Saturday, February 17, 2024
I’d like to send my Sincere Condolences to Timmy Jr. and the Shriver Family. What a Great Guy Timmy was. I met Timmy 6 years before I ever moved here. Timmy was the Barkeep at Carney’s and every year on vacation I’d run into him. He most definitely was a Local Celebrity. He could have ran for Mayor and won easily. I remember him telling me he was buying a house in North Cape May. I told him it was my Life’s Wish to live down here. We were living in Maryland then. I vividly remember Timmy holding Timmy Jr. when his mom brought him in to see Timmy at work, and I had my son who was an infant at the time also. With us living hundreds of miles away, I had no idea years later those kids would go to school together growing up. As God would have it, years later I was able to fulfill my childhood dream of moving here. We had looked at dozens of homes and we picked the worst house on the nicest street 30 years ago. Low and behold after moving in, I was out working on the lawn and some guy pulled up and said, “Hi Neighbor”, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was Timmy. He then told me he lived down the street from me. He wasn’t at Carneys anymore he said he was at the Pilot House. I’d go down there and visit him while he worked. Then he went up to the Cove and he babysat me there for years. Occasionally, I’d bring up to him how we knew each other years before we ever moved here. Timmy always had a smile and an ear to listen to everyone’s problems. The years flew by and trying to keep the boat afloat, I didn’t get out as much. The last time I saw Timmy we were at Ace Hardware in the Villas during the pandemic. Time marched on, but he and I talked as if we were in our 20’s again. Some good laughs. I had no idea it would be the last time We’d see one and other, but every time I saw him, I always thought in the back of my mind how magical it was on how our paths crossed. May Tim’s Soul Rest in Peace and May his Family and Closest Friends find comfort in all the Great Memories they shared with him. For Timmy is another of those Faces that were Cape May , New Jersey. The Fun, the Laughter, and the Warmth. Father Judge High should be damn Proud !
