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Tributes
Leave a tributeThank you RaeAnna Goss for setting up this place to come to remember & honor Eva Mae Smith.
Your niece, Mindy XO
Lately, I've awakened crying and the only word I can say is "Mommy" ! Now, I know on earth you didn't prefer it, but it's what my heart cries when I miss you so much.
I love you, Mom !
You would be 93 today, in Earth-years ...
You were so well loved, and are sorely missed, daily !
I love you, Mom. ❤️
Lorna
Thank you for preparing me and Christian for Dad's passing. While on our morning walk yesterday I loved seeing a reminder of you in the beautiful irises that are blooming. I could never have imagined that talking to Christian about heaven would be such a relevant topic.
I hope that you are showing Dad all the wonderful things about heaven right now. You are missed and I love you so much.
i miss you profoundly - yes, I'm comforted to know you are with Dad, and the two of you are in the Presence of the Lord ... part of my heart is with you, and always will be, i love you, !!!
I went by your mother's home in Foxwood today. I guess I was looking for a hug. I miss her. Harry
I hope this Birthday was very special - because you are freed from this body and reunited with Dad in the courts of the Lord. Please watch over my Katie Lynn,'til I get there ... Love you !
I miss YOU so very much. My heart hurts so much when I think of you being gone. But I know you are with Jesus.
Love you always and forever,
Janine :)
Judy-girl...
greatly missed by her family and friends. She
was truly an inspiration.
May her memory live and inspire as she did in this life.
Take comfort that she is in the presence of her saviour!
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Today a reunion happened
Oh how I want to be with you chatting together & tell you about our reunion with Randy, Whitney & the kids! Is it coincidence that it happened today on the very day you left this earth or is there some kingdom intercession that helped us here on earth? I know you yearned to see your baby boy before you passed on & to hear his voice, I grieve even to this day about all the bad stuff that was going on while you were sick. Today felt like some redemption was taking place & I wonder how you played a part in it. You were such a good mom & grandma...miss you so much
Meeting my second Mom
We moved to Swartz Creek when I was five yrs old, and lived next door to Walt and Eve. When I started first grade, I walked to school a couple blocks away, and would come home for lunch. I did'nt want to return for the afternoon session. I then came up with a plan to stay home by hiding behind the house, and I would go back in the house when I saw other kids walking home. I was hiding about 10 minutes, when I saw a woman watching me out her screen door. She then came over to me and asked what I was doing. I told her my plan. She said we should go see my mom and tell her my plan. That was the day my Mom and Eve became best friends. I am sure they had laughs about my scheme. I have laughs about it too. My Mom was short 5' and Eve 6' we would laugh that the looked like Mutt and Jeff. My Mom's name was Doris, but Eve always affectionly called her Dorsa. I miss both my Moms very much. I loved you Eve. I was so blessed to have her in my life.
the gift of music
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I am the second daughter of Eva Mae Smith.
I grew up in a home filled with music !
There was Boots Randolf on sax, the croonings of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra...we listened to Tommy Dorsey and other 'Big Bands'. Tennessee Ernie Ford, Burl Ives. We shared Lawrence Welk - all the variety shows,
when TV was entertainment !
and i'll never forget the live concerts together: ...'the showman', Wayne Newton and the inimitable Roger Whittaker !
and, then, there were the WOMEN in our lives,
whose songs we loved to hear AND sing !
Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand,,Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli !
Besides playing all this music on our stereo console -
Mom sang to each of us !
If she had to change the words in a song to personalize it for us,
she would! Some of my favorite memories are singing duets with her, as she taught me songs from another era.
i was very active in my own kind of music
(whatever was popular at the time)
yet, i treasure the rich heritage she gave,
more than that of my own generation !
As i became acquainted with 'Big Mama' - Mom's mother,
i found that she also loved music and loved to sing.
We have a video of her in her later years,
in ill health and blind from Diabetes -
Still singing and rocking her shoulders to the beat !
So, we have generations of singers and music lovers !
My two sisters sing beautifully, and my niece performs cello, piano and is a music teacher ! Her brother has been in various bands, as well. i have performed all over the country, play guitar and write music and my three beautiful children - (two girls and a boy) - all sing. my son also plays guitar and composes his own songs.
and, now, the Great-Grandchildren will have their turn !
Of all the gifts a mother gives her children - unconditional love, attention, sacrifice - She taught me strength and dignity, tenacity and endurance. Yet, it is the gift of music that has lifted me up in hard times ... Faith has buoyed me, so often expressed in songs i learned at my Mom's knee.
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So, Mom for us on earth, it has been a year sine you crossed over.
I love you, i miss you - i felt it when your breath left your body,
and now that you've gone -
i feel you can hear, what i cannot even say.
Eva Mae Smith, you are a hero, an example
and inspiration to me.
I love you !
Lorna
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