Pete Healey

I don't know where to begin.

Some people you meet in life are an anomaly that you never full understand. Someone that can walk into a room that may be heavy and completely change the tone, just by being them. How many people do you know in your life that everyone loves them? Someone that brings a smile to everyone's face. Someone that is always positive

regardless of how hard the day is.

We have all lost that person.

Everyone has exactly the same description of who Michelle is. It may be in their own words, but the core of the message is the same. I am way beyond sad today. This disease has already taken way too much from everyone.

Michelle Owens you are irreplaceable.

Rest easy my seat partner for years, my sounding board, my dear friend.

I met Michelle when I was 16 in 1990, she would have been

17. We were seat partners that year, 91', 92' I took off as I lost

my mom to cancer, and 93' Crossmen for me was my escape

from literally being my mom’s nurse for 10 years. Michelle

was a huge support system for me then and exactly the seat

partner that I was meant to have for years. One of my closest

confidants. I pulled away from corps as I started touring in

entertainment just from a lack of available time. We lost

touch for years since we had both moved into different

directions in life and Michelle wasn't much for facebook and

social media for quite a long time. When we reconnected it

was like no time had passed. I was working as the Production

Manager, Show Designer, and Audio Engineer for Luke

Bryan, the country singer. We would daily have massage

therapists on site each day at the arena's and stadiums so it

didn't take long for me to ask Michelle to cover our shows in

the in some Southeast markets. Having her out on the road

with us was amazing. So many of the LB crew, and Luke

himself, grew to love her in such a short amount of time. No wonder, what's not to love about her. It was so great to have my old seat partner back. Michelle you will be terribly missed but never forgotten. I hope you, Bryan, and all of our other lost Crossmen friends are smiling down on us all.