by Janet Slinkard | Feb 5, 2026
My son Jacob, my youngest child, my only son, was the light in our family. He was handsome, athletic, artistic and creative, adventurous, silly, sentimental, affectionate, joyful. He brought laughter and love to everyone, everywhere, always. On Thanksgiving weekend of...
by Janet Slinkard | Feb 5, 2026
Jake Jimenez just turned 23 when he made a fateful decision to go on Snapchat to buy an oxycodone. It turned out to be a counterfeit pill made to look identical to oxy, but it contained pure fentanyl. He took one pill and it killed him instantly. Youth make poor...
by Janet Slinkard | Feb 5, 2026
My very first memory in my 43 years was impacted by impaired driving. It shaped my life forever and continues to do so. I imagine even as an old woman dying, my thoughts will go to this day as I have counted every moment from then to the day I would be reunited with...
by Janet Slinkard | Feb 5, 2026
Nicole Michelle Lee, a loving daughter; sister; aunt; cousin; granddaughter; friend; and mentor, was in a fatal car crash on Saturday, January 26, 2008. A 2007 graduate from Magruder High School in Derwood, MD and a freshman engineering major from Virginia Tech, she...
by Janet Slinkard | Feb 5, 2026
Courtney Birch was a beautiful, adorable, loving little boy, and the spitting image of his father Glynn. He was the light in his family’s eyes, and the child who couldn’t wait for the day to begin. That beautiful light was dimmed on May 3rd, 1988, when he was killed...
