Jessica Neal remembers Joey

I first met Joey his Freshmen year of high school, and he grew up to be such a handsome nice man. He always knew how to put a smile on my face. He lit up every room he walked into. Quite the ladies man he was. One of my favorite dancing partners as well as everyone else's. I have so many fond memories with him from the beach, fairs, concerts, rodeos, birthdays, dinners, Halloween, singing along to country in his truck, one of the favorites, George Strait. He made us listen to the whole Pepper CD after we just got done watching the Pepper Concert. He even let me drive his truck that he was so proud of. We made it a tradition to celebrate my birthday at fair together, he always made it special. I remember our random conversations about anything and everything, our heart to hearts about the people we like, his funny voice mails, and text messages he would leave me. He told me he was crazy about brunettes that blondes were not really his type. But I do recall him dating a couple of blondes, and he always told me that I didn’t count because I was a dirty blonde. Joey always had such away with words and making girls feel special even if you were just his friend. Our road trip to Santa Cruz was great fun. I was so excited to be going. After a long night out on Sat. I was for sure he wasn’t going to make it to the beach the next day, but believe it or not he did. I packed him lunch, but little did I know he wasn’t a big fan of wheat bread, but he ate it anyway. I was excited for him to meet my mom at the Stockton fair. She knew him from working at the school, but she never got the chance to meet him as my friend. He dropped whatever he was doing at that moment just to go and meet her, and he seemed just as excited as I was. “Jess your mom looks just like you”, he said. When Travis Tritt was playing at the fair Joey and I snuck up to the front stage. We were practically knocking people over just so we could dance, and we were singing along at the top of our lungs the songs we knew. There was one Halloween I will never forget, he went as a Pinasco Plumber. He kept telling me that He was his dad for Halloween Jim Pinasco. I thought that was the cutest thing ever because you could tell he was proud to be a Pinasco. Joey was so proud of his family. He loved them so much, he was always talking about his sisters or hanging out with his cousin Matt. What I loved the most about him , he was a family man, and that’s the most important thing to me. Joey was always the first person I would call if I ever needed anything or just someone to go out and have a good time with because that’s what he was Mr. Goodtime. I am never going to forget all the special memories, or find a better friend. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him. Joey touched so many hearts. Escalon will never be the same without him. Love you will all my heart, Joey P.
Love always,

Jessica Neal