Mourners celebrate life: Danny Overstreet 'had a laugh you couldn't forget' An overflow crowd of about 800 cried, laughed and bonded at the funeral service for a man many of them never knew.

He felt the arms of his good friend, Danny Overstreet, wrapped tightly around his legs. But suddenly, the grip loosened ever so slightly. "I realized Danny was already gone," Collins said.

Gay, a 55-year-old drifter who told police he was upset over the slang connotation of his last name, pleaded guilty to the murder of 43-year-old Danny Overstreet and was sentenced to four life terms.