Beloved student Jimmy Gracey’s standing room only memorials span campus church service, fraternity vigil

Fraternity brothers and the University of Alabama community at large this week have honored the life of James "Jimmy" Gracey, who died on spring break last week in Barcelona, Spain, with a packed memorial mass and later a vigil hosted by the school's Theta Chi chapter. 

Tuesday night, hundreds of Gracey's Greek life brothers organized a remembrance event outside the Theta Chi house in Tuscaloosa. 

Tearful friends of the 20-year-old junior turned out as the community continued to grapple with the loss of the "vibrant" young man.