Remembering you and your sense of
Humor. Missing you and wish I could
step back in time to hug and kiss you one more time. Give all the family my love
 See you in my dreams
 Love Always, Terri

Grandmom, I can’t believe it’s been 14 years since you’ve been gone, but I think about you often. Until we moved in 2021, I kept the housewarming card you sent me hung up on the wall in my kitchen, always reminding of you. I kept many letters, and I’ve gone through some while organizing not long ago. You always had something funny to say, and your laugh would instantly make others laugh along with you, not even knowing what was so funny! I miss you so much! Me and Yanna always reminisce about growing up and having you around. She even makes some of the faces you did! LOL ! It would be interesting to cross paths again, especially since you believe in reincarnation. I love you and hope to see you in my dreams. Tell my dad I love him too. The family isn’t the same without you both. ❤️ Kima

G'mom, happy belated heavenly birthday. How time flies. I miss you so much. I think of you quite often and wish you could be here to see all of your great great grands. All of these big personalities in these little bodies growing into big bodies LOL and they are all so talented in one way or another. Every once in awhile one of them will do something and I think of you and how entertained you would be. I wish you were still here, but I know you are watching us from above with a smile on your face and giggling. I hope to see you in my dreams sometime. Until then, I love you always. Perch

Momi, Happy Heavenly. birthday!!! I’m missing you so much and as I get older there are So many things I wish I could talk to you about. So many things I wish I’d have had the wisdom to do differently. You know what I’m saying and I feel your spirit beside me so often  I hear your laughter, I see your face, your smile and your beautiful soul and heart. To live long enough to see things thru a different lense sometimes makes my heart ache more than others. But we can’t turn back and have do overs or I would do so many things in a different way. I love you and miss you. I hope to see you in my dreams. Hugs and kisses. Your daughter, Terri

Hi G'mom, missing you so much, but can always and still hear your giggles when you say something smart and just crack yourself up. The family continues to grow, oh how you would just love your great great grands. Everyone is doing well. I know that would make you happy. It's early, but Merry Christmas. I know you loved decorating for the Holidays especially Christmas. Until I see you again. I love you - Perch

Hey Grandmom! I’m missing your stories, and that infectious laugh that’ll make you laugh without even knowing what’s funny! I miss your house, always done welcoming and cozy. They don’t make Grandmoms like you anymore, we’ll Yanna think is she…lol…she’s close can’t wait to cross paths with you again. Love you! -Kima Jones aka Minnie Mouse

Hi G'mom. I know I'm a few days late, but know that I am always thinking of you. Happy Heavenly Birthday. I miss you so much. Krisangel and I were just talking about you the other day. Made us laugh and smile. Waiting for you to visit. Love you, Perch

Happy Heavenly Birthday cuz...Rest easy with your parents and your 2 sons.
Cousin Zora

Momi,

You are thought of often. Oh how I wish you were still here with us. I miss you so much. Loving you. ❤️

See you in my dreams
Forever, Terri

G'mom,

It's hard to believe you've been gone as long as you have.
The family has grown so much since you've been gone. You would have loved spoiling all of your great great grands. I tell them about you often. About how funny you were and all of the stuff you used to do with us and for us growing up. I know you and all the rest all up there looking down on us. Can't wait to see you again. We all miss you so much. Love you dearly.

Grandmom

We miss you so much, you really were the glue that held our family together. Me and Yanna always talk about the things we did with you when we were growing up, and how funny you were. We have so many good memories of you. Anthony was eating okra this week and asked when the last time I had it, and I told him it was at your house. Me and Uncle Raki were talkin about you over the weekend, too. I know you somewhere spoiling my dad :)

Love you and miss you so much!

Kima aka as Minnie Mouse

Missing you and appreciating all the things I learned from you. I’ve learned that age is wisdom and I do see things thru a different lense and I think differently. We talk about you all the time and remember the laughter and joy you bought us. I love you and miss your presence. I’ll see you in my dreams. Love 4ever, Perch

R.I.P. COUSIN! HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY...!

