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Everywhere you looked was red, from the balloons and flowers that filled the room at Anthony Thompson Jr.’s funeral to the eyes left bloodshot from crying throughout the day some, for 10 days now.
He must have loved the color. It was the color of the bandanna he wore around his neck as a young boy, accompanying the cowboy hat on his head.
One photo, among the many played on loop before the service Thursday afternoon in Knoxville, showed him dressed head-to-toe in the same shade as he got older. Others showed snapshots of Anthony playing in the snow and alongside teammates on basketball courts and football fields.