Chris Henry was laid to rest yesterday in Westwego, LA. The Cincinnati Bengals team came to pay their respects to their lost teammate. Reggie Bush also came to pay his respects along with the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Chris Henry’s fiancee, Loleini Tonga, spoke a few words along with a couple of other NFL players.
Loleini Tonga: Can’t nobody know the way I’m feeling right now. No one can explain the relationship that me and Chris had. In six years of knowing each other — through hard times, good times — we loved each other very much… People say I helped change his life. No. He changed mine.
The Bengals wore round black buttons on their lapels with Henry’s No. 15. Many from Henry’s hometown of Belle Chasse wore red ribbons with a small photo of Henry that read “In loving memory” and “Chris ‘Slim’ Henry.”
Speaking before the service, Goodell said Henry’s legacy would be a good person who made mistakes but then sought to better himself. That his life was cut short just as he was turning it around made Henry’s story so tragic, Goodell said.
“His future as a husband and a father were important to him,” Goodell said. “He was a young man that struggled, made some decisions that he regretted, but he put himself on the right path. And I’m proud of that. I’m proud of him.”
Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer and head coach Marvin Lewis delivered eulogies. Lewis said before the service that Henry touched a lot of people in his very short life.
“It’s a bright story and one that didn’t get to get all the way to the end of it, which is the most unfortunate part,” the coach said. “We’ll miss Chris’ sparkling smile.”
Palmer made some chuckle as he remembered Henry’s friendly demeanor.
“He walked past my locker every day to shake my hand as I said, ‘Good morning,’ and every day he said, ‘What’s up, cuz,'” Palmer said. “We’ve all seen and experienced different sides of Chris, and with every side he showed us, we saw just how kind and gentle his heart was.”
According to the Cincinnati Examiner, Chris Henry’s organs and cornea were donated to needy patients following his death. It is such a shame that his life had end like this and hopefully this will be another reminder that… Life is too short, Live it to the fullest because tomorrow is never promised.
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