Hi Momi,

I miss you and so often wish I could talk to you just to hear you laugh. I know you are here with me when things go missing and then reappear. I have dreamt about you only to awaken and feel your presence has been here with me while I sleep. Kiss Rabon, Tory and Gram for me. I'll see you in my dreams until we meet again someday. Love 4ever Terri

Happy Birthday Grandmom Beats! I was just thinking about you, while looking through pictures . Seeing you and Grandmom Billie in my high school graduation pictures, brought back so many good memories. I miss your funny stories and that infectious laugh that prevented you from finishing some stories and had us all laughing anyway. I tell Amir some of the stories and the fun we had. He’s getting so big and handsome, reminds me so if of my dad and he has some of my brothers qualities, too. Me and my brothers will spend the weekend together this year, to celebrate our dad’s birthday. I talk to him everyday, but when you see him give him a big hug and kiss for me. I miss you all very much! Come see me in my dreams and bring Grandmom Billie :)

Love, Kima (ladybug)

Dear Momi, I miss you more with each passing year. Taking care of Iyana’s little boy makes me wish you had lived longer to see these reborn souls. Their eyes are wide with knowledge that seems to say I know you. I speak out loud to you when things go
Missing and then reappear knowing you are laughing that laugh with your shoulders shaking because you moved them to let me know your around me. I feel you and Gram around me giving me strength and reaffirming things you shared with me that I understand more clear than ever. Give Rabon hugs and tell him I miss him too. See you guys in my dreams. Love you forever, “Perch”

Hey G'mom. The anniversary of your passing has of course passed, but I can't believe how time flies. It has been 10 years since you've been gone. The family is growing. I have 6 G'babies now. Iyana and Jon Michael now have a handsome little man. My littlest monster :0). His name is Arlo John Shink. He weighed 8pds. 7oz. and born on July 24, 2019. He'll be 3 months old this month. Such a good baby. So let's see. Khrystyna has her EMT Certification. Still working on one more thing I believe. She has her own place now. It's a nice little apartment for her and Skye. Perfect for them. Bebe, KJs wife graduated from BCT -Army in August. Now is about to graduate AIT on October 25th. They will be moving to Washington State. That is where she is being stationed. Once there KJ will be working on his paperwork to re-enlist. I pray it all works out for him. I don't see why it wouldn't, but I'm going to pray on it anyway. Please pray for him as well. He has wanted to do this for the longest time and had so many obstacles. Mom is doing ok. She will be moving into Ayanna's place I think in November. She has the basement which is being fixed up for her. The rest of the family is doing well also. No major catastrophies that I'm aware of....LOL. All in all everyone is ok, but it's just not the same without you and G'mom Billie here. We don't get together like we used to. Ayanna does try to get everyone together, but most of the time she is lucky if they respond and even commit. Anyway. You are so missed. I think of you often and wish that I could just hug and kiss you. OH....and I know it's you that keeps turning on my vanity mirror light every night...LOL Don't do that! LOL That light is so bright and I always have to get up out of bed to turn it off. Not funny G'mom :0) One more thing. Can you please give Uncle Tory a big hug and kiss for me. I miss him so much, but I do hope and pray he is at peace now. Time for me to get back to work. I love you all and will see you all again one day.

Momi. Oh how you are missed. Spent time with Ayanna last night. She invited me out to eat and we laughed and talked about many things. One being you and I talked about how being older gives you clarity and understanding because when I think of you I understand so much more about the things you felt and talked about. Life changes so quickly and if we all lived in the moment we would get to appreciate it so much more especially our loved ones. I think of you so much wishing I could pick up the phone and call or hug you and kiss you. Give hugs and kisses to Gram and Rabon. Tell all our family hello. I'll see you in my dreams.  Loving you always, Perch

Ohhh G'mom. I miss you so much. The family is growing, things are being achieved. You would be proud. KJ and his wife Beauty have a beautiful chocolate baby girl named Ayah Eileen Gallman. She will be 4 months old on the 10th of October. She looks like both of them. Aariz (Rizibear I call him) will be 4 on November 10th. And Amir, their oldest is 6 and in the 1st Grade and just as smart as his dad was (well still is)...lol. Kris is still in school studying to get her EMT certification and daughter Skye is 5 going on 35...I swear you have to wonder if you're talking to a tween sometimes...:-) Iyana just got married on the 22nd of September to a wonderful guy. You would love him (and his mother, she's funny like you). He's so sweet, funny and caring and loves Iyana and Sanai to pieces. They just got back from Disneyworld for their honeymoon and yes, they ALL went. Iyana and Jon Michael (that's his name) took Nani to Disneyworld and they had a ball. One I'm sure she will remember this for some time. Me, I'm getting it together. Trying to get my life/finances back in order. Not getting any younger...LOL. Can you believe I'll be 50 in a few weeks. Besides Momi missing you terribly we're all doing well. I check on her periodically and we spend time together like you all used to do. Just missing you guys so much, but I know you're all in here in spirit in one way or another. Love you to the moon and back. Say hello to everyone for me. Love Trae

