MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist the household of a pal who died from a wasp sting Friday within the West Memphis space.
Patrick Wredling mentioned Matt Johnson, 40, developed an allergy to wasp stings as an grownup. He mentioned Johnson was with one other pal checking his duck blind when he by chance disturbed a wasp nest.
“He at all times carried his EpiPen with him, and he’s an enormous previous beast of a man, . So, it’s wild {that a} bug chew might do one thing like this,” Wredling mentioned. “He hit himself with the pen and referred to as 911. They have been out in the course of nowhere, in order that they have been making an attempt to get someplace to satisfy the ambulance, and so they did discover them, fortunately, however I believe he was unconscious when he bought into the ambulance.”
Johnson was the co-owner of native service Southern Xpress and leaves behind a spouse and a three-year-old son. Wredling mentioned Johnson’s spouse is simply three weeks away from giving start to their second baby, already named Cole.
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“It’s a well known factor that he clothes his different son kinda like him with cowboy boots and denims. So, I think about it was going to be in retailer for Cole as properly,” Wredling mentioned.
Wredling mentioned he has recognized Johnson since he was a baby and wished to do one thing to assist his household take care of the sudden loss. He mentioned Johnson was the first breadwinner, and the very last thing his spouse ought to fear about is cash.
The GoFundMe for Johnson has raised practically $30,000 in simply sooner or later.
“It’s nice. Persons are simply so beneficiant and he could be the primary one to donate to one thing like this himself. So, I believe issues like that come again if you deal with folks proper your complete life and have folks’s again that it comes again,” mentioned Wredling. “I’m not shocked in any respect.”
Wredling mentioned Johnson was a person of religion who didn’t know a stranger. He mentioned family and friends will have a good time his life after the newborn is born.
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