Kiss Your Mother Goodbye

About the Book

Kiss Your Mother Goodbye The true story of Kathy Walkup and her family Imagine your children going to the movies with a babysitter and not coming home. Imagine losing three of your four children at the hands of a drunk driver. This is the 1979 story of the Walkup family. This is the story of how the parents of four beautiful children lost almost everything and found a way back from the brink of despair and went on to have two more children in spite of their unbelievable loss. The one surviving child made them live for each other and their future. A future that involved reversing a vasectomy while caring for their surviving injured son. Their unshakable faith prevailed. If you must drink and drive, please kiss your mother goodbye.

About the Author

Jude Marshall Hagin Jude Marshall Hagin served as the Ocala/Marion County, Florida, film commissioner from 1995 to 2009, focusing on bringing commercials, print shoots, and feature films to the North Central Florida region. She successfully brought four feature films and numerous national commercials to the area. Jude worked on Jeepers Creepers with Francis Ford Coppola, The Hawk Is Dying starring Paul Giamatti, Nobody’s Children starring Jeremy Sisto and Jaimie Pressley, and Lonely Hearts starring John Travolta, Jared Leto, and Salma Hayek. Jude also worked with John Travolta on two Italian commercials, along with numerous national and international commercials. Jude has produced the award-winning documentary film on Ruby McCollum, released in February 2015, entitled You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South.