Happy Belated Birthday G'mom. I didn't get a chance to stop by and say 'Hi' yesterday, but I was and am always thinking about you. I have to agree with Kima. You and G'mom, but you especially were always the glue to keeping the family together and we did see each other often. We don't have that so much anymore since the two of you are gone. We do have our annual family beach day in the summer and the family gets together. We have a great time when we see each other, but I guess everyone is so busy with their lives that we forget to take time out to say 'hey' to one another. Anyway, missing you so much and just wish I could hear your voice or see you. I have you and G'mom Billie's pictures up in a special place so I can see your face everyday. It's one of the last pictures I took of you at a cookout or something we were at. G'mom these kids (my g'kids) are growing so fast. It's amazing to watch them as they continue to develop their little personalities into big ones. You would have loved to have them around. They keep you young for sure. I'm sure you're watching them from your perch though...LOL. They are hilarious and yet interesting to watch at the same time. You can learn so much from children. All of my babies, yes I still call them my babies even as they continue to mature, all are doing well. Iyana is getting married this year, Kris is finishing her EMT classes to get certified and KJ is re-enlisting in the Army after an injury AND he and his wife are expecting another baby in June. A little girl. I'm excited and can't wait to meet her. Well, I guess that's it for now. Talk to you again soon. Love you to the moon and back. Trae.

My sweet Momi. Think of you often. Miss you and wish I could spend more time with you. Funny how it takes losing someone one you love to really know how much they meant to you and how much more could have done for and with you. I have so many of your cards and letters with your beautiful handwriting calling me by your nickname for me “Perch” which will remain special because it was from you especially for me. The only other person who had a nickname for Me was my baby - my heart was Rabon who called me Terr I know you have him all hugged up so tell him one of them is from me. I’ll always love and miss you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Happy Birthday Grandmom!
I didn’t realize how big your home played in keeping the family tight. Now that you and my dad are gone, we don’t see each other as much but Ayanna makes the annual beach day happen. I was just talking about you a couple of days ago and telling a friend how much fun me and Ayanna had with you. I love you and hope you’re somewhere laughing...you know that wheezy laugh you do...LOL!
Love, Kima

To you my Beautiful Mother. I love you and miss you everyday. I see you in my dreams and feel your presence. Years are flying by and family has grown and the babies are growing up so fast. Iyana will be marrying next year and I know you’ll be watching and sniffling from above with the family. I try not to think of the what if’s because I know God has the master plan but I often wonder if I’d have bought you to live with me if you’d still be here. With all the challenges of the stairs maybe you’d have gotten more healthy. But I won’t dwell on that and just say I miss you and wish you were here with us to laugh and to hug. Your never far from me I feel you sitting by and I talk to you when things go missing and reappear because I know your giggling watching me. I been thinking of having your signature from one of your many cards and letters tattooed on my wrist but I’m a little chicken but maybe one day soon I’ll surprise myself and have it done. (LOL that means laugh out loud) I love you. Always Terri

I can't believe it's been 8 years. I miss you so much. Sometimes when I look at your pictures I think of your laughter or your little jokes. I know my mama isn't getting any younger, but because of her trying to live healthier, I know that I will have her here a little bit longer. I can't imagine not having her here, but I'm going to I cherish the time that we get to spend together as much as I can because even though I don't want it, it is inevitable that one day she won't be here. Thank you for the time that you gave me while you were here and thank you for my mother. Without you, there would be no her. I wish you were here to enjoy your great-great grands. They are growing up so fast. You would get a kick out of ALL of them....LOL. I know you are enjoying them from up above though. Kisses and Hugs Always. Love Perch <3

I miss you everyday and wish I could talk to you so often. Being Matriarch of the family seems surreal and makes me realize how time passes and things change. The family has grown so much and I know you are always around watching us and giggling when these kids speak from their old souls. We talk about you often and laugh at the memories we share of you and the things we enjoyed when we all gathered at your house. My heart aches when I think of all I could have done and I know that you understand how I feel. Losing a Mother is something that doesn't change your heart it just makes you appreciate family even more and makes me make every moment spent with them more valuable in my memories that we are making. Give my love to Gram and all the family that surrounds you. I'll be seeing you in my dreams and one day will hug you again. All my love with all my heart. Your daughter Forever!!!

Grandmom.. missing you sooooo much.. I think about you often. Can hear your voice or the things you say. Wish you were still here to see how much our family has grown!! All the kids would love you. Miss your giggles, your snarky remarks just everything. I sometimes hear you coming out of my mouth!! Continue looking over all of us. You are missed!! and Loved FOREVER!!

