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my beloved maternal grandmother

December 28, 2022
happy heavenly 42 yr mom foley. this is my maternal grandmother whom i lived with at the time of her death. i was 13 yrs old 7 months when she passed away at the emergency room. she had a fatal aerotic rupture than began in my mother's white and orange 1978 ford fairmont car.  we were on a shopping trip on a saturday to liberty ky. and campbellsville ky (taylor county ky.) where she died_) 30 miles from her home in russell county ky.   it was absolutely devistating. when my mother arrived to the hospital , I jumped out and ran and got a nurse telling her my grandmother was having a heart attack. they brought a wheel chair. she was having a aoertic rupture of her aeorta that led to her heart the main artery apparently had a ballooning in the artery like a balloon and it popped. she lived approx 30-45 min. after the process began. it was one of the saddest days of my entire life. i had lived in her home with her 18 months. after grandpa loren foley passed away of cancer. in a louisville hospital in august 1978.  I moved to russell county ky. from fairdale ky,. 2 hrs 35 min. to live with my maternal grandmother and my dad retired from GE and moved down to farm in russell county ky. my mother remained in fairdale at our small house. she worked at GE also and had not retired. my parents owned a 4 bedroom home on 80 acres on damron creek rd webbs crossroads comm. russell county ky. the same road as my mother's mom flossie pearl foley lived on. my dad the son in law would come out in the evening and spend his time with me his daughter and his mother in law flossie pearl foley.  her death ended me living with her . i moved out to my parents farm and lived with my dad 8 months finishing my 8th grade yr at russell county grade school and at 14 yrs 5 m. i moved back to fairdale ky. my dad and I moved back with my beloved late mother. and my grandmother flossie ( mom foley) mom. she never knew how much i truly loved her and cherished her. she died that day sat. sept 27 1980 it was very cold outside. much as it is today monday sept 27 2022. 42 yrs later.  it doesnt seem real that it has been 42 yrs. i was 13 yrs old then. iam 55 yrs old and 7 m.) now.... it just seems not that very long ago.

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