Grant W. Wilson(photo - Grant Wilson's myspace.com page)
Death is never something that comes easy. Anytime a member of our family passes we feel the void left by them.
Whenever you become part of a team, each person spends countless numbers of hours practicing, traveling, and competing with the other members of the team. The team becomes another family to each individual member.
With Thursday's passing of Grant Wilson, myself and the current members of the Rocky Mount wrestling team have lost a brother. Personally, I knew Grant before he became of member of the Gryphons family, when his brother Windell was still competing on the football field and wrestling mat.
My sophomore season was Grant's freshman year. As the years progressed, you could always see Grant's determination come out on the mat. Whenever he wrestled, Grant gave everything he had, as he was never one to take losing lightly. But regardless of the outcome, Grant would soon return to his normal self.
His presence will be felt as his fellow senior classmates at Rocky Mount High School move through their final months of school and into the rest of their lives. Grant will also stay within everyone whose lives he has ever come in contact with. Because he was that type of person.
Grant had intended to become a part of the United States Coast Guard after graduation this spring.
He leaves behind his mother, father, and three brothers, teammates on the Rocky Mount wrestling team, and fellow employees at the Highway Diner, as well as a countless amount of friends and people whose lives he has touched during his time with us.
Although his time may have seemingly been cut short from us, his passing was pre-determined by a higher force. As we go through the coming weeks and months, Grant will still be a part of our lives, watching from his seat in the sky-boxes.
We love you and miss you Grant.
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