Missing On a Trip to Nowhere
Despite the fact that Raymond was already 88 and recently had a stroke, and while Lela was 83 and starting to show signs of dementia, it didn’t stop them. And so, on that summer day, they hit the road to the fiddling festival like a couple of crazy lovebirds.
Singer/songwriter Tony Scalzo in his home studio. Source: wusa9.com
A few days later, in another part of Texas, a guy named Tony Scalzo (the bass player for the band Fastball) sat down at his breakfast table with a cup of coffee and a newspaper in hand. He sat there as he read the headline: “Elderly Salado couple missing on a trip to nowhere.” All that was known was that Lela and Raymond Howard were headed for a festival, and never came back.