"On Jan. 7th we lost a brother firefighter, friend and company employee due to injuries received during a motor vehicle accident. David was a very hard worker and someone that always had a smile on his face. He will truly be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family in this most difficult time." Derrick S. Potter, President of Firefighting's Finest Moving & Delivery

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(From the Star-Telegram)
David Lee "Dave" Eaves (1969 - 2010)

David "Dave" Lee Eaves, 40, passed away in an unfortunate automobile accident in New Mexico on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.

Service: The celebration of his life will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at Birchman Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Stauffer and the Rev. Dr. Cameron Brown officiating.
Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Dave was born Sept. 13, 1969, in Fort Worth to Jimmy Lee and Virginia "Ginny" Elder Eaves. He was a loving husband, father, son and friend. Dave enjoyed spending time with his family, visiting with his friends, playing music, working for the fire department and just loving life. He was an avid musician; playing for and bringing together his friends was his greatest talent.

Dave was employed with the Fort Worth Fire Department and a member of the Fort Worth Firefighters Association, Local 440, for 11 years. He was a current and active firefighter at Fire Station 8.

Dave will be greatly missed by his family and his large extended family of friends.

Survivors: His loving wife, Kim Wood; son, Jacob Eaves; stepdaughters, Mercedes and Stashia Wood; parents, Jimmy Lee and Virginia "Ginny" Elder Eaves; brother, Jimmy Lee Eaves; and his four-legged pal, "Snicker Bite."

Published in Star-Telegram on February 12, 2010

(Story from the Star-Telegram)

By ALEX BRANCH

abranch@star-telegram.com

A Fort Worth firefighter was killed and two other firefighters were injured this weekend in a one-vehicle rollover wreck on a New Mexico highway.

David Eaves, 40, an 11-year veteran of the department, was headed to a ski trip in Monarch, Colo., said Tim Hardeman, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman.

The wreck happened shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 64 near Raton, according to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety. A 2007 Ford pickup in which Eaves, Eric Thompson and Michael Josh Pool were traveling apparently slid off the roadway.

Eaves was ejected from the truck and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the accident report.

A DPS spokesman said snow had fallen in the area where the crash occurred.

Eaves was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.

Neither Pool nor Thompson suffered life-threatening injuries, Hardeman said. Both are expected to return to Fort Worth today.

Eaves worked at Station 8 on Rosedale Street near Eighth Avenue, Hardeman said. He was the son of retired Fort Worth firefighter Jim Eaves.

Capt. Richard Wier, Eaves' supervisor, called him an excellent firefighter, a high-energy guy who never seemed to have a bad day at the station.

"He had a real infectious smile; a real nice fellow," Wier said.

Several firefighters were departing for New Mexico to accompany Eaves' body back to Fort Worth.

"This is a real tragedy for everyone here," he said.

Eaves is survived by his wife, Kim Wood, a son, Jake, 13, and stepdaughters Mercedes, 20, and Stacia, 15.

A family friend said Monday night that the family did not wish to comment.

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