They say that when it rains, it pours. I can attest that the past month or so has been a deluge of sorrow and sickness. I lost a first cousin, then I had my wreck. Then I lost another first cousin and got the crud, which is finally on the mend. But when my next to oldest son started blowing up my phone, I knew it had to be something bad. I called him back. When he said he hoped I was sitting down, I felt a weight squeezing my heart. I knew this was more than bad.

I have four boys of my own. Over the years several of their friends have earned places in my heart. But two of them are like sons to me--Stephen Deal and Scott Letteri.

I've already lost my daughter, my only girl. When Nate, my son told me Scott had been killed in a wreck the night before, my heart shattered all over again. I am truly beginning to feel like Job, but I guess I'll have to be Jobette since I'm female.

Scott Letteri

December 27, 1988 — May 16, 2025

Scott Letteri, 36, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Yazoo City, MS.  Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 21st, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev.  Laurie Cummings officiating.  Visitation will be Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home.  Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Full obituary to follow.... 

The four young men in the middle are my actual flesh and blood. The bookends are my "other" sons.

Left to right: Stephen Deal, Caleb Perry (next to youngest), Nate Perry (next to oldest and the groom), Matt Perry (firstborn and best man), Sam Perry (my baby), and Scott Letteri. 

OH! HOW MY HEART BREAKS. I will miss you so much, "my son." Now you can be with my darling Mary Catherine until we all meet again.