Keith Derick Carr Lemaster

Keith was one of my best friends in high school. In an unfamiliar setting, I was fortunate to have a friend who shared a lunch schedule. I still tell stories of his antics and the stuff that he showed me through those years. I especially won’t forget your wrist flexibility or how you couldn’t donate blood. I wish I had kept better contact after we graduated high school. I’ll hold all those memories dear to me, as Keith had a profound impact on critical years of my life. Thanks for all the wonderful times we had together. Your time here was way too short.

I remember you as a little boy who loved Winnie the Pooh so much that you would flip around on the furniture like Pooh when you watched his movies. I remember when you were almost 3 and I took Brianna to see the Nutcracker and you cried because you wanted to go (even though you would have hated it). But you had a fabulous day with your mom and dad and the next day when I was leaving after dropping Bri off, you cried again because you wanted to go but once I told you I was just going to work, you no longer wanted to go. I remember taking you to Murphy’s Mart when you were almost 4 and you picked out something for Bri very quickly but stood analyzing the transformer toys for awhile. You were thinking about the ones you had and how a new one would work with those. After about ten minutes, I said “dude we have to get going” and you said “don’t call me dude”. It was soooo cute coming from such a little voice. I remember when you had a cast on your leg and hated taking baths with it, so when your mom said you had to have a bath, you went in your room and made yourself go to sleep to avoid it (the only memory I have of you being willful). I remember having conversations with you when you were 8, 9, etc and being impressed at how articulate you were. I will always remember a conversation we had about my mother when you were 10 or 11. I remember how unimpressed you were with the balloon Brianna got you for graduation. I remember when you were learning Japanese and told me you how easy it came to you and how you didn’t fear learning languages. I remember how excited you were for your adventure in Japan. I will cherish these and so many more memories of you forever.

You were always a thoughtful, caring person. You always wanted everyone around you to be happy. All of the dogs your parents had always loved you because they knew they were loved and safe with you.

I will forever wish things had turned out so differently for you, we would have done anything to make it so. But it doesn’t change that I love you and will always be proud to be your aunt. I hope you knew that. I hope you knew the impact you had on so many people, especially your family. The world will never be the same for us without you.