Hundreds pay respect to Colts coach and son


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Hundreds pay respect to Colts coach and son


LUTZ, Fla. (AP) - NFL stars past and present attended the funeral Tuesday of the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy.

Flanked by a police escort, six charter buses carrying Indianapolis Colts players, coaches and staff streamed into the parking lot of the Idlewild Baptist Church in suburban Tampa.
Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning arrived separately for the service for James Dungy, who died last week in an apparent suicide.

Most of the Colts traveled to the funeral, as did former and current members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where Dungy coached from 1996 to 2000. Among them were Buccaneers owner Malcom Glazer, former general manager Rich McKay, now general manager for the Atlanta Falcons, and former Buccaneer Warren Sapp.

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Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy arrives at a Tampa, Fla., church Tuesday morning for the funeral of his son James. (Chris O'Meara / Associated Press)

Buccaneers stars Derrick Brooks and Simeon Rice also attended, as did New York Jets coach Herman Edwards and Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith.

Tony and Lauren Dungy planned to bury their son following the service. Dungy left the team last Thursday, and it was uncertain when he would return.

On Monday evening, hundreds of mourners came to pay their respects to the coach. Dungy, revered in this city as much more than someone who wins football games, seemed to be comforting well-wishers instead of the other way around.


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Yes, this is very sad...but God knows what is best for us. James is in a better place. No more suffering from depression or whatever else made him so miserable here on earth. My thoughts and prayers are with the Dungy family.
 
Tony and his family will get through this but I know it is tough. Losing a loved one like this has to be the hardest thing in the world to cope with.
 
JSUII said:
Yes, this is very sad...but God knows what is best for us. James is in a better place. No more suffering from depression or whatever else made him so miserable here on earth. My thoughts and prayers are with the Dungy family.
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God's best thing for James was not killing himself. My sympathy and prayer go out to the loved ones that he left behind. But, I have no sympathy for people that take there own lives. All I can do is wonder. Why should I value somedody's life when they didn't? SOmebody should have gotten that boy some help after what he did in October......
 
G-Man75 said:
God's best thing for James was not killing himself. My sympathy and prayer go out to the loved ones that he left behind. But, I have no sympathy for people that take there own lives. All I can do is wonder. Why should I value somedody's life when they didn't? SOmebody should have gotten that boy some help after what he did in October......
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Well, we are not to judge what happened to James because that is something only he and the Lord knows and understand. God still knows what is best for us.
 
JSUII said:
Well, we are not to judge what happened to James because that is something only he and the Lord knows and understand. God still knows what is best for us.
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We must be in a certain position to receive what God has for us too. If we don't seek it and desire it in our hearts, then God ain't giving it. Him killing himself wasn't the best thing for him. There is no wayTheologically or theoretically that you can justify that. I didn't judge James. You never heard me say whether or not he was going to heaven or hell. I just believe that life isn't ours to take. I know that God has a hand in everything and had the power to prevent this kid from doing what he did. But somewhere along the linr God removed his hand of protection from that kid. Now, his family will have to rely on God for some reason and strength in this situation. Maybe this happening will cause the Dungy's and more of us parents to pay closer attention to our children. There is a lesson in every trial, tragedy, and victory.....
 
G-Man75 said:
We must be in a certain position to receive what God has for us too. If we don't seek it and desire it in our hearts, then God ain't giving it. Him killing himself wasn't the best thing for him. There is no wayTheologically or theoretically that you can justify that. I didn't judge James. You never heard me say whether or not he was going to heaven or hell. I just believe that life isn't ours to take. I know that God has a hand in everything and had the power to prevent this kid from doing what he did. But somewhere along the linr God removed his hand of protection from that kid. Now, his family will have to rely on God for some reason and strength in this situation. Maybe this happening will cause the Dungy's and more of us parents to pay closer attention to our children. There is a lesson in every trial, tragedy, and victory.....
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I agree with you in reference to "killing himself was not the best thing for him to do", but God still knows what is best for us. I don't know what pocessed him to do what he did, but God knows, and that is all that matters.

I don't know if the Dungy's neglected the signs of him being depressed or not but we all know that he had to be miserable to take his life. Parents can do all they know how to do and some kids will still do it their way. The Dungy family are very spiritual and God will see them through this without a doubt. This is a lesson for all of us.
 
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