In memory of my father-in-law, General Roscoe Conklin Sims Jr., Stanford Lanier Sims, Charles Sims, Tommie Chatham Jr., Stan Davis, John E. Murphy, Emory Elliott, Oscar Harper, John “New-cat” Bratton, and especially my brother, Jeffrey Paul Watson.

For Dwayne Sims, General RC Sims III, Carnell Sims, Derrick Sims, Eddie Chandler Jr., Trent Chatham, and all the men in the driveway; for my nephews, General IV, Aanais, Evan, Richard “Stuxx” and Jarrod, Leroy and Tony, Corey and Cortez, EJ III and Marcus and David and Kendall, and especially for Sensei Sims.