Wow, another year that you've been gone. Time is going by so fast. I miss you so much. You'd be proud of your grandkids (my kids). They are all doing well. Becoming more and more independent each day. Keith just got married to his girlfriend of six years (yes, she is the mother of his children...:-) I know that would be your next question...LOL and he is about to go into the army. His two little boys are so cute. Amir (the oldest) looks like your tookleberry (Rabon) when he was little. Aariz (old soul-he'll be two in Nov.) looks just like KJ when he was a baby. Acts like him too. Skye is getting so big and is very opioniated (old soul)...lol. Sanai, just a little performer, well both her and Skye actually :-) Iyana is steamrolling on and upward in her career and has a man that loves her and Sanai very much. Kris is about to finish her classes so she can become and EMT. I just think about all that's been going on with the family and how you, G'mom Billie and the others are looking down on us. I can hear Uncle Rabon making his off the cuff remarks when someone does something stupid or crazy....LOL. Miss you all very much, but I know you are happy where you are. Just wanting to say, 'hi' and share a little bit. Love you always, Trae.

Hi Grandmom!
I always remember your birthday, and I talk about you all of the time, mostly to Amir because he asks about you. I miss your letters and the funny jokes you would tell, and how you think would be laughing so hard before you could even get it out. It's funny, the little things we most most about the people we miss. I still have the card you sent for my housewarming, and I'll sometimes stop and read it just to see your handwriting. I know you're having fun wherever you are, and if you see my dad, tell him how much I miss him too. I love you, and I hope to talk to you soon...come visit me :)
Love, Kima

Hi G'mom. I know I'm a few days late, but I'm here now. I miss you so so much. I look at yours and G'mom Billie's Pictures everyday. Your great great grands are growing up so fast. I was reading what Kima wrote about you doing your "spit curls"...LOL. I remember when you used to put a towel on mine and Sabrina's head so that we would have long hair and we'd be walking around swinging it...LOL. Well, I'm going to ask you the same thing Kima asked you, why haven't you visited me in my dreams yet? What are you waiting for? I could use some of yours and G'mom's wisdom and encouragement. Love you much. I be waiting to hear from you. Trae.

Mommi, I am Missing you and remembering you and your sense of humor and laughter. Wish I could talk to you and think about things you use to tell me. How those words ring in my ears. Thank you for all the wisdom you shared with me and for all the lessons that I learned then and now. I love you and always will.... Your daughter, Terri

Hey Grandmom! I meant to leave a message yesterday, but was so busy at work. I think about you often though. I was just telling Yanna last week that every time I wash my hair I think about how you would take a washcloth and wet it and put conditioner on it so that you could style our hair and do your little "spit curls" on both sides in front of our ears. We had so much fun with you! We really miss you. You haven't visited me in my dreams yet...what you waiting for? LOL!

I didn't get a chance to stop by yesterday so I just wanted to tell you today G'mom....Happy Happy Birthday. I really miss you and your sense of humor. The way you would say something you knew was off the wall or a little crazy and laugh or crack up about it before anyone else did. I know you are looking down and watching over all of us. You're great great grands are growing so fast. You would have loved them to pieces I'm sure. R.I.P. G'mom. I love you, Trae.

Im missing you and all your wisdom. I know your watching over me. I love you always, your daughter Terri

Grandmom, we miss you so much. I left the card you sent me for our housewarming 6 years ago, so I think about you whenever I pass by and see it. I miss hearing your voice and all of your stories. Me and Yanna reminisce every once in a while about the good ole days. I love you and hope to see you in my dreams...come say hey Minnie Mouse!

Love, Kima

I miss you g'mom and think of you often. I can't believe it's been five years already.
Love Always, Trae

Loving you, missing you. See you in my dreams
Love Always, your daughter Terri

Another year, times passes so fast. Missing you and loving you always,

Today is your birthday and I think of you a lot. I miss you laughter and the funny things you said. Your weird sense of humor like no other. You will always be in my heart and my soul. I love you.

4-Ever Your Daughter, Terri

Happy Birthday Grandmom! I miss you and your stories from when you were little or when we were little. I miss the letters you wrote to me and Amir. He stills pulls out the books you sent and says "Grandmom Beats sent me this". He asks about you being in heaven and if you see my daddy. I tell him you're happy now because you can be with your little boy. I love you!!! - Kima Jones

I miss how you used to make an undercover smart remark or joke and just giggle to yourself. I miss you and love you dearly.