Walter Macygin

Skeeter was a big help when I started The Pine Box. He helped deliver my caskets and it was always nice to visit and laugh with him. Being able to visit and laugh again at Kelly's wedding was a highlight of that weekend. My prayers for the family are for comfort and peace.
Your friend,
Chip

I remember Leslee and Skeeter meeting when we were freshmen at Cy-Fair High School! She thought he was so cute and he has the craziest sense of humor! Skeeter and Leslee went together like peas and carrots! Skeeter liked to have fun. He was a great storyteller and joker, too. I know his marriage to Leslee and their two girls were his proudest moments and his greatest accomplishments in life. Skeeter, we will never forget you. We promise to be there for your family. God bless the Macygins.

I was very saddened to hear about Skeeter. He was about 7 when I first met him and your family in Bayville, NJ. Though I hadn't seen him in years, I know that he loved his family. I'm so sorry for your loss. Kathy

Leslee,
We were sad to hear the news on Skeeter. We are sending prayers to you and the family. Hold tight to each other and God will wrap his loving arms around you and walk with you through this time. Blessings to you all.

Here is just one example on how great of a friend Skeeter was. My father in-law was battling lung cancer and was to sick to drive. He had a specimen sample that had to be rushed to the hospital for testing. I was stuck at work and could not find anyone to help out. I called Skeeter and ask him what it would cost if he sent a driver over to pick it up and deliver it. He said don't worry about Mike, I am on my way right now. Now that is a true friend and one hell of a guy. Thanks for everything Skeeter.

Good Bye Old Friend.
You were at one time a geek where your days were consumed with Asteroids, or Defender at the corner Gerland’s Food Fair or 7/11. At home it was Space invaders, Missile Command, Breakout or pong on Atari.

I remember groups of us going into the bush with BB Guns in tow. Shooting cans was not enough was it. No we would team up and shoot each other, an older, more painful version of paint ball. Remember when a BB became embedded in your neck and we needed a pocket knife to dig it out. Sorry about that. My Canadian Friends never did understand that game.

After, Ice Tea was ordered by the pitcher at the “Monterey House” Restaurant on Hwy 6 to wash down the Mexican Enchiladas and Nachos piled soo high with Jalapeno peppers that our noses would run, eyes tear up, and skin sweat. It was more of a test than a meal.

Together we learnt many things. There were the standards like the pain of wiping out on our bikes, or getting nailed with a ball of some kind. We learnt other cool things like what a firecracker feels like blowing up in your hand. How your skin turns crispy when body suffering all day in Galveston without sunscreen. How to beat the crap out of each other with boxing gloves, and what happens when you put flies in the newest technology of the times, a microwave oven.

I remember learning how making cannons out of pop cans taped together, lighter fluid and tennis balls. We were 11 or 12 and living on Wilcrest. Of course using each other as target practice was not optional.

Spitting, stickball, boxing, swimming, surfing, videogames, tubing in New Braunfels, Van Halen, football, The Houston Oiler/ Pittsburg Steeler Rivalry, camping in the backyard and on the beach, RISK, HBO, discovery of Playboy, bottle rockets, SNL, Astroworld, Cy-Fair Bobcats, BMX, etc… That was the basis of our friendship. Our friendship existed before girls, before beer, before business, before taxes , before adult stuff and only bordering on puberty at the end before I moved to a far away land so many years ago. Yes, we saw each other since but really our time was during the Carter Administration and the beginning of Reagan’s.

My memory of you is frozen at an average age of 13. You were a good friend, and a good person. One’s constitution and character do not change only our circumstance. From Hackensack to Texas you were kind at heart.
Skeeter AKA W.J.M., may peace find you again and may your family find comfort and understanding.
“It is all just Pork Chops and Applesauce.” – RIP
Bill M.

Brother there aren't enough words in the world to tell you how much I love you.i miss you sooo much.not a day goes by I don't think about you .i just keep telling myself your in a better place.rest in peace I love you always...

I'm assuming I can wite on this anytime I want.if I wrote every time I think about you there wouldn't be room for anyone else to write. I just wanted to say I really love and miss you . I'm having a real hard time accepting the fact your gone and I won't see you again. I know we didn't see each other every day but knowing you were always there made a difference.i guess we take all that for granted.brother I just want u to know I think of u all the time and thank you so much for just being "MY BROTHER" I couldn't have asked for a better one! You are so loved and missed!!!

