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Putnam County High School

Granville, Illinois

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Joe Gilliam Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 2000
Date of Passing Oct 11, 2000
About he liked the color orange

he celebrated his birthday on July 8th

he was the cutest baby boy

he called me buttface alot

he was hyper

he was silly

he would take ANY dare to show you he could

he liked Eminem and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

he always wore hand me downs..and never complained

he would open the door for an old lady

he made you laugh

he had braces

he had the upper body strength of an 19 yr old in Jr. High

he hated mustard

he loved his cousin adam the most

he got called Bowfinger in high school

he got picked on

he stold cigarette butts out of the ashtray

he burnt his name into his cieling

he broke into my moms fire proof lockbox once

he always searched the house on dark nights when i was too scared to go in

he ran around my boyfriends (at the time) car with a bat when he thought the guy was trying to kiss me

he loved his dad too much but his dad didn't love him enough

he loved his mom and she loved him more

he would do anything you asked him too...for a laugh or shock value

he sounded like me on the phone and would pretend to be me when my friends called to try to get info

he loved his friends and would lie cheat and steal for them

he liked hard labor

he covered our walls with spit balls once

he loves girls....redheads with green eyes to be specific

he made my cousin think he was having a seizure..cause she gave him beer at the campground..and he told her he had taken his meds with it..but really didnt

he could do back flips

he never got to go to his prom

he loved me

he cried sometimes..in the night...for his dad..and other reasons

he always flirted with my friends

he spied on me in my room

he wouldnt let me in his

he had eyes that seemed to change color

he had brown hair

he bit his nails

he shaved his eyebrows off once

he could ride a bike and swim before i could

he loved climbing trees

he was a daredevil

he had tons of family who loved him

he always had stinky feet

he was jealous of me at times..and proud of me other times

he wasn't scared of anything
he prob did alot of bad stuff we don't even know about

he is remembered by alot of people

he had a dog named Gimpy

he wore this hideous gold watch that his grandpa gilliam gave him..it didn't even work

he had a councelor who risked and then lost his job..for taking him to a concert

he didn't care where you came from

he had this "up to something" grin

he liked the movie Teen Wolf

he left burgers in the oven and fell asleep..they looked like charcole in the morning

he is missed by me..more than anyone knows

he makes me cry

he is my daughters guardian angel

he is with my grandmother now

he had more than a few stupid haircuts

he had big front teeth

he could beat me up for sure..but never would fight back all the way

he was a smartass

he was impulsive

he was a character

he liked tye-dye

he loved to shoot pool and was REALLY good

he wanted to be accepted...maybe even popular...i think he was

he dated Andrea Hafley...and ..that was his last girlfriend

he was strong on the outside...soft on the inside

his heart was HUGE

he looked like a Gilliam..nose and all..and was proud of it

he always tried to protect my mom when my dad was beating her

he smiled alot

he had the ugliest knees

he loved cool ranch doritos..ad would smash the bag before he opened it..so all the chips were crumbs..he said it tasted batter that way

he had a scar on his bicep from running into a chainlink fence...it was the shape of a caterpiller

he always said he would name his first son Michael

he had his belly button, and his eyebrow pierced

he was a flirt

he was a badass

he hated school

he bought me the pair of shoes with his own money

he lied..told stories..to make people think his life was something different

he broke into the grade school once with jake Irwin..and got blood everywhere..he "kicked a basketball thru the window..and went in to get it so he wouldn't get caught" followed by a trail of blood

he thought he was hot

he was a tagalong

he was a follower

he always spit his meds out in the water fountain at school after he left the office

he was in boyscouts...my mom took him..even walked 6 miles to take him once

he got the Arrow of Light

he got an award for doing the hymlic manuever on his cousin joshua when they were young

he was in the Special Olympics..becuase the school didn't have a seperate class for "behavior disorder kids" and "special needs kids"

he was always trying to impress somone

he had friends...GREAT friends..who are still friends..to me

he spit all the time

he stole my car and flipped it once when he was 12

he would do anything for me

he affected many people

he had his whole life ahead of him

he was a jerk

he loved kids

he was a sweet baby

he always bickered with rachel..but truly loved her

he was always flexin his "8 pack" as he called it

he had his reasons...and no one else will ever know what they were..NO ONE

he pissed me off

he was my one and only brother

his shoes were always worn

he liked to wear boxers

he got embarassed easily

he was a handsome young man

he had perfect teeth when his braces came off

he told me that he had girls fighting over who would carry his books to class

he told me that people were mean to him..i took care of it

he dressed up like a saloon girl once for halloween and said he "looked so good he would date himself"

he spent his summers playing (and fighting) with Andy

he watched MASH...every night

he loved to draw..man did he love to draw

he could sing BLUE by LeAnn Rimes.like NO OTHER

he seemed to look down sometimeswhen he smiled to try and hide it

he loved Mr. Johnson...becuase he gave him a chance

he could tear it up on the trampoline

he cared about people

he always took the blame

he would run away and say "haha didn't hurt" when my mom spanked him

he was named Billy Joe Gilliam III after his dad and grandpa..he hated to be called Billy

he took his life when he was 15 years old on a cold night in october

he is "unky doey" when Adriana sees his picture
Joe Gilliam