For the first time since her husband was killed during work, the wife of a Fayetteville street employee sharing what life is like. It's been five months since Jack Luper was hit by a car. Now, the city he devoted more than 30 years to is honoring him.
Driving down Joyce Boulevard there are few reminders of the accident that claimed Luper's life. But soon, this street where he spent his last moments will bear his name.
"That is just a very special special honor to do something like that for Jack," says his wife Roxanne. "And his name. It's just hard to describe what that meant to me."
Roxanne says her husband wouldn't have wanted the attention. But the city of Fayetteville is renaming Joyce Boulevard from College Avenue to Crossover Road the honorary Jack Luper Boulevard. Roxanne says it's been hard to visit.
"I hadn't been by that street," Luper says. "I can't. I've tried a couple times but I just can't go down that street. I just can't go out that way."
That morning Jack was doing the job Roxanne says he loved. He spent 32 years working for the city of Fayetteville. And Mayor Lioneld Jordan says it's just a small way to say thanks.
"Jack was not only just a great employee he was just a great guy," says Mayor Lioneld Jordan. "And I think that his death was such a tragedy for us and I think this is a really great way to honor him."
Roxanne hopes when people drive down Jack Luper Boulevard they'll be more careful, but most of all they will remember Luper.
"People that drive by will look and say you know how fine of a man he was and all the things he done for everybody and the lives that he touched." says Roxanne.
The city says they are making the signs right now and they should be up in about two weeks. The woman who hit Luper with her car, is charged with negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated. Police believe she was taking some type of prescription drug.