Please become a subscriber here! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Patsy Lorraine Sherriff February 1, 2023 (64 years old) View obituary. But one thing that sticks out in my mind, is the time I got a call from my tour manager and he said there was some trouble at a place they were staying. It was probably a good thing. In any case, I could not stomach working with him anymore. No band that has ever opened for The Who has ever gotten an encore. Who manager Peter Rudge remarked at the time. Collins and other group members survived the accident. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Things work out in mysterious ways, he says. With Koopers help, Skynyrd landed the support slot on the American leg of The Whos Quadrophenia tour. He puts his guitar down and says, Ill be right back. After waiting an hour, we go into the house to look for him. It was the closest they had come to any sense of normality after the crash. Drug addiction. Had he been older and wiser, he says, he never would have climbed those rickety steel stairs. Accusations of sexual and spousal abuse It seems that some terrible curse was determined to lay its claim on the surviving members. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ A former member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd rock group remained hospitalized in serious condition today, suffering from injuries he received in an accident that killed a passenger in his car. There was a scuffle; some local rednecks had invaded. He probably got distracted . Moore estimated the car was traveling at 70 to 90 mph before the accident." All my T-shirts were taken, all my jewellery, a skull and crossbones coke spoon. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. LIZAMA, Debra Jean. He was so funny, so happy-go-lucky and crazy, says Rossington. Maybe they got into a tussle doing 80 miles per hour. This was a year after Skynyrds plane crash. I told you, he says. She married Robert Henry Moore Jr. July 14, 1973. After graduating from Queen Anne High School in 1968, Deb earned a psychology degree from UW. And then I didnt want him buried in the ground, I insisted on a crypt. After Allens wife died, he dove into a bottle and never came out, says Billy Powell. Sister of David Joseph Watts; Dale Joshua Watts; Daniel "Danny" Jonathan Watts; Private and Private. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? . And damn that hurt, Van Zant said at the time. Detective D.B. After paying dues with his first band The Mods, he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd and never looked back. This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Debra Jean (Louisville, Kentucky), who passed away on March 31, 2022. Jittery types like to avoid the still waters of Lake Delancy, one of Van Zants favourite fishing spots, where people have claimed to have spotted his ghost, dressed in black and striding purposely towards the water with the yellow cane fishing pole he was buried with tucked under his right arm. She is survived by her children Heather Campbell and Matthew Watts; sisters Cecelia (John) Vanhooser and Tina (Mark) Davis and grandson Isaiah Campbell. Road manager Dean Kilpatrick and the aircrafts two pilots. Among the dead, lead singer . Rossington's broken bones healed long ago, but they still ache when the weather turns cold or rainy. As he leaned over to spit the bug-coloured juice from his Red Man chewing tobacco into an empty plastic milk carton, he looked me straight in the eye to see if I believed him. He told me so many times that I realised that he really knew what he was talking about., Former Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle was often nearby when Van Zant foretold his own demise. Ed King, the Strawberry Alarm Clock expatriate whod been hired to play bass on debut album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd had switched to guitar, ripped off notes that nibbled at the far ends of psychedelia, his Stratocaster filling the psychic gap between Collins Gibson Firebird and Rossingtons Les Paul. The drum major of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but instead of a baton he had a microphone stand that was, by the way, lightweight aluminium it only looked like it was heavy. Punk or alternative wouldnt have damaged them. Before you knew it, Rudge was managing Skynyrd. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; He wound up paralyzed from the waist down. Lacy Van Zant wore a Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt to the 10-minute long funeral service, and had to be hospitalised for nervous exhaustion for three days afterward. Lois Jean Lizama, age 65, passed away January 8, surrounded by family and friends after a hard-fought battle against cancer. Inevitably the group and those who were closest to them were up front. Hed give you the shirt off his back, remembers his brother Donnie. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. But, if my brother was really so sure he was going to go, dont you think he would have made a will?. Howd that happen? I ask. I woke up screaming, and my mom came running in going, Honey what is it? I said Mama, I dreamed the plane crashed! And she said, No honey, its just a dream. And I said No mom, its too real!, They had already sent me the itinerary, so the next day I called Greenville. After the Tribute Tour, Allen disappeared from the music scene and led reclusive life until his death. Failed to remove flower. He also gave me several things, including his lawn mower and his 1955 Chevy pickup truck. Collins was to sit in with us that night at the club. Obituary of Deborah Jean Watts. