Thank you for your kind words. This boy lived RIGHT next door to me. We fished together, climbed trees and ran in the same Junior High crowd. Then he went his own way, living a very rough life.
I, like you , hope that he asked for the Lord's Salvation before he breathed his last. Its never too late. Dickie and I went to a lot of Sunday School classes together as boys. I like to think the same way you do.
God is a loving God....I like to think that last moment before the last breath drawn God invites those who have not accepted him in life to his heavenly kingdom upon their death...
Prayers for your friend Dickie, his family and you .