Brother it's me again just wanted again to say I love you and think of you everyday...never thought i could miss someone so much.Baby brother you are so missed and loved if you only knew how much this is hurting me all I can do is write on this site and tell you I love you always...

Happy 4th of July brother... I love and miss you.. Woke up thinking about you as always ... Really miss you ..oxox

Brother I cried when you passed away
I still cry today,
Although I loved you dearly,
I couldn't make you stay,
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands at rest,
God broke my heart to prove,
To me he only takes the BEST!
I love and miss you soo much..

Just wanted to let u know I was thinking of you and love you very much and miss you even more!!!

Thinking of you today missing you so much I love you brother...

I'm missing u sooo much today I need you to give me strength to get thru all this I miss and think of you everyday I need my brother I hope ur looking after me cuz I really need an angel I love you

Well brother it's me again..they say people in Heaven can look down and see us I hope u have ur eyes closed cuz I've been messing up real bad things have been falling apart for me I thought I could do all this by myself and be very proud but things seem to be going haywire. I was hoping maybe you can give me some strength u were always stronger than me .moms back in hospital she really misses you and your gonna have a new neice Maureen's gonna have a girl .i will be sure to kiss her and tell her about her uncle. Skeeter I don't know why but you not being here has really taken a toll on me I love you and miss u please don't get tired of listening to me it seems to help me talking to you I promise I'm not crazy I just miss you tremendously...

Well brother the giants are playing the cowboys but u should know that and u should see me cheering the giants on wishing u was here love you and miss you so much but I feel u with me oxox

Well brother first I love you and miss you now from what I heard the giants lost again today but I'm still cheering them on for u miss you

Well bro the giants lost again..ain't no good without you here! I love you and miss you so much...

Well skeet its me again just wanted to let you know I been thinking about you so much I miss you so much I still can't come to terms with all this for some reason this is the hardest thing I've ever had to acept and deal with and I just can't...why?? That seems to be the question that keeps popping in my head.I thought I could do this but maybe not finite I love you brother and miss you solo very much.

I miss you so much brother and love you please give mom some strength she misses u so much we feel she's given the will to live anymore skeet give her the strength a sign something to convince her we need and love her you not being here has just made her give up please let her know your right here with her and you can wait for her we need her now please I love and miss you brother and please say a prayer for us all this is so hard I love you oxoxo

It's me again just wanted you to know I was thinking about u I do that all the time wanted to say I love u too....

Missing you brother so much!

Missing you so much not a day goes by I don't think about you I love you so much!

Hello brother long time no hear from me but a day don't go by I don't think about you I'm in Houston helping take care of mom and dad she misses you so much she sleeps with your pillow I wanted you to know you are loved and missed so much happy Easter brother I love you so much!!

Well another Easter has passed it's so hard on all of us especially mom she misses the Lily you brought her every year sleet your missed so much mom cries all the time kisses your picture everyday today was hard for her but she's making it we want you to know we all love and miss you and wish you were here with us your always in our thoughts and heart Happy Easter brother I love you so very much.

Happy Fathers Day brother we love and miss you so very much wish you were here me and Holly are staying with mom driving her crazy love you brother

Rest In Peace Uncle Skeeter...
Now all of you are together... I love all of you❤️

Hey big brother. I just wanted to tell you that I miss you...my Dads passed & now Mommy & I am happy that you guys are together but I feel so lost now. I had a beautiful little girl right after u passed. I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with her. You were with us & u put ur hand on my belly talking gibberish to her. She asks what you were like & Jonah tells her you were the best. You were so funny & happy & to know the way u left us--it just wasnt, doesn't seem right. I heard your daughter got married. I didn't go. I wouldn't have gone if I was asked. Leslee turned out to be exactly what you told me she would & I haven't seen or spoken to her or the girls since you passed. They are to me the reason you're gone & on Judgement Day will be the ones that have to face their sins. You worked so hard to give them everything & they just sucked the literal life out of you. I will NEVER FORGIVE them & I wish nothing but grief & despair on them bcuz that's what they left our family with. No matter what anyone says, you were my brother. I know you loved me & I just want you to know---i love you. Rest peacefully & I'll see you again one day, "master"