In 2016 my teammate Marcus Waters and I visited during the 50th reunion of Jesup High School’s Class of 1966. As a strong safety for East Tennessee State’s Buccaneers, Marcus helped set a national record for interceptions, and his team won its division’s national championship. Born on Nov. 29, 1947, Marcus died on Nov. 9, 2024.
As they rolled his polished-oak coffin into place, a recording of “Georgia on My Mind” set the mood of the packed funeral-home chapel.
That song is one of my all-time favorites. Inside that caske…
