Deming High School - Devil Yearbook (Mount Olivet, KY)

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Dedicated to Eric Dryden Th j heortj were woven of humon joys and cores. Woshed morvellously with sorrow, swift ond minh. The yeors hod given them kindness. Down was rheirs. And sunser. ond the colors of (he eorrh. These hod seen movement, ond heard music: known Slumber ond woklng: loved: gone proudly friended Felt the qukk stir of wonder, sot olone Touched flowers ond furs ond cheeks. All this is ended. There ore waters blown by chonging winds to loughter And lit by the rich skies, oil doy. And ofter Frost, with o gesture, stoys the woves thot donee And wandering loveliness. He leaves o white Unbroken glory, a gathered rodionce. A width, o shining peoce under the night. by Rupert Drooke On December 30. 1978. Eric Dryden died of injuries he received when the bicycle he was riding was struck by o cor. Eric, son of Harold and Shirley Dryden. was born on August 24. 1966 and attended Deming High School through the fifth grade, until his family moved to Carlisle. Kentucky. Eric's accident occurred before he enrolled at Nicholas County. Eric's classmates remember him as an outgoing, friendly boy who was a natural athlete. He loved the outdoors, so baseball and swimming were his favorite sports. His love for sports was equalled only by his love for horses. Eric frequently rode, and enjoyed collecting miniature horses. Eric was a vital part of our class and of our lives, a part we will not easily forget. 2

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