Remembering Sheila

I accepted an invitation to spend the holiday with Little Sister and her family on Lake Texoma. This is not really a holiday for me.

Last July 4th Sheila Reed was murdered at the Dollar General in Killeen. I loved Shiela very much.

There was not a kinder, gentler soul on the face of the Earth. She never met a soul in need that she did not try to help. She did not deserve to die.

I met Shiela in 1999. We became close friends quickly. Both of us were coming out of bad relationships. We immediately hit it off.

She came from a hard working family in a small town, just like me. We shared a similar sense of humor. We both loved racing. We both had been screwed over by cheating spouses. Both of us were parents of children with CP (my daughter passed away shortly before her 3rd birthday).

Our 1st date was a private meeting with Rusty Wallace at the Miller brewery in Ft.Worth. I got tickets thru work at Big Daddy's. We got to get Rusty's autograph and get a picture with him.

Both of us ran upon hard times and were forced to move, but we stayed in touch. We were able to take a trip to Galveston with a group of friends. That was a very special trip.

Things don't always work out the way you want and we were forced to quit seeing each other. She attempted a recconciliation with the father of her children and was blessed with a son. It was not an easy pregnancy. Nor was it an easy recconciliation.

Our paths crossed again.

Sheila was struggling to provide for her children. She seized an opportunity to move to Killeen with an old friend, Michelle.

She managed to find a nice house and job. Things were looking up for her.

The distance was a barrier, but we managed to see each other as often as we could.

Then the unspeakable happened.

Early last 4th of July a masked gunman entered the Dollar General on Stan Shuester in Killeen and murdered Sheila and her co-worker.

To this day the Killeen Police have no suspects.

I'm not ashamed to tell you I loved Shiela very much. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her.

Somebody out there knows who did this. Sheila did not deserve to have this happen to her. 3 children are now without their Mother. If you have any information about the double homicide last July 4th, please contact the Killeen PD and help us solve this mystery.

Sheila deserves better than this.