In Memoriam

Elby Martin

P.A.S.F 3, Key Club 4, Basketball Manager 2, 3, 4, Deceased 2011

Dallas Morning News, November 11, 2011



 
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11/21/15 12:24 PM #1    

Ron Knight

Susan,

I am so sorry for the loss of Elby. He was one of the greatest and kindest people in the world. You may recall that Elby and I were roomates at Stephen F. Austin for a while. We had a little 4 piece band @SFA and made the talent show. We met 2 other guys on our dorm floor from Houston - Buddy and Greg. They were Bee Gee nuts and I loved the group as well. Elby brought his drum kit down and we rehearsed like crazy. We were forced to move our rehearsals out in the parking lot because we made too much noise, accordinding to our dorm mother... We placed 2nd in the show. Back then there was a song out called "Oh Happy Day". An 18 piece  accopella choir brought down the house.

I must admit I was a bad influence on Elby. He was not a drinker and we had a party over at an off campass co-ed dorm. Bill Brown and Steve Hull were there. Elby had a new pair of tan suede saddle bucks on. He got a liitle too tipsy and lost his dinner on his new shoes. He was devastated. You and you parents were coming down to SFA the next morning and all he kept telling me is I can't let Susan know. If you never did, now you do. Sorry Elby, it was funny. The last bad influence I created was we became "Rum-Runners" on Friday afternoons after classes. We took orders from our dorm friends and make the 60 mile one-way trip to Loisianna to buy beer and alcohol for friends for a fee. We made a liitle extra money that way. Better than selling your blood.

BUT, the greatest memory had to be back in the late 1980s when I was dating Martie Matzen. It was over the Thanksgiving Holidays and Becky was in town with her then husband David Foster and their kids. We went to the hamburger place at Midway and NW Highyway. We came back to your house and David decided he wanted to play your baby grand. It was terribly out of tune, but Elby, David and myself went out to the garage and got some basic tools and tuned it. I was totally unaware of who David Foster was, but when broke into the theme song of "St. Elmos Fire" that became a magical evening to me.

Love you and thanks for your kind heart,

Ron


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