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Duncan Boatner (center), Daniel Dingal and Jeff Billingsley (left), a member of the Downed Bikers Association, lift candles during a candlelight vigil for William Davis at Mathis Skate Park in Edmond on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Davis was killed in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 9, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

The sound of skateboards clicking on concrete was silenced when Duncan Boatner walked to the top of a short hill and began to speak. Over one hundred people, most in white t-shirts, gathered around and younger skaters watched through a chain link fence as Boatner tearfully remembered his best friend during a candlelight vigil at Mathis Skate Park in Edmond on Tuesday. “We loved Will, and he loved us,” said Boatner as he held up his candle. “We’ll never forget him. he’ll always be in our hearts.”

Andy Trent, (at left) join friends and family during a candlelight vigil for William Davis at Mathis Skate Park in Edmond on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Davis was killed in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 9, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

William Davis was killed in a motorcycle accident last week. His funeral is Saturday in Edmond. You can read the story by Diana Baldwin by clicking here.

-John Clanton

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