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Tourney hats, shirts celebrate
lives of Hefners and Shelor
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Alan and Jim Shelor and their families are honoring MacRyan Shelor, the son of Alan Shelor, who died at the age 22 in January 1999 in an automobile accident in Raleigh. MacRyan loved to fish for the prized speckle trout at the rock jetties. Having grown up at Atlantic Beach MacRyan loved the water, fishing and the Core Banks. In addition, MacRyan had a special interest in the North Carolina lighthouses.
The Shelor's are good friends with Glenn Green, one of DIFF's founders. Jim Shelor works for Energy Efficiency Housing, Inc., one of last year's tournament hat sponsors.
By remembering our deceased loved ones we can renew old memories, and better appreciate the value of life itself. We can also gain a better perspective on life's priorities which enables us to make better decisions with respect to our resources.
Thanks to the Hefner and Shelor families not only for the sponsorship of shirts and hats but also for the timely reminder of how beautiful and precious life is, as we enter the next century.
Enjoy each other and your time together, fishing at our beloved Island.
Sincerely,
Alvin
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By remembering our deceased loved ones we can renew old memories, and better appreciate the value of life itself.
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Dear Members:
From time-to-time we are given an unusual and unique opportunity to celebrate life. This year's tournament shirts and hats are such an occasion.
The Hefner families are honoring two fallen brothers "Big" Jack and Jimmy Hefner on this year's tournament shirts. Jack and Jimmy enjoyed fishing the South Core Banks Island for the last eight or nine years of their lives. Jimmy's most memorable experience was fishing out the back door of cabin 18 during Hurricane Gordon. "Big" Jack never forgot the bluefish blitz of 1992. They had blues stacked up on the beach. The boys can still hear Big Jack saying, "I have fished my whole life and never seen anything like this!" The family reunion fishing trips continue at the Island, but they are not the same without "Big" Jack and Jimmy.
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MacRyan loved the Cape, fishing for specs
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By Alan Shelor
MacRyan was a gift from God and a pleasure to me from the day he was born. There is something "special" about the birth of a son to a father. You love all your children deeply but there is just a little extra because he is your son, your fishing buddy, your pal. Hopefully someday he will have children of his own and carry on your name to the next generation.
By the time he was five we were fishing
together on a regular basis. He loved to speckle trout fish and "live bait " for King
Mackerel.
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MacRyan was a "clean freak." He was constantly cleaning and straightening things up everywhere he went, as well as at home. He showed respect for people and things. He had good manners and showed respect to all adults by saying "yes ma'am" and "'no sir." He was a sincere, generous and considerate person to all. His positive influences will live on through the people he met along the way.
See Shelor, Page 5
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