| Location | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Age | 27 years |
| Cause of Death | Overdose |
| Date of Birth | 07/10/1972 |
| Date of Death | 24/10/1999 |
| Visitors | 5,081 since 10/04/2007 |
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Dear son of Elizabeth and John, brother of Michael and a dear dad to Ashley.
Died tragically of a heroin overdose 2 days after being released from prison. Sadly missed by all
the familyxxxxx
Stephen your legacy will live on, i will make sure it does son xx
A Mother’s Love For Her Son
Our son Stephen was born on 7th October 1972, I was so proud when I held him for the first time in
my arms looking at his beautiful blue eyes and his blonde hair as he grew his hair was platinum
blonde and his eyes were so big and blue I thought to myself, “you are going to break a lot of
girls hearts when you grow up” but I didn’t realise that it would be mine.
Stephen was a normal mischievous child always playing jokes and laughting,his smile would light up a
room, when he turned 10yrs old he joined the scouts then went on to join the army cadets, he looked
so handsome in his uniform. Stephen said that he would join the regular army when he left school,
it’s all he wanted to do.
When Stephen was 15yrs old he met Jen, they seemed to be well suited, soon he forgot about going to
his army cadets and drifted away from it altogether, when he was 20yrs old his girlfriend was
expecting their baby, he was born on 19th August 1993 and they named him Ashley Stephen he looked
just like his dad when he was born.It was a rocky relationship, Jen was always putting Stephen out
and I would take him back into our home then one Christmas when I had taken him back I discovered by
accident that my beautiful son was injecting heroin. I was horrified. Stephen said he was sorry but
he couldn’t stop. My son was a heroin addict it’s the worst fear a mother could ever have.
We lost Stephen to heroin on 24th October 1999, he had just had his 27th birthday in prison for a
shoplifting offence. On the day Stephen was released from prison he looked lovely his eyes were
clear and his skin was clear, he asked me if he could have a bath to freshen up (get the prison
smell off) was his words, when he came downstairs he smelled lovely he said to me “I might meet a
lass tonight” and I said “yes with all your dad’s smelly's on i'm sure you will.” Off he
went to town, two days later came a knock at the door about 7-45pm it was two police officer's as
soon as I saw them I knew it was Stephen, they came to tell us what we were dreading. Stephen was
found dead in the Haymarket toilets with the syringe still in his groin, it was a heroin overdose.
Because Stephen had been clean for 6 weeks his body couldn’t take it. We had to wait 3 weeks
before we could have his funeral because the police were waiting for toxicology reports so they
wouldn’t release his body.
Stephen was on heroin for 3 years although he was on it for 18 months before we knew about it, we
managed to get him into rehab 3 times and 3 times he signed himself out, he told me that he
couldn’t stand the pain trying to come off it so we accepted that he was a heroin addict and we
gave him all the support that he needed even as far as giving him money to pay off the dealers as
they battered him on the hands with a hammer till they broke them, I couldn’t stand to see him
being hurt like that, the dealers even phoned threatening us.
We have another son Michael who will be 39yrs old in July he is still single and has a council flat.
I am glad to say Michael doesn’t touch heroin thank goodness. I can’t begin to imagine what it
must be like to have more than one heroin addict in the family as I do know that in some family's
this is the case.
Stephen was dead 3yrs before we found out about Newcastle PROPS (Positive Response Overcoming
Problems of Substances) we never had any counselling or support whatsoever until then, Props has
been a great help to my husband and myself, in fact I think if we didn’t find out about Props we
would have separated because we couldn’t talk to each other about Stephen’s death until we met
our props family support worker, you can imagine the pressure that was lifted once we began talking
to each other about Stephen. People like us need people like there are at Props.
════╔══╗gone but
════║══║not forgotten
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════║══║heaven's garden.x
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A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LEFT TRIBUTES AND LIT CANDLES. KEEP IT UP TO KEEP STEPHEN'S
MEMORY ALIVE FOR ALL ETERNITY..........GOD BLESS YOU ALL XXX
10 Years Today
Another day without you..
Just cuts us up inside
These tears that fall like rain..
I can no longer hide
Another day without you..
As we feel so all alone
I really need to hear your voice..
So please come home..
Or phone
Another day without you..
As we think of you with love
You will always be our Angel..
In heaven up above
Another day without you..
The days and nights are long
So please help us get through this pain..
And keep us safe and strong.
Missing you more than words can say.
Loving you always Stephen xxxx
my freind
open up my heart to God
In my own special way
I dont ask for tomorrows
I want all my yesterdays
My yesterdays were happy
For they included you
So much love and laughter
We shared just me and you
Tomorrow is just another word
It means nothing to me
Please give me back my yesterdays
And my Angel back with me
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____,;'*___'_.*_*SWEET DREAMS*_________*___ '*,,
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☆SLEEP TIGHT ☆ ANGEL ☆ KEEP SHINING BRIGHT ☆
•:*:• •:*:• •:*:• •:*:• •:*:••:*:• •:*:• •:*:• •:*:• •:*:••:*:• •:*:• •
LOVE ALWAYS XXX.
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Do you make them laugh in Heaven,
Does your smile bring them good cheer?
Do you make the sun shine brighter,
Like you did when you were here?
The very mention of your name,
The memories of your smile,
The little things that you did,
Are with us all the while.
You meant so very much to us,
There’s nothing left to say,
Except that without you here
There is no perfect day.
For no one knows the heartache,
That lies behind our smiles,
No one knows how many times
We have broken down and cried.
We want to tell you something
So there won’t be any doubt,
You’re so wonderful to think of,
But so hard to be without.
We hold you close within our hearts,
And there you shall remain.
To walk with us throughout our lives,
Until we all meet again.
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...❀✿.......Heart of flowers......❀✿
......❀✿...........for you............❀✿
.........❀✿.......my friend!......❀✿
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Party Hard X
Happy 37th Birthday Stephen
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GONE Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Your presence is still here
We hold near and dear
For we’ve loved you forever
And we’ll forget you never.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
You have come and gone
But we know what is true
When we laid you on that lawn
Knowing God has a place for you.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
We think about you everyday
We feel so very glad
Knowing you won’t go away
You’ll keep us company when we are sad.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
For you are here, though not on Earth
We love you just the same
We know that you’ll rebirth
But God is not to blame
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
He just wanted what’s best for us
Even though we may not see
God is the one we must trust
So with Him we let it be.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Loving and missing you everyday
Mam and Dad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
farther
Hi Stephen
Happy Birthday son for tommorow 10 years and i,m still in pain with losing you i wish things could have turned out better Ashely what can i say he is your double and always will be a reminder of you in fact i would say he is your double its just uncanny how he has got all your what should i say your antics humor i will look after him for you but i realy dont have to as he is coming a fine young man you would be proud of him as we are , you will never be gone were ashley is.
Happy Birthday Son MAM & DAD
Love and miss you son
If tears could build a stairway
and memories were a lane,
we would walk right up to heaven
to bring you home again.
No farewell words were spoken,
no time to say goodbye,
you were gone before we knew it,
And only God knows why.
Our heart's still aches in sadness,
and secret tears still flow,
what it means to lose you,
no one will ever know.
Love always Mam and Dad xxxxxxx
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