Ray Arthur
Waylon Jennings' Grandson Killed
A grandson of late country legend Waylon Jennings was killed in a car crash
in
Texas early Saturday. Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, and his girlfriend, Stacey
Norman, 19, died after their vehicle was hit by a speeding pickup truck
whose
driver was drunk. The truck's driver has been arrested and faces numerous
charges, including intoxication manslaughter. A double memorial service for
Taylor and Stacey will be held Wednesday in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Tennessean.com
Waylon's Grandson Dies with Girlfriend in Crash
By ANNE PAINE - May 27, 2003 - Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, a grandson of the late
country star Waylon Jennings, died with his girlfriend early Saturday morning
in Texas, when their car was broadsided by a pickup truck, police said. The
driver of a Ford F150 pickup was speeding and drunk when he skidded through a
red light and slammed into the couple's Plymouth Neon, an officer said. "It was
apparently fleeing from the scene of an earlier wreck," said Sgt. Eric Hansen
of the Grand Prairie, Texas, Police Department. The pickup's driver, Roberto
Estrada Adame, was treated for injuries and then arrested on two counts of
intoxication manslaughter and one of intoxication assault. He also will be
charged with not having a driver's license or insurance and for not wearing a
seat belt, Hansen said. Mr. Jennings, who was born in Nashville and had
graduated from South Grand Prairie High School, worked as a bartender at a Tony
Roma's. His girlfriend, Stacey Norman, 19, was a carhop at a Sonic Drive-In.
The two were on their way home from work when the accident took place. "They
lived together, loved together and died together," said Mr. Jennings' aunt,
Deana Jennings of Fort Worth. The world lost a "beautiful mind" when her nephew
died, she said. "When you talked to him, you always learned something. He was
very inquisitive about life and would read up about things. Waylon Jennings,
one of country music's original "outlaws," died Feb. 13, 2002, at 6 of
complications from diabetes. Taylor Ray Jennings' mother, Julie, and his aunt
Deana are both daughters of the late country singer. In addition to his aunt
and mother, Mr. Jennings is survived by his grandmother, Maxine Hines, of Grand
Prairie.
With Sadness,
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