VIRGINIA BEACH — It’s been a tough week for the South Hampton Roads football community as the area mourns the life of three men who touched so many lives in Pro Football Hall of Famer Kenny Easley, Kempsville assistant coach Raymond Colston and Bayside head coach Jon White.

Easley, who starred at Oscar Smith, was known as a phenomenal athlete in football, basketball and baseball. His childhood friend, Greg Sherrill, said, “He was a great guy. Anybody that knew him knows he touched their life,” he told me last week. “He was a no-nonsense guy, but if he was your friend, you had a friend.”

Colston touched many lives whether it was on the football field or as a youth coordinator at First Baptist Church South Hill. On the church’s Facebook page, the church wrote, “Coach Ray was a passionate,

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