my niece (CANDIE RENAE SHORT ROSS) BORN AUG.31,1981 & KILLED MAY 13,2005..
CANDI is my niece. my sister(lisa & her husband todd) daughter. i was 13 when CANDI was born & i became an aunt then....
i was fortunate enough that they only lived a block from us when CANDI was a baby so i got to babysit a lot.
CANDI has a younger brother(BRIAN-BORN 1984)..
he's a wonderful person also...
CANDI became a mom at the age of 16 to a son(josh-born-dec.1997)her husbands name is CHARLES. he's such a good person...... charles is not josh' biological father but has been there since CANDI was pregnant...even though CANDI was a young mom ,she was a loving & wonderful mom to josh. she finished school & went to college to become a nurse. after she was killed when josh was only 7... his bio. father tried to get custody of him.... but charles still has him.. josh see's his bio. father but he calls charles "dad"..
he's a wonderful dad....
candi was killed on friday may13,2005 after she left josh t-ball game . josh went home with his grandparents that night. candi was on her way to meet her husband for a cook-out when a 18 yr. old told his 2 friends he was gonna scare them to death & he came over a hill & hit candi head-on killing her instantly...
all 3 in his vehichle lived....
candi was only 23... she loved horses & was a barrel racer.. 9 mo. before her death CANDI 's horse threw her breaking her back parralyzing her from the chest down.
she layed in our cousin's pasture an hr. before being found.. they airlifted her to a dallas,tx. hospital where they did surgery. but didn't think she'd ever walk again...
candi was a nurse.... one mo. after that accident she took her first steps... she walked again, even rode a horse again,also she'd went back to work as a nurse about a mo. before she was killed...
the guy that killed her was charged with manslaughter & was found guilty. the jury gave him 10 yrs. probation.. about a yr. after that they revoked his probation & he's in prison.. there was no alcohol or drug's involved in her being killed...
CANDI WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON & WE ALL MISS HER EVERYDAY & WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER.
I LOVE YOU CANDI,
LOVE,
AUNT MARTHA
www.candice-short-ross.memory-of.com