraints prevent us from running photos. This is not a blog. We will edit and post messages in as timely a manner as possible.  

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She was great friend and a great classmate. Without her I probably would have never gotten through Mrs Bettis class and I really appreciate all of her help. She will always be in my memories.

 --Charles Lindsay

 

 

Abby was a sweet and precious girl who will truly be missed! We are praying for all of her family.

 -- Perry, Malagni and Abby Mardis

 

Abby, had to be one of the sweetest most caring people i have ever met. I hate to see this happen to such a wonderful girl and family. She will be missed greatly. My heart and prayers go out to every family involved in this horrific chain of events.

--   Gettys Brannon

 Abby was one of the smartest, sweetest, most beautiful students I have ever had the pleasure of teaching!  Our class last year would not have been the same without her and next year's class will miss her tremendously!  She will always be in our hearts and our memories!  I will miss Abby and we all truly love her!  I will continue to pray for the entire Tyler family!

 ---Jill Hanna

 On January 18, 2009, I was blessed to be in the presence of Abby Tyler. The two of us were going to Washington, D.C. to witness a historical presidential inauguration. This would be the first trip I was going on without my family. The majority of students going were juniors and seniors. Only three sophomores went. I remember getting on the bus and realizing that this was going to be the longest three days of my life. I really didn't know alot of the students going on the trip. I really just knew a handful of people personally. Abby Tyler was one of those people. While on the bus I began to choke up because I felt so alone. I was sitting in a seat by myself and I was starting to regret signing up for the trip. Then I looked up and saw Abby smiling and she asked me if she could sit with me and I gladly replied yes. In that moment, she broke the ice for me and she made me feel welcome. At that time, I no longer worried about who I would tag along with for the trip. I shared moments with Abby, her sister Meagan, and their friend Robyn that I will never forget. In my yearbook, Abby, in a joking matter, thanked me for "putting up" with her while on the Washington trip and she said that she "would never forget the good times we had" and now I can say that I will never forget the good times we had. In closing, she said " I love you" and I love her too and I am surely going to miss her. The most important thing that can come out of a tragedy such as this is a realization. When someone dies we usually go buy flowers. I would encourage everyone to give the people you appreciate in life their flowers before it's everlasting too late. Abby probably didn't realize it, but she gave me my flowers all of the times that she wrote generous comments in my yearbook. All I'm saying is, we should express to someone that we appreciate them before they die. Give them their flowers now so that they can enjoy them because when they are gone they won't be able to enjoy them. God bless and my prayers go out to all the family and friends who are in bereavement. 

 -- From a friend who requested a name be withheld from the online posting. 

 Words fail us at this time. Our entire family is praying for the Tyler family.

-- Larry Sanders

 One sees in the paper and on t.v. tragedies such as this happening, but something so horrible never seems so vividly real until it happens to the girl who sat across the room from you in your tenth grade biology class. I didnt know Abby on a deep personal level, but there are more ways to impact someone's life than talking to them. Even when i was having the worst of days, all it took was walking into seventh period and seeing Abby's cheerful smile and my troubles were washed away. She lit up every room she walked into, and had many unspoken impacts on many, many lives. We come together in sadness at the hands of her death, yet joful reflection upon her life. All i know is, today, Heaven got a little bit brighter. You will be truly missed Abby.

 --  Kevin Clary, Classmate and Friend 

Tim, My name is Tyler Wilson. I am emailing you about Abby. Abby was not only a special girl to me but she was also my girlfriend.I no that right now she is in a better place and resting peacefully with her father but i wish she was here with me. Abby brought alot of joy to not only my life but to everyone she knew. everyone loved her , she always made me smile. i remember all the good times we had together and i still don't no why the lord had to take such a precious thing from not only me, or the Tyler family but from this earth. With her passing her death has been difficult to bare. I no for my own sake i have to be strong for not only myself but for the family. Tim , Abby was perfect in every way to me she was everything i was looking for and i was wanting so much to spend the rest of my life with her and now i wont get to and thats real hard to swallow. I remeber picking on her so much after he surgery on her jaw because she was always sayin OUCH.. and she always laughed about it. We talked about gettin married and havin a family together. She told me one day that when i make it into pro baseball she would be in the stands cheering me on, i no now with her in heaven shell be with me spiritaly but not physicaly and that also is hard. i remember when she loved to try and put her feet on me and she knew how much i hated feet one day she told me i would touch them and i told her no i wont. Well she was right. Yesterday when i went back into her room to see her i held her foot and even though she wasnt with me at the time or knew i was doing it i no that now she does. i juss wish that she was awake when i did it just so she knew i had done it. today has been one of the worst days of my life because like i said i no ill never get to see my baby Abby every again, i wont get to kiss her, hug her, hold her, play with her hair, spend any more amazing times with her and the worst part of all is that i wont be able to tell her I LOVE YOU or hear her say that to me again but i no she will be my gaurdian angel forever . So TI m i ask you in this time of need that you pray for me and The Tyler family and i wont you to make sure her family sees this email to show them how much i really do love Abby and how much i care for the family and they will be ok. Thanks for your time in reading this email.

-- Tyler Wilson

Abby was one of those genuine good people. She never did anybody wrong and she was always there for me when I needed her. My love and support goes out to the whole Tyler family. God knows what is best and he has the master plan. Abby and her father are in a much better place. They were angels on Earth and now they are with God being angels in Heaven.

Abby was a beautiful girl. Always smiling and laughing and she was one of the funnest people to hang out with. An amazing Christian teenager and a sweet girl to everyone. I know she is in a much better place sitting with her dad. Abby, I'm going to miss you so much and I love you.

-- Lauren Blanton

I was told that I could make a statement about Abby Tyler and send it here.   Abby was such a sweet person who could always make you smile. She's going to be missed so very much. RIP Abby!   -- Kelly P

Abby, i enjoyed listening to you sing this past year in mrs. Howells class. All the memories and inside jokes will last forever and you will forever have a special place in my heart. I love you always.

-- Peyton Byars

Abby Tyler was one of the sweetest people on this earth that I had ever met. Her smile could light the whole room. It upsets me knowing that someone could take such an innocent person's life. However, I do believe that Abby brought this community and the teens closer to God. God is bigger than anything happening in Gaffney, and he does have a plan. Remember: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28. Abby is reunited with her dad and smiling down on us as we speak. -- With Love and Condolences, Michelle Benton