Marcus Tarver

HI everyone,

I am stunned to have just read Paul Aiello's update about Marcus.  I had the great pleasure to play on the football team with Marcus for all of our 3 years at Crawford.  What Paul wrote about Marcus is right on.  He was a bit on the quiet side but once you got to know him he was a great man first and then a great athlete.   When we were in high school Marcus was the man, he could have done anything he wanted in sports.  I was so happy to see he earned the college football scholarship to Hawaii when we left high school.  Ken Davidson and I went to watch him play the Aztecs the year Hawaii came to San Diego.   After college, Marcus had a try out with the Denver Broncos.  I saw him before he left for Denver and I told him let me know if he can make the Broncos squad.   Well, a few weeks later I read in the paper he got cut.  Then about a week after that he comes walking into my work to let me know he got waived and the experience he had trying to make an NFL roster.  He told me he knew  the chances were slim that he would make the club, but he had to try.   After a few years later, I was told he joined the San Diego Fire department.  The last time I saw him a few years ago, he was working out of the fire station at 47th and Imperial.  We had not seen each other for years so I walked in the station to visit him.  We had a great visit talking about the good times at Crawford.  Marcus was a great guy and a great friend.  I always admired him.   Like Paul and Kenny mentioned, he came from a great family.  I had met his parents a couple of times and I got to know his sister  Teresa as well.    I am stunned and sad as I write this posting.   Marcus-You will be missed not only by me but by everyone who's life you touched over the years.  I guess God called you home because he needed one of the best men to talk with.   Thanks for giving me the opportunity and honor to meet you here on earth and thanks for being a great friend who I grew up with.  Much prayers to the entire Tarver family.

Love you Man.

Tim Quon