June 05, 2005

RIP -- Michael James Reed AKA Bunker Mulligan -- 1953-2005

You sort of get to know folks over time around the blogosphere. One of the folks I first met was a guy who went by the handle Bunker Mulligan. I liked him, liked his site, and enjoyed his insights on the world. Later on, I joined up over at Texas Blogs, which was one of his projects. From what i could tell, he was a great guy.

Perusing the blogosphere this evening, I was shocked to read the following.

It is with a very heavy heart that we tell you that on the morning of 3 June 2005 Mike passed away from a heart attack. Obviously, this sudden, unexpected event has had a tremendously tragic effect on all of us. But being the kind of selfless man that dad was, he would probably tell us not to make too much of an issue about it.

Damn.

Knock me over with a feather.

I encourage folks to look at the links above to see how this man is remembered by his family. May we all be spoken of so highly -- and be worthy of it.

Mike will be laid to rest on Friday, 10 June, at the San Antonio National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, we request any memorials for him be made to Homes For Our Troops. Further information can be found at www.homesforourtroops.org.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
And may perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.

Posted by: Greg at 04:23 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 One thing I always admired about Bunker, was his ability to disagree without resorting to the usual tactic of calling you "liberal" in an attacking manner. He was a good man that way. I fully expect you to reinstate your previous ban on me after this post, which again is a difference between you and he. Would that you (and me too) were 1/2 the man he came across as in the blogsphere.

Posted by: Bubba Bo Bob Brain at Sun Jun 5 18:10:50 2005 (aHbua)

2 Welcome back.

And no, i don't plan on reinstating the ban, so long as you behave.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Sun Jun 5 23:59:09 2005 (cHUvT)

3 I don't know the guy, but it's always sad when a human being dies.

Sub

Posted by: Subjugator at Mon Jun 6 02:34:03 2005 (lkCzp)

4 I love 4B. I'm SO in love with 4B. Kick RWR's butt! ;-)

R-

Posted by: Me is the Ridor at Tue Jun 7 04:57:17 2005 (ODDFf)

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