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, With little choice, Allen pleaded guilty to DUI charges. Cause: pneumonia resulting from injuries sustained in the car accident. Reynolds opens the garage door to get something out of the Continentals trunk. The temper of the Van Zants. The music was incredible. He said he liked to take them out in to the woods and roll them. We had problems on the plane before that last flight, Elson says. We go into the rehearsal room; Collins is there with a beautiful sunburst Rickenbacker. Can you imagine all these women sitting around a table in the house and none of them knowing if their husbands were alive or dead after theyd been in this plane crash? Beverly Jean Watts was born on September 8, 1971 in Baton Rouge, LA moments before her twin sister, Deborah Ann Watts Ross. Immediate Family: Daughter of Horace Lionel WATTS and Arlena Ann Miller. Lucky for him I caught it in midair, before it too hit the wall. But it was one of those things where intuition should have been followed. She'd been in failing health for several weeks. He was older than both Allen and Gary. accessed ), memorial page for Debra Jean Watts Lizama (25 Oct 1954-29 Jan 1986), Find a Grave . Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Debra Lizama is 61. The reason for Lacys rather strange behaviour was because Jo Jo wasnt on that flight. Beverly and her twin sister, Deborah Ann Watts Ross, entered . Judy Van Zant was there, as was Billy Powells ex-wife Stella. There was so much leading up to that Now as an older person I can see it. One day I went up to Gary and said, What happened to I want to be the best band in the world I shall not be denied? continues Reed. Memorial services will be held at Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta, OH at a later date. Rossington and the rest of the band and crew 20 in all survived their injuries but struggled for years with the aftermath. ", "Everyone felt safe with him. Hammered was the operative word. Died en route to a hospital after a car accident on Julington Creek Road in Jacksonville, Florida, while riding with her boyfriend Allen Collins, guitarist for Lynyrd Skynrd. Obituary. Lois was born and raised in Lebanon . Price looks at the stump and says, Ill bet you anything Allen did that., Look where the post is whacked off, he says. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). if you could catch him sober, which might be for about 20 minutes after he woke up. On top of all this hed had to deal with the shock of his wifes death three later. He dove into a bottle and never came out.. Horrifyingly, it wasnt only help that came. You know how they always say, Who died and made you boss? Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossingtons soft Florida drawl is made even softer by 3000 miles of phone line. Bucyrus - Dorothy J. Watts, 90, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021. The oft-told, star-crossed saga of Lynyrd Skynyrd has been portrayed as the convergence of opportunity, preparedness, talent and luck. Thats how Ronnie died. The plane was mired in almost three feet of swamp muck in the middle of a hardwood forest; the sun going down so rescue helicopters couldnt land. DEBRA LIZAMA OBITUARY. He drilled his band mercilessly, driving out to Green Cove Springs, Florida to a little tin shack on 90 acres north of Jacksonville. Like the time Leon Wilkeson was caught staring at a girls breasts. She was born June 7, 1955 in Louisville to parents, Gobel & Maxine (Renner) Walton. At their first show at San Franciscos Cow Palace, they saw how daunting it could be. He and [assistant road manager] Dean Kilpatrick were the same. I was wise to his pranks and could see them coming, but she wasnt ready for that.. The fact that Van Zant would come back from the dead doesnt much surprise anyone who knew him. He probably got distracted and swerved. No longer able to play guitar, Collins career was over. Every painful step I took was a drop of their blood. I am speculatingthis is an educated guess, taken from experiencethat she probably yelled at him to slow down, pull over, stop acting so stupid. Well, Ronnie did. His voice caught somewhere between a laugh and a cough. However, Collins did not appear to be one of them. It broke off, went flying up in the air over the top of the car and landed right there.. I taught him if you really wanted to hurt a man youd hit him across the face. The crowd roars. But I have seen the man turn into the devil right in front of me and hurt people., If we were The Beatles, Ronnie was the mean Beatle, says Rossington. I was touring with them quite a bit in Europe and I felt this was a band that could have gone all the way. Heres how it works. I ran into Allen Collins again in 1978, a year after the infamous plane crash, when my second wife and I were living in a small house in Murray Hill. Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States of America. Allen Collins suffered another gut punch while he was onstage with his new band. No one could mess with Allen. Collins was driving his new Ford Thunderbird home down Plummer Grant Road with his fiance, Debra Jean Watts, in the passenger seat. