Spring Break
Friends remember brilliant prankster
By: Jill Beathard
Issue date: 12/2/08 Section: News
Rountree and Eheman just returned from a trip to Florida for her niece's wedding. "Every memory is a good one. We never fought, we always had a good time together even if we were doing nothing," she said. "He was the most caring, thoughtful, considerate, sweetest guy I'd ever met."
Rountree's mother, Mona Rountree, remembered him as kind and considerate. "He helped out the person that wasn't so popular. He ran around with the popular people but he stood up for the underdog," his mother said.
Rountree played trombone in band in high school and was very involved in the youth group at Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas, where he grew up. He also liked to play football and hunted with his dad.
"He would call home about three times a week, just because he knew he was my only son," Mona Rountree said. "He didn't have to, and he would always remind me of that."
Rountree got his Aggie ring in April. Eheman stood in line with him to get it. A close friend of Rountree told his mother that he was considering proposing to Eheman.
"She was his first true love," Mona Rountree said. "She was perfect for Nathan. She still calls and checks on us. She and her whole family came up for the funeral."
His grandparents paid for their his Aggie ring. They will also attend Silver Taps Tuesday night.
Cobb didn't treat Nathan as a student worker but let him do his work on his own. "It's wonderful to be able to do that," Cobb said. "Nathan was doing really good work. One of the few joys I have left as a professor is trying to get students to think."
"He would take charge in the lab, which was fine with me because I was scared of all the stuff," Medal said. "He was full of confidence … no matter what we had to do."
"He was Nathan," he added. "All in all I just miss him a whole lot."
Rountree's mother, Mona Rountree, remembered him as kind and considerate. "He helped out the person that wasn't so popular. He ran around with the popular people but he stood up for the underdog," his mother said.
Rountree played trombone in band in high school and was very involved in the youth group at Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas, where he grew up. He also liked to play football and hunted with his dad.
"He would call home about three times a week, just because he knew he was my only son," Mona Rountree said. "He didn't have to, and he would always remind me of that."
Rountree got his Aggie ring in April. Eheman stood in line with him to get it. A close friend of Rountree told his mother that he was considering proposing to Eheman.
"She was his first true love," Mona Rountree said. "She was perfect for Nathan. She still calls and checks on us. She and her whole family came up for the funeral."
His grandparents paid for their his Aggie ring. They will also attend Silver Taps Tuesday night.
Cobb didn't treat Nathan as a student worker but let him do his work on his own. "It's wonderful to be able to do that," Cobb said. "Nathan was doing really good work. One of the few joys I have left as a professor is trying to get students to think."
"He would take charge in the lab, which was fine with me because I was scared of all the stuff," Medal said. "He was full of confidence … no matter what we had to do."
"He was Nathan," he added. "All in all I just miss him a whole lot."
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