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Chris Henry laid to rest in New Orleans
Chris Henry was laid to rest in New Orleans in a moving ceremony attended by the Cincinnati Bengals, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and other NFL players including New Orleans Saints running back, Reggie Bush.
His financee, Loleini Tonga spoke at the funeral and vowed to take care of his children the way he would have wanted:
“Can’t nobody know the way I’m feeling right now. No one can explain the relationship that me and Chris had. In six years of knowing each other — through hard times, good times — we loved each other very much,” she said. “People say I helped change his life. No. He changed mine.”
A couple of close friends and teammates also spoke about their love and friendship of Chris Henry.
Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer and head coach Marvin Lewis delivered eulogies. Lewis said before the service that Henry touched a lot of people in his very short life.
“It’s a bright story and one that didn’t get to get all the way to the end of it, which is the most unfortunate part,” the coach said. “We’ll miss Chris’ sparkling smile.”
Palmer made some chuckle as he remembered Henry’s friendly demeanor.
“He walked past my locker every day to shake my hand as I said, ‘Good morning,’ and every day he said, ‘What’s up, cuz,’” Palmer said. “We’ve all seen and experienced different sides of Chris, and with every side he showed us, we saw just how kind and gentle his heart was.”
Henry grew up in the small, suburban community of Belle Chasse, not far from the funeral site. Shane Shelley, 26, was Henry’s high school quarterback when they made it to the state title game in 2001, their senior year.
“We really lost a good friend, a brother, one of my best friends,” said a watery-eyed Shelley. “It’s hard. We lost one of us. We’re going to miss him. We love him.”
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
“Henry’s organs and cornea were donated to needy patients following his death”.
May he rest in peace.
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