Happy heavenly birthday. Still thinking about and missing you! Always in my heart!

Always wish there was more time...more time to listen, learn, understand and grow. Im trying live like there is no tomorrow because you never know when we say our last good bye. miss you

I wish have more time to spend, give you more hugs .. I wish my english was better and we can have more deep conversations

Still forever in my heart! Love you!

Happy heavenly birthday to you!

Six glorious years you have been missed however strong in the Lord, and with him forever that is consolation enough! Miss you, dad! Forever in my heart!

Still in my heart. Happy 85th beloved birthday today! Heavenly peace and rest to you always!

Always wish there was more time...more time to listen, learn, understand and grow. Im trying live like there is no tomorrow because you never know when we say our last good bye. miss you

Missing you always throughout the years! Rest in peace in heaven. Until we meet again. God be with us always!

Merry Christmas Dad. Wish we had those greens this time of year.

Love you so and still miss you! Joy and happiness, love from above in Heaven!

As the days go by, not a one that I don't miss your smile, humor or words of wisdom! You are surely forever missed. Until I see your spirit, know that I am content in your rest in PEACE.

Dad it has been 2 years seems like yesterday that you went home.Think of you every day and hear you laughing and miss talking on phone.When there's a big problem I can,t solve I hear you say (What would God do)and I know your right there beside me.Your Birthday is coming up soon so I will remember that last party we all have together with you.Miss You

Still missing you and looking ahead for the future even though it is without you on earth. Just know that I am content with your being in Heaven with the Lord!

Its been 2 years...seems like we were just laughing together. So many things left unsaid, so many days i said I would call you tomorrow..but our tomorrows ran out. You always said as long as you are in our memories you are never gone. Your presence lives through us.

Missed, but never forgotten

Happy Birthday Dad you would be 81 years old today on earth but you are 81 years younger in heaven and i know in my heart you are very happy where you are so one day i will see you again.Love Sharon

Happy Birthday Dad what a wonderful birthday your having with your angel wings flying all around heaven.Love and miss you

Happy Birthday Day! Celebrate among the stars and with the angels

Hi Dad, I know you are looking down for I can feel your spirit all around. Just wanted to say Happy Birthday on this 80th anniversary. See you and many other saints when I get there!

Happy Birthday Dad. I know you are celebrating....

RIP Dad.......When my time is up, I'll see you on the other side.

I am so perplexed but I know this sorrow and grief won't last. I know you are in heaven your spirit that is and I am well and greatly appreciative of that fact. Words cannot say how much you will be missed. I will forever hold our love in God's arms and cherish it forever. See you in heaven when I get there, too!

I'm Free


Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that peace at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee
God wanted me now; He set me free.

To my Dad i will miss the good times we had as a family,you would say girl stop stressing and let god work it out and you were so right about that.I want to think you for being such a loving father to me Dad you kept this family together for all the years we all had with you.Rest in heaven Dad I will see again in the name of Jesus.Love Carols & Sharon Alexander Columbus,Ohio

Hello, Mitchell Family. My name is Staci and although I didn't have the privilege of knowing Mr. Clifton personally, I want to share my condolences with you. The poem you submitted is beautiful and reminds me of the full life that my father lived before he passed. The line that reads, "My life’s been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch," makes me think of what the Bible says at Ecclesiastes 7: 1, 2. It tells us, "A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of birth. Better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting, for that is the end of every man, and the living should take it to heart." When we are born, we have no story, we've just begun. But when a man dies, he has made his mark and has a story to tell and many good memories to leave for his loved ones. From looking at the pictures of Mr. Clifton, he surely left behind an amazing story and touched the lives of many people. Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts with you. May God's promise of a future life free of pain and death bring you comfort and joy. (Please read Revelation 21:3, 4 and John 5: 28, 29. These scriptures helped me when my father passed.)