Articles by Rose Quinn | Published in the Delaware County Daily Times
By Rose Quinn | Published in the Delaware County Daily Times on May 31, 2024
Robert “Bobby” Suny had the hair of a “king.” He was about 4 when a lousy cold landed him in the hospital. Soon into Bobby’s nearly weeklong stay, Marilyn Suny Dougherty began hearing nurses remark about her son’s thick, dark mane. “They called him Elvis,” Marilyn recalled with a faint smile.
By Rose Quinn | Published in the Delaware County Daily Times on September 4, 2022
John Patrick William Kilman was a 15-year-old high school sophomore when he started telling people that April 18, 1986, was going to be, in his words, “My lucky day.” No explanation. Just an enthusiastic prediction nearly four years into the future by the popular, God-fearing Norwood kid, an aspiring artist known as much for his big heart as his big family with 14 siblings.
By Rose Quinn | Published in the Delaware County Daily Times on May 16, 2022
Kevin Carroll made a big and exciting decision about his life, one that took the outgoing, well-read and versatile 17-year-old from his home in Oregon to Italy – and ultimately to his tragic demise in Delaware County. Kevin enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Following a few odd jobs he held after leaving high school in the ninth grade, including the summer he spent bucking
By Rose Quinn Published in the Delaware County Daily Times on April 11, 2022 His birth name is Sinsir Parker, but his family called him Doo Man. At 7 years old, Sinsir “Doo Man” Parker had four best friends: his brothers, Randolph, 8, and Yahzir, 10; and his sisters,...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Kyle Haley loved being the man of the house. It started when he was just a kid and progressed in earnest as his three younger siblings got older. “It became like a code of honor for him … a loyalty to family,...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Monday, May 10, 2021 edition of the Delaware County Daily Times If Amanda DeGuio walked through her mother’s front door today, she would step back into the close-knit family she left behind almost seven years ago. Reuniting with her...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Monday, June 21, 2021 edition of the Delaware County Daily Times Dwayne Briscoe Jr. was still in grade school when he started getting busy on his college checklist. His parents, Dwayne Briscoe Sr. and LaTasha Lampkin Briscoe, had no clue...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Keeping tight with family was second nature to Robert Allen “Robby” Payne. Making the rounds with all of his aunts, uncles and cousins was a welcome routine. It never mattered to him how many relatives were...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Monday, August 16, 2021 edition of the Delaware County Daily Times When an old photograph fell out of his late mother’s Bible a few weeks weeks ago, Dale Drais stopped in his tracks. There was his sweet little brother, Gary, probably...
By Rose Quinn Published in the Monday, October 28, 2021 edition of the Delaware County Daily Times Ryan Ferris envisioned himself as a family man and a successful attorney. It was October 1998. Ryan was 14½ years old and writing a paper for his eighth-grade English...