Man Dies After Sitting In Recliner For Eight Months – Waiting For God To Cure Him
Best part of the article: “Webb says she has no regrets about leaving him in that recliner.”
Man dies after sitting in recliner for eight months
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (NBC) — Believing his faith would heal him, a Greenwood County, South Carolina man sat down in his recliner after an injury in March and never got up.
On Thursday, his wife explained why he stayed in the recliner until shortly before he died.
“The man totally believed in God and his healing,” said Ada Webb.
In March, Webb’s 550-pound husband, Tillmon, sat down in a recliner inside their trailer in Greenwood. Wearing nothing but a blanket, the 33-year-old didn’t move from that recliner for the next eight months.
“He couldn’t do nothing for his self and I couldn’t do but so much,” Webb explained.
Webb says Tillmon tore his ACL in March and drove to a doctor’s office.
“They were gonna give him an appointment, but they wanted $300 up front, and we didn’t have the money,” said Webb.
Webb says he returned to the recliner, picked up his Bible and became determined that faith would heal his leg.
“He read his Bible daily, he spent his full focus on God,” said Webb. “And he was literally waiting and praying for a Job miracle. If anybody knows the Bible and knows Job, he really and fully believed that God was going to heal him just like he did Job, because he said he couldn’t think of a better testimony to go out and to tell people.”
For eight months they had no visitors. Webb rarely left his side, and she tried to keep him clean.
“I couldn’t get him rolled over to use a bedpan,” said Webb.
Other than eating and reading the Bible, she says Tillmon posted sermons online and texted messages of faith through his cell phone.
“He wanted so much to get up and you know, he wanted to tell everybody what Jesus done,” said Webb.
Webb says Tillmon consistently told her not to call for help. She says Wednesday morning he was in so much pain that she finally called an ambulance.
Greenwood County authorities say they found Tillmon covered with sores, and that he appeared to weigh about 800 pounds. They say he was stuck to his chair, and they had to saw the recliner apart. They cut a large hole around the front door to get him out.
He died at the hospital.
Webb says she has no regrets about leaving him in that recliner.
“If I feel anything right now, it’s envy for him because I wish he had taken me with him,” said Webb.
Greenwood County deputies will not charge Webb with a crime. They determined she had no malicious intent of neglect.
Neighbors at the trailer park said they had no idea Webb had a husband inside that trailer the whole time.
Dec 13, 2009 @ 22:47:42
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahaha
Dec 14, 2009 @ 00:11:41
This news isn’t funny, it’s just sad. This man was so blinded by his faith that he wasted 8 months of his life sitting down and doing nothing but “hoping” Yahweh would “cure” him. Which is faster–human action, or “answered” prayers?
Dec 14, 2009 @ 00:16:07
When someone sticks their head in a lion’s mouth then the lion kills him.. do you laugh or think it’s sad?
This guy did something that was beyond stupid. Even a priest (most of them) will tell you to go to a hospital if you’re ill.
If anything, I blame his wife for not trying to bring him to his senses.
Dec 14, 2009 @ 06:47:39
Being delusional and just sitting around is pathetically hilarious and all, but I find it disrespectful to laugh and continue to insult deceased people, regardless of how silly their beliefs and/or reasons were. And yes, I do think his wife is to blame. She could’ve convinced him to do something that could’ve SAVED his life, yes.
It is sad to see that this man died in an embarrassing way, with hardly anyone on the internet having a heart to respect the dead. His side of the family must still be in shock and despair.
Jan 12, 2010 @ 22:28:30
Why in the hell do the dead deserve respect? I never understood that. Some asshole is horribly stupid, but if they’re dead, we have to honor them and respect them. Bullshit. Moron in life, Moron in death.
Dec 14, 2009 @ 00:41:12
I laugh even when the lion escapes the zoo and goes on a rampage through a kindergarden :p
Dec 14, 2009 @ 06:52:01
Definitely. What intelligent, compassionate person wouldn’t want to see bloody corpses of children lying around in a playground? It’s just so funny! :O
Should I also laugh at depressed teenagers who commit suicide or go on school shootings over a stupid thing? Sure, their reasons are lame, but there’s no denying how their families must feel when they lose a relative. If you were to experience losing someone in your family who did commit suicide, wouldn’t you be turned off by people laughing at the news about it?
If I was still an Atheist (which I’m currently not), I still would’ve been sad to see this.
Imagine how this guy’s family must be feeling, while millions of cowards and asses out there are doing Atheism a disservice by becoming disrespectful of others’ deaths. Sure, like I said, their reasons may be stupid and all, so it’s okay to laugh at THAT. But, it’s sad to see people continuing to insult the deceased. It just comes off as rather immature and shows your inner ignorance being up to par with the fundies who are “grateful” that the unsaved people who badmouthed their god are now “burning in Hell.”
Dec 15, 2009 @ 16:49:47
I’m sure they’ll never find out about my callousness as I can count the number of internet enabled devices in their trailer park on one hand.
Dec 23, 2009 @ 03:15:19
“If I feel anything right now, it’s envy for him because I wish he had taken me with him,” said Webb.
this woman…I mean…what can you say?
Dec 23, 2009 @ 15:18:32
Well, the wife is clearly the stupider one.
Dec 28, 2009 @ 22:37:17
if you read the comments, there’s a link to the “original” news story that paints quite a different picture… …http://www.wyff4.com/news/21663697/detail.html
sounds a lot more plausible… but not any less depressing.