Charles Curtis Rhames ll "Buddy" as we all knew him by was born in Richmond Indiana on Jan. 3rd, 1971. At the age of 18 yrs old Buddy enlisted into the US Army. In 1990 Buddy came to Florida to stay and care for his grandmother due to his grandfather passing away and during this time Buddy met Shannan whom he had dated from 1990 till 1993 after they decided that they had become more like brother and sister then anything else. Buddy was apart of Shannon's family and basically was adopted into the family by Shannon's parents Al and Gerry who Buddy thought the world of and loved as if they were his biological parents. Buddy became a firefighter for East Hernando Fire department in 1992. Buddy was a big genital teddy bear who would make you smile and laugh till you cried even on days where you just were having a bad day. Buddy was always the life of the party and would impersonated Bill Cosby and was pretty good at it. Buddy married Julie and had a son named Johnathan who was the world to him and whom he was so proud of, it was one of Buddy's dreams in life to become a father and when Johnathan was born Buddy was so proud and as Johnathan grew up every day Buddy made sure he knew that he was proud of him and that he had such a great son .. Buddy is a very special person that God blessed all those who got the honor of meeting Buddy and will always ne held in the memories of those who loved him and had the honor of being loved by Buddy.