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ROCKY NEEDS THE BURIAL HE DESERVES, PLEASE HELP

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Hello, my name is Buddy Taylor, founder of Gator Hammock, a Hot Sauce and Seasoning company in Felda, Florida; Felda is a small agriculture town in Southwest Florida in Hendry County, which got its name in 1923 from my Great Grandparents, Felix & Ida Taylor, FEL from Felix and DA from Ida; Enough about me because my heart is totally broken from the passing of my Godson Rocky Lozano, Saturday, June 17, 2023, around 8:00 PM. Now I would like to share more about Rocky, a friend that came into my life at an early age (22), and he often called me his Godfather and the feeling was mutual. In 2000 Rocky Lozano moved to Felda and shortly became homeless; our lives crossed during Friday Night Karaoke Suppers at my restaurant; he had a great voice. I grew up with two of Rocky's cousins in Felda, Janet & Jeanie Willis, so I told him he was welcome to stay in my spare bedroom. Rocky immediately started helping me with barbecue catering, pouring Gator Sauce, Gator Sprinkle, and other products with our hands, a pitcher & a funnel; Rocky tagged along with me, other friends, and co-workers to help sling Gator Hammock Sauces and Seasonings throughout the USA; Albuquerque, Houston, Austin, Massachusetts, Maine, Louisiana, Chicago, and many events in Florida. Rocky loved to take charge of cooking, loading, and unloading the vehicle at all the events. He even placed above me in several cook-off competitions in Maine and Massachusetts. Everyone at the food and hot sauce expos loved Rocky for his talent and Southern hospitality, I considered him the best of all the other vendors with the talent he loved so well. Rocky was troubled the past two years by stolen identity; his phones and credit cards continued to get hacked; he changed his credit card accounts and even locked them from being used, which did not help at all. Also, he closed his banking account and opened a new account a few months ago, and it eventually was debited by a hacker to pay his credit cards so they could make purchases. He bought at least eight phones in 2022-2023 from several different phone companies, even using other names instead of Rocky Lozano. Four of those phones were purchased in the past four weeks, and he got different phone numbers at least five times this month. I assume an email caused all of his crisis. The day passed, he had just received a replacement credit card in the mail, and he called to activate it. The agent said a 500.00 payment was applied to his new card number, which had already been hacked by an online purchase and left him with no available credit. Rocky had the biggest heart towards people and animals. Rocky would give a total stranger his last dollar, along with the shirt on his back because I witnessed this many times during our trips together. RIP, MY SON, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN SOON; WE MISS AND LOVE YOU, ROCKY. October 25, 1976 - June 17, 2023, Rocky’s favorite saying and songs: BE GOOD OR BE GOOD AT IT !!!!! HOTEL CALIFORNIA and FREE BIRD !!
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    Samuel Taylor
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    Felda, FL

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