2/17/2022

“Night Train Lane was always smiling and lifting people up. RIP.” from James Patton

Todd Hunt says, “Hi Billy, As I mentioned, James Lane has passed. Duane Whetstone(Football Letterman) is connected with his brother, and they are looking at about 8k for funeral expenses. I do have several folks that are willing to donate, so as soon as the gofundme page is set up, I will contact them.”

AS OF 2/17/2022 @ 8 A.M. James brother Chris Lane with a special caring touch from Todd Hunt, Duane Whetstone, James’ teammates, and Longhorn fans, raised $11,130 on Gofundme. HORNS AND EYES UP!!

James was a fine young man that I was very proud to have had an opportunity to coach. James, May You Rest In Peace.” Coach LeDuc

FROM JAMES LANE’S BROTHER CHRIS

Hi everyone. Of course, you have heard of the passing of my brother James Lane Jr. This has been a very difficult experience dealing with his sudden death. In the meantime, because he lived out of state, I am having a hard time finding out where he worked for insurance purposes. I am having a hard time getting his body back to Texas because he died in Vegas instead of where he lived in Arizona. I am the only next of kin as our father is deceased and our mother has been in the nursing home for the past 7 years with Alzheimer’s. I am most likely have to deal with legal fees which will exceed the amount of funeral expenses. Honestly, I have a hard time asking anyone for anything. Please help if you can and may God bless you all. Chris Lane

The link to Gofundme is below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/james-lane-jr?utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer

Funeral Arrangements:

Viewing: Thursday, February 17th / 2 pm to 7 pm

Funeral: Friday, February 18th at 3 pm / Precious Memories Mortuary 803 S. Cedar Ridge Drive Duncanville Tx 75137

Below comments are dated 2/08/2022

Todd Hunt and Duane Whetston are the sponsors of a drive to help a teammate who recently passed away. Last night I talked to Duane Whetstone and according to Duane, James’ body is still in Las Vegas, and he does not know when it will be released. Unfortunately, Lane’s family does not have the money to bury him, so Todd and Duane are reaching out to the Longhorn Nation for help.  

“Night train was a great competitor. I had the fortune to battle against him in the trenches every day. And even though we had to run a few laps from time to time after a few swings at each other he always greeted me with the biggest of smiles in the locker room. He was as good a teammate you could have. RIP James.” ADL65

TLSN – Texas Legacy Support Network

TLSN is a 501 (c) (3) with the specific mission of sharing Longhorn sports history and assisting qualifying former Longhorn student-athletes, managers, trainers, Coaches, support staff, and their immediate families when help is needed. The link is free, educational, historical, and insightful @ https://texaslsn.org . TLSN authorized a grant to help Angela Hall and her two children. Angela’s husband Eric Hall played football for the Longhorns from 2001 to 2005. )