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. While sitting in the passenger seat, Collins enjoyed scaring the hell out of driversand anyone else in the car. . Van Zant took umbrage to the intrusion, and lost no time in raising his fists and thumping the intruder on the side of his head. Detective D.B. How old is Debra Jean Lizama? He already had a drummerwho doubled as his chauffeurso De Blasio was left out. They were naturally a bit crazy in various ways and all that meeting with The Who did was light the fuse. An amputation was recommended for him but his father disapproved. Lacy came up and reached down and scooped up a handful of the dirt and wiped it across my mouth and said, Kiss this ground youre walking on. We gathered at Sissons house in Lyons that afternoon. Born January 28, 1957 Debbie lived in Glen Rock later moving to Hawthorne where . She grew up in Lawton and was a 1974 graduate of Lawton High School and a 1978 graduate of . Although all three Honkettes were stunning, there wasnt a man in miles who would come near them if Van Zant was around. We don't run annoying ads but The Jitney still needs gas. He is the author of the award-winning book Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock from University of Florida Press. So they put up a temporary crypt. Ah, ya buncha pussies.. Kooper had just persuaded MCA records to bankroll his Sounds Of The South label in an effort to compete with Phil Waldens Capricorn Records (home of the Allman Brothers). Lois worked at NORPAC for part of her life. I always knew something bad would happen to them after I left, the guitarist recalled. Ronnie told me, Boy get yourself out of here, its not your time yet, get on out of here, the bassist told me in 1997. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Debra Jean Watts Lizama I found on Findagrave.com. I was to co-write some songs with him, which meant he would come up with the germ of an idea and I would flesh it out. The press and hangers-on were out of their chairs from the very first assault of MCA to the final lingering note of Free Bird. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Since reforming in 1987 with Ronnies younger brother Johnny on lead vocals, Rossington has held the reins of Lynyrd Skynyrd, putting him in a position that he never imagined nor wanted. "Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) - A former member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd rock group remained hospitalized in serious condition today, suffering from injuries he received in an accident that killed a passenger in his car.Allen Collins, 33, a guitarist, was charged with reckless driving and driving on a suspended and revoked license after the Wednesday night accident in South Jacksonville. Debra Watts. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Collins and Reynolds drove up from Jacksonville to see us on a Saturday. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Gary wants me tell him everything I see. They went through our suitcases. Artimus Pyles dad had perished in a plane crash that chillingly resembled the one that felled the band, leaving from the same Greenville, South Carolina airport that the band did on that final flight. I remember we were on the bus and Ronnie would be lying there with two pieces of raw meat on his eyes, and hed wear sunglasses during the show. Those at the back were less badly injured. Collins also claimed he had boinked Chaka Khan on Skynyrds tour bus. Ronnie Van Zant assembled this fatherless regiment, all in need of guidance and direction, and hammered them into a touring and recording machine. I said, Well, we were planning to come to Little Rock anyway. Johnny Van Zant, who replaced him as the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, isnt sure. Later we had this special memorial service just for Allen and Gary and we moved Ronnie to his permanent place. Price and I are driving back home to our apartment in Jacksonville. We would especially like to feature independent artists to try and get them more exposure. And now theyre a tribute band., Could Ronnie have really foretold his own death? Burns, whod been playing poorly and suffering Van Zants wrath regularly, freaked and tossed the hotels beloved resident cat out his fourth floor window, making for a grisly kitty cat splat outside the establishments front door. Published by Tampa Bay Times on Jan. 14 . Divorce. Scott came over to our band that afternoon and literally saved the day. On that last day, he was standing right on this step, said the elder Van Zant, who pointed to a spot about 10 feet from where we sat, and I begged him not to get on the charter plane. Price and I came into the club one afternoon and the drums and sound system, which De Blasio owned, were gone. They go to the motel, get their stuff, and head back to Jacksonville, a two-hour drive. Someone pulled a knife. He most likely did that while Debra was driving, Reynolds adds. A system error has occurred. We then went to the hospital and saw all the other people who were hurt. Those in the front of the plane came off worse thats where Ronnie, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were sitting, he tells Classic Rock. Debra Watts. See Photos. One thing breeds another, you know. She invited me to the Van Zant house and introduced to sons Donnie and Johnny. It grew to epic stature when they grafted on a mad combative closing coda that builds and tumbles on itself then doubles back again, making a nine-minute sonic edifice that stretches right across the Mason-Dixon line, purloining fills from Duane Allman and travelling all the way to London to sit at the right hand of Jeff Beck, siphoning off his Becks Bolero riffs. Collins suffered a broken back. Add to your scrapbook. Hed just had a falling out with a band member whod disparaged his wife. He was born February 20, 1935 to John Wolfe and Leeo (Ryan) Wolfe in Proctor, Oklahoma. I take the mic and ask the audience to welcome Allen Collins to Vidalia. Collins was leaning against a wall outside the club, long and lean, dressed entirely in white, looking like John Lennon on the cover of The Beatles Abbey Road. