David Gavin Johns

David, was without a doubt the most beautiful man I have ever meet. He walked into my life and made it complete. He was my soul mate.

David was born in Plymouth and had a buzz for life which made him a joy to know. Nothing was too much trouble for any of his friends, he was supportive, caring, romantic and beautiful (both inside and out)

He was a amazing friend, son, brother, grandson and uncle and will always be missed... and most an amazing fiance.

David battled with cancer for 3 months and he fought so hard, but God wanted him to become an Angel, so hes no longer with us. Hes protecting us.

(This is my speech that I made at David's Funeral on 16/07/09. It was hard and I chocked up twice, but I made it and said it all and Im proud I did it. David was always touched by words.)


David, was without a doubt the most amazing man I have ever meet. While I want to tell you how much I miss him, and how deep my love for him runs, and how much I hurt and want to be with him. There simply isn’t time, and David himself would be nudging me in the back saying “you never shut up” He always used to moan at me, because I can go on a bit, we would always giggle about it though. There are no words to explain how I feel at the moment. But this is a celebration of the beautiful times.

David came into my life at the end of November last year, and like a light switch, my love for him turned on the moment we first spoke. It was crazy, I seriously fell in love with him straight away. Ill never forget the moment we first meet, he was a little shy and I just want to kiss him so much. I couldn’t take my eyes of his. We just wrapped ourselves around each other and drifted into love. Soul mates is the only word for it, we finally both meet the one person we were destined to be with, and this was our time for happiness. All our friends and family will know how much in love we where, because for months we were inseparable. We became one and still are one.

I remember David sending me a text once, saying how much he just wants to settle down with someone and be together forever, growing old together and being in love for 40 or more years. I didn’t text back, I called him straight away and I said “oh my god, you sound so much like me, its like talking to myself and getting texts of me sometimes.” We were both overjoyed, this was our time, our moment for happiness. That elusive feeling, which seems so rare. Has the lyrics of all my life go, “All my life, I've prayed for someone like you, And I thank God that I, that I've finally found you” we both was so greateful to have found each other. I remember just wanting to spend Christmas with David and not wanting him to ever go anywhere without me, so he quickly moved in and we both was ecstatic.
David was me, I was David and we were one. He was laid back, relaxed and understanding. He was adventurous, charming, sensual and sweet. Above all he was caring and romantic. Ill never forget the weekend I surprised him and came down to Plymouth, it was a beautiful weekend. We walked around the town, visited the Hoe and we had breakfast by the sea. I can remember how happy we both was, if we could pause a moment, id have to pick this one. I remember to saying to him “I don’t want this weekend to end, If I could spend the rest of my life in one moment, it would be this one, and with you.”

Ill never forget the moment I asked David to marry me, it was valentines day, 12.01, so it had just turned valentines day and I put the radio on and Mariah Carey’s Without You came on, it felt like a good sign at the time, David wasn’t ill at the time. So we had a beautiful day and the best valentines ever. We started planning the wedding straight away and set the date for 4th decemeber, our anniversary. We decided to double barrel our name, Chapman-Johns, once we got married.

David was so strong, so brave, he just took what ever was coming his way and soldiered on. I often told David in hospital, “If someone told me the day we meet, that we would be fighting cancer together in four months, id still chose to fall in love with you. Because we’re going to beat it, and were going to be stronger for it!” Even if someone told me how it was going to end, and how bad the emptiness I feel would be with, id still fall in love with David. Has the four months we had befor cancer came along, was amazing and a lifetime of emptiness is a small price to pay for four months of heaven.

I just want you all to know how happy we were, and although David left his mortal body, he left very happy spirit with lots of love around him. The memories I have of him are beautiful and we will both wait patiently to be together again in heaven.

David John’s, I’ll miss you forever, rest in peace, and thanks for making me whole for a while, your loving fiancé Michael Chapman-Johns.