I wasn't aware that this tribute for Betty Joyce Thornsbury Darty was set up by her daughter back in 1918! If I had known, I wouldn't have waited so long to leave a tribute to my very beautiful loving sister whom I have and still do miss her very much!! I have missed going to visit her like I always did when she was alive!! I had lots of good times and lots of good memories of her in my heart that I look at almost everyday!! I loved her so much and she taught me so many things in life that some people don't realize how close I was to her!! I catch myself wanting to go to visit her or call her, like I always did in the past, and then I realize that she is in heaven with her LORD and all the family members who has preceeded her in death!! I know she missed her husband so much after he passed away, that she welcomed the day that the LORD said to her, it's OK, you can come home to be with your recently deceased husband and all of your other family members that is here in heaven!! Not to many people knows this, but in 2011, I coded while in the hospital from Congestive Heart Failure and during that time, I saw the image of Betty during my life death experience!! Her smile was as big as life itself, and I then knew she was in heaven with all the other people she loved so dearly and that just put me with peace within myself! I won't mention any other names, but I also saw another very beloved member of our family, MY MOTHER, and she was walking along side of a stream of water and she looked at me and smiled so big as to say to me, I'm OK, it's nice to see you but and about that time I heard a voice say to me, male voice, IT'S NOT YOUR TIME GO BACK AND BE WITH YOUR FAMILY ON EARTH!! So from there, I started to regain consciousness and returned with no effects of the heart failure was noted at that time!! The only thing I can remember was how much I loved and missed my sister and her husband, my mom and dad, and two of my brothers who had died before that happened to me!! Since then, I had one more brother of pass away and I miss him as well!! Betty, I just want you to know that I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY HAPPY IN HEAVEN AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE ANY OTHER WAY FOR YOU!!! I pray that when my time does come and I do go to heaven that I will be where all the people that I have LOVED throughout my whole life and the I will be as happy as I know you are today in heaven!! Thank you JESUS for giving the chance to see my two loved ones during my time of coming home to you but you saw otherwise for the plan of life you set before me!! I will always THANK YOU for my second chance in life to be able to witness for YOU because I know you are real and my beloved family members are there in your loving arms!!!! Betty, once again, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH and YOU BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO MY LIFE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!! Hopefully I will see you again someday!!

mom,i miss you everyday,i still catch myself trying to call you.i can never thank you enough for all you did for me.justknow you are forever in my heart.