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. She was born January 2, 1956 at Tokyo Army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan to Lenwood and Pansy Smith. Three decades later, his near miss still chills him. Its possible the group might not have gotten back together without Collins urging. I told him that it was the strongest thing I had seen a man do., Lacy Van Zant always insisted he warned his son not to get on that plane. He recalled when their first drummer Bob Burns snapped in a northern England hotel room in late 1974 on the bands first overseas trek, a breakdown the others say was triggered by an unhealthy number of viewings of the hit film, the The Exorcist. In addition to probation, the judge ordered Collins to organize and participate in an anti-drunk-driving campaign. Born on May 4, 1950, in Seattle, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Dahlin. Hell, I dont know if well ever figure it out. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Lacy was in denial on the plane and hoped that there was a mistake and that his son was not dead. Ed Kings father had committed suicide. Collins sat down with my and my wife, and as we were leaving he offhandedly asked if I knew where he could buy a junk car for about a hundred bucks. He was born May 23, 1947 in Louisville, KY, the son of Marion H. and Wilma Jean (Hamilton) Watts and had been an Ashtabula resident most of his life. At first he annoyed me, because he was a mic stand twirler, says Kooper from his home in Boston. But looks didnt really matter to me. It was Friday night. It was last year and Allen [Collins, Skynyrd guitarist] and Billy [Powell, keyboards] also were in car accidents all in the space of six months. One of the first women to work in rock journalism, Jaan Uhelszki got her start alongside Lester Bangs, Ben Edmonds and Dave Marsh considered the dream team of rock writing at Creem Magazine in the mid-1970s. Collins couldnt even get his guitara very valuable 1957 Gibson Les Paulon. That led me to believe that Ronnie may have known that he did not have long to live. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). People are looking at each other wondering what to think. Collins, 33, faces charges in Jacksonville, Fla., of drinking-related manslaughter, reckless driving and not having a valid license. All the women, wives and girlfriends of the band and the crew gathered at Judys house there must have been a dozen women there. Liked it? Trying to stay calmI realize he is messing with our headsI say, Allen, who is going to clean up your nice leather seats?, I mean you are scaring the shit out of us., Allen, if you want to kill yourself, thats fine, but please dont take us with you., He turns back to face us, left hand on the wheel, still doing 50 mph. It did nothing to deter Pyle, who still contends that Mote shot him in his right shoulder a claim Mote denies. Larry Junstrom (1949 - 2019) was a member of two prominent Southern Rock bands from Jacksonville: Lynyrd Skynyrd and 38 Special. In 1985, he was involved in a car accident that took the life of his girlfriend Debra Lizama Watts and left him paralyzed from the waist down. Collins developed chronic pneumonia and died in January 1990. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Fate takes you on whatever road it wants. or. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Geni requires JavaScript! The audience pelted the little known band with quarters ostensibly to get them off the stage. I went down to meet with Gregg, who wanted to join up with them. Lois Jean Lizama, age 65, passed away January 8, surrounded by family and friends after a hard-fought battle against cancer. Collins was driving his new Ford Thunderbird home down Plummer Grant Road with his fiance, Debra Jean Watts, in the passenger seat. Reynolds and Collins picked Price and me up to bring us to Collins estate in Mandarin. Why don t I just meet you there? And he said, Good, bring all your stuff. I went back to sleep at my moms, and that night I had the most vivid dream. Obituary of Edward R. Watts. It was so weird because some of them thought that maybe I had something to do with it, but I had nothing to do with it.. Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jean_watts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ZbmHVXqRhxAYlRjbG30RL?si=3cl_qrCjQ4OFWBs7j5JUZgAmazon Storefront: https:/. 11322 Wolf Crt, Port Richey, FL 34668-2054 is the current address for Debra. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! He told me, Daddy, that pilot can fly through the eye of a hurricane and land in a corn field. It turns out that he was wrong., The funeral wasnt held for Ronnie Van Zant until almost a week later, mostly because his wife Judy was falling apart. Frank Carney, Co-founder of Pizza Hut. Currently an Editor at Large at Relix, Uhelszki has published articles in NME, Mojo, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Classic Rock, Uncut and the San Francisco Chronicle. Sissons wife says, Allen, you eejit! Failed to delete memorial. Lexington, KY Deborah Jean Watts, 52, died Sunday, December 22, 2013. 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