The TV piece noted it was his 20th championship and included a shot of Person’s notebook with a handwritten list of who he rode with as an on-the-water observer. That was just so sad.”Īt the 2016 Classic at Oklahoma’s Grand Lake, Person was interviewed by Tulsa’s. That was so devasting for him and me,” Sarah said. “It hurt (James) so badly when he got killed. Nation qualifier to win, and he died months later in an airplane tragedy. It paid off as he was in the boat with a handful of Classic champions, beginning with Bryan Kerchal in 1994.
Sarah said profit from a rental house went into a Classic kitty. Working as an automotive technician, Person saved money for his trips. “He had met him in Greensboro, and that’s really why he started going to all of them, from that one invitation.” “The person in charge of volunteers, the president in Alabama, wrote him a letter and asked him if he would join as a volunteer,” Sarah said.
