William James Garvey (19 Jun 1995 - 8 May 2016)

I will never forget the good times.

Birthday Wishes for our Will xxx

Birthday Wishes for Our Will xxx

Happy birthday bro

hope your all good wherever you are,

everyone misses you - hope you can see how loved you are now

lots of love your big sis

Steph Murdoch
6 hrs ·
Today is our darling Will's birthday. I'll never forget him being born. He was such a character right from the start. The first time we babysat he screamed the whole time as if he knew his mummy and daddy weren't there. He understood my sense of humour. In the mornings when Rose and him stayed I would send him 'burrowing'. This involved going under the duvet, through the centre of the earth (where he said it was very hot) to the other side of the world. I would ask him to bri...
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I'm really sorry that it took me so long to post the photos of your flowers. They were lovely and lasted for absolutely ages, I really liked going to see them. There were some lovely messages.
Miss you so much
xxx

It's been a really tough couple of days knowing that we've had a full year without you. I finally managed to get to Annie's Burger Bar - I went with mum and dad, Rose, Davo and Matt. We shared a toast in your honour. I just wish we'd had the chance to go together liked we'd planned to.
On Sunday, you would have laughed your head off to see me and Jo wearing your Forest shirts for the final game of the season! Thank goodness Forest won, I'd have hated it if we didn't have the Garvey cup to play for next season!
I really miss you Will. I hope you know how proud I am to be your auntie and how thankful I am for all the time we spent together.
Love you and miss you 'like the deserts miss the rain'
xxx

Yesterday marked the end of our first year without you and we still miss you every minute of every day. We did a few of the things you like most: eating pancakes at The Pancake House, having a round of crazy golf and playing Harry Potter Cluedo. On 'Survival Sunday' we watched Forest secure their place in the Championship. Nothing is quite the same without you.

Hope you don't mind if I share Davo's tribute to you - it says so much about why so many people love you and miss you.

Love you always xxx


Speech for Will Garvey

I am deeply honoured and humbled to be asked by Will’s family to speak today and to be in the presence of his friends and family.

To Kevan, Joanna and Rose and the rest of Will’s family, we share the deep pain you are feeling. But I hope these words will offer comfort in this difficult time

The many nicknames we had for Will ‘Garvs’ ‘Super Garvs’ and ‘Sloppy Garvs ’ to name a few, do not truly represent the person he was. Words that best describe Will in my opinion are caring, thoughtful and loyal. He optimised what a great friend should be. And I wouldn’t have wanted him any other way.

Since this tragic event, I have been flooded with texts, phone calls and emails from many different people describing how much they loved Will and how much he will be missed. It is also important to note that there are many people I have spoken to, who are gutted that they can’t come today and say goodbye to Will, but they are here in spirit.

Will loved nothing more than being with his mates watching sport, going for drinks and listening to music. We did many things together including going to Glastonbury twice, holidaying in Magaluf and watching Forest together. The memories that we created alongside Bails and my brother Matt will live with me forever.

I never liked school but the only thing that got me out of bed in the morning, was the thought that I would get to spend the whole day with Garvs. He was also a trusty member of the break time football brigade.

I never realised at the time, but looking back now, I know I was having the time of my life being in his presence and I would do anything to enjoy those moments again or just spend five more minutes with him.

Whilst spending a lot of time with him, I noticed he often spoke fondly of his friends from university in Leeds and also of his friends he made at Bilborough College. I am sure they are as proud to call him a friend as I am.

The world has truly lost one of its good guys and we are all poorer for it.

But nothing describes better the kind of people Kevan, Joanna and Rose are, then the kind hearted, loyal gentlemen they nurtured and brought up. I thank you for bringing up such an amazing person – my best friend.

To Rose especially I’m glad Will had such an amazing big sister who loved him and always supported him. You were the best big sister he could have ever asked for.

My promise to Will’s family is that we will honour his memory. I want to do this because, every promise Will ever made me he kept, and I want to make sure I keep this promise to him.

The money that has already been donated to CALM in honour of Will has been overwhelming. So far over £1000 will be donated to the charity which is dedicated to supporting and preventing male suicides. And the number of people here today reassures me that Will was loved and will always be treasured.

My eternal wish is that his memory never dies and lives on in me and in everyone present.

Finding items round my bedroom like birthday cards, photos and old gig tickets reminds me of Will and it makes me incredibly proud of the things we did but incredibly sad that we didn’t get to do more.

It’s funny but I still think I’m going to see his Vauxhall Corsa pull up outside my house or see him in the street or be roasted one more time by him in the group chat.

We are going to miss that cheeky laugh and that dry sense of humour.

If he is watching over this now, I would like to say this to him.

Thank you for all the games of Fifa, all the journeys you drove me in your car and all the incredible memories.

I know you will continue to walk beside me, like you did on the way to classes in school, on the way to town from my house and on the way to see your beloved Nottingham Forest at the City ground.

I know you will stand by me just like you did on the rugby field, like you did at all the gigs and festivals we went to and like you did in the teachers office when we were in trouble.

And when I come across hard times and I stumble and fall, I know you will pick me up and carry me home.

And I know you won’t just do this for me, but everyone who is present here today.

Life will never be the same. I loved him and always will do.

Rest in Peace Garvs, I miss you and I will see you well soon.

Thinking of you and your family today Will. Just thinking back to all the fun we had in JB Flat 17 and nights out with your excellent dancing! Never forget our mini trek back from Mint (you looking dashing in my leather jacket) that took nearly 2 hours - but only because of the Crispy's excursion en route! Miss and love you always Will xxx

Thinking of you and your family today especially. Just thinking back on all the fun that we had in JB Flat 17 and nights out with your excellent dancing! Never forget our mini trek back from Mint (you wearing my leather jacket ofc) that took nearly two hours - only because of the Crispys excursion en route! Miss and love you always Will. xxxx