Funeral expenses for Zach Davis

I know that so many people helped with the cost of Matt’s headstone. I can’t express how grateful we are for that help. Anytime we visit his grave I think about everyone that helped make that possible. I will never take for granted the people that helped when we needed it. I hate that I have to do this again in a seven-year span. Funerals and headstones are so expensive. Unfortunately, even though we knew this day would come my family did not prepare finically to burry my brothers.

We are meeting with the funeral home and cemetery. Our plan is to burry Zach on the right side of Matt at Sandy Baptist Church Cemetery. My dad is building Zach’s casket out of cedar like he did with Matt. So, we will not have the expense of that. I do not have a total of everything yet, but I will update that once I have it. If there is anything over what we need I will donate it to a charity for Addiction.

Zach was a drug addict and he died of an overdose. There is no shame or secret around how he died. He’s struggled with addiction for NINETEEN years. Since he was 14 years old. It has been such a long journey. He was lost for a very very long time. I honestly don’t know if he ever would have gotten clean, but we held on to the 1% a miracle would happen. It’s not lost on me what people think when they think about addicts dying of overdoses. Everything you are thinking, I’ve thought it too. The only difference is despite all the negative thoughts I would have given up anything to save him from himself. I don’t even have words to put together what these last 19 years have been. Addictions are very complex. There’s probably been more bad than good. It’s been hard on not just myself, but my family. Despite that I’m very thankful that Matt and Zach were my brothers. When they were sober, they were beautiful people. Sober or using they were deeply loved. I think Matt and Zach were one and they are complete having each other again. I know it has been very hard on Zach these past 7 years to not have Matt. They left a big hole down here and we are really going to miss not having them here.

I appreciate anything in advance. Again, I fully understand the feelings around overdosing. If you have different feelings, I completely understand.

Edit: The funeral is paid. Anything donated will go towards Zach’s headstone.