Trying hard to invision Carroll County Softball without Coach Tobler is hard to do as Jeff shined a very bright light on all of us each and every moment of each and every Day.

Coach Rick Nester, Emma Leath and Coach Jeff Tobler on the signing day last year.

Hillsville – Waking up on Christmas Eve out in Utah, I wasn’t sure what my first thought would be. But that changed in a heart beat when I picked up my phone to a message from Velvet Creed Leonard and a second one from Allen Worrell letting me know that our Family 👪 has lost Mr. Jeff Tobler.

   My first thoughts go out to Tammy, his Bride and Lifetime Love of his life. But it doesn’t stop there because Jeff had such an impact on all of us in the Softball community.

  Tobler lived his life with a smile on his face and wore his kindness on his sleeve. My relationship with him and Tammy is only four years old but it doesn’t take long to be drawn in to the World of Tobler.

  Thinking all the way back to the second time I met Jeff, we were at the hitting facility in town and he saw me before Coach Nester did and he told him, your little buddy is here to see you. That moment was our bond from that day forward.

  Every young Lady that has come through the Cavaliers Softball program has their own heartbreaking process to go through this morning. Our Softball team is truly an extended Family and we have lost our Grandfather today.

  Having sat beside Tammy for every moment of every home game for years now, I am having trouble seeing how to properly show the amount of Love, Respect and Appreciation I have for the Tobler Family. The amount of lives that have been touched by them over the decades is through the roof and I happily include myself in that count.

   Heaven has a new Ball Coach this morning and he has a Golden Whistle and Clipboard in hand. Most people want to make a difference in life during their stay here on Earth and Jeff Tobler was a Man, a Great Big Man who shared his love for life with so many of us !