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Strawberry
Fields Forever

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over for the Cow Drop

Lee Wagner walks the walk

2008-03-28

By Trey
Alverson

Fayetteville’s Lee Wagner began his journey to
Winston-Salem, N.C., all on foot, Thursday at Starr’s Mill High
School.(Ph

Let the Walk begin...

A kick-off ceremony for Lee Wagner’s
380 mile “Walk to Remember” took place Thursday afternoon at Starr’s
Mill High School.

Before Wagner began his journey, he
addressed students, administrators, friends and family members in
the campus courtyard named after his children Jillie and “Little”
Lee Wagner.

Jillie and “Little Lee” were both Starr’s Mill
students when they were tragically killed in an automobile accident
on Mother’s Day, 2004.

“Starting today, I’m going to walk
from this courtyard to a church just outside of Winston-Salem,”
Wagner proclaimed.

The ultimate destination is Bethesda
United Methodist Church in Welcome, N.C.--Lee Wagner’s hometown
church and the final resting place of his two children.

“I’m
doing this for a couple of reasons,” Wagner continued.

“A
major one is to raise money for the Jillian and Lee Wagner
Scholarship Fund.”

Through the fund established by Lee Wagner
and his wife Deborah, the Wagners have bestowed four scholarships to
Starr’s Mill seniors. The fund has also been utilized to support
youth mission trips and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

Lee
Wagner went on to say that he is walking to inspire young people and
to help others raise money for their own charitable
causes.

“And I am walking to try to pass on the knowledge
that Deborah and I unfortunately have,” Lee Wagner
said.

“Time doesn’t erase memories. Time doesn’t take away
the pain. But, what you do with that time is what makes a
difference.”

Wagner concluded the emotional address
with,“Now, I think I’m going to take a walk.”

A group of
Starr’s Mill students, many of them wearing t-shirts emblazoned with
pictures of Jillie and Little Lee, joined Lee Wagner on the school’s
track for the opening mile.

More information about the
Wagners, Lee Wagner’s three state trek and the Jillian and Lee
Wagner scholarship fund can be found on the
website:
awalktoremember.org.

The site also contains a
link to the Fayette Daily News and Today and Peachtree City’s
feature story about the Wagners that appeared in print editions
earlier this month.

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