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Leave a tributeJackie
You are forever my best friend. You still come visit me in my dreams always making sure I’m okay. Granny we miss your presence, but you are still alive in our thoughts, actions, speech and hearts. We tell your great great grandchildren stories about you and they are amazed about the love you gave us. I have come to terms that I will never taste your Peach Cobbler again lol. Many of us have tried to duplicate that recipe and it is definitely an impossible task lol. We will never let your memories fade away because you are one of kind- a precious jewel!
You would be so proud of your girls and I can see you saying “ Lord Kiara and Charnai have kids.”
I remember at your homegoing Charnai was pregnant with Chance, who I know you are taking care of and enjoying with our Heavenly Father.
Anyway, at that moment I realized how powerful a grandparent love and prayer is. I told her “I’m going to do my best to be a wonderful grandmother but, I know I can’t be like Granny. What a praying And wonderful soul...
Granny I promise to continue to do my best to Continue your legacy.
Love you always,
You definitely live on through your children, children, children and you will NEVER be ForGotten.
Thank you God for Giving us Granny for sooo many years.
I thought of you today but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and the days before that too. I think of you in silence, i often speak your name. All i have of you is my memories and a picture in a frame. Your Memory is my keepsake , with which i will never part, God has you in his keeping, I have you in my heart.
Granny it's another year here without you. Each year seems to get a little easier but you will forever be in my heart. Please let your daughter and my mother Betty Hollins know i miss her sooo much but keeping her legacy alive. I love you and you will forever be missed.
Jackie
Your 1st born granddaughter, Brenda
You are truly loved an d missed
Jackie (Jack A Lina)
LUV U WITH ALL OF MY HEART :)
SMOOCHESSSSSSSSS MY ANGEL
So much has changed since your passing (good and bad). I wish you were here to offer words of encouragement and 100% honesty. You will forever be the most honorable woman i have ever encountered. Continue resting in heaven and being my Grammy from up above!
Happy early birthday....
Love Latifah a.k.a Denai...
Gone but never forgotten
Granny!!
Our beautiful gardens now stands alone,
missing the one who nurtured it
But now she is gone,
Her flowers still bloom, and the sun it still shines,
But the rain is like tear drops, for the ones left behind,
The weeds lay waiting to take the gardens beauty away,
But the beautiful memories of its keeper are in our hearts to stay,
she loved every flower even some that were weeds,
So much love she would plant with each little seed,
But just like her flowers she was part of Gods plan,
So when it was her time he reached down his hand,
He look through the Garden searching for the best,
That's when he found Granny, it was her time to rest,
It was hard for those who loved her, to just let her go,
But God had a spot in his garden, that needed a gentle soul,
So when you start missing Granny, remember if you just wait,
When God has a spot in his garden, She'll meet you at the gate....
Jackie, Denai & TJ
-love Nesha
Brenda
I love you I hope your having a good day with GOD. I hope that god gives you food and water and you have a great day. Love you and talk to you later.
Love Andrew Pamilton
Love you Branden
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Jackie
You are forever my best friend. You still come visit me in my dreams always making sure I’m okay. Granny we miss your presence, but you are still alive in our thoughts, actions, speech and hearts. We tell your great great grandchildren stories about you and they are amazed about the love you gave us. I have come to terms that I will never taste your Peach Cobbler again lol. Many of us have tried to duplicate that recipe and it is definitely an impossible task lol. We will never let your memories fade away because you are one of kind- a precious jewel!
As We Know Her
Mother Markham`s Ant Story
Mother Markham’s Ant Story
I was a young man when Mother Mattie Markham was asked to speak at a funeral service. This story has stuck with me through the years and I have used it many times at funerals and in sermons.
Mo. Markham recounted that in her youth her family lived in an area of Louisiana that experienced floods periodically. The homes were built on stilts to accommodate the floods. During one particular flood incident the water rose almost to the level of the family porch. The family was large so all the children were seated on the porch when someone noticed what appeared to be a tree stump in the middle of the yard. No one could remember a stump being there so her mother was called to come and look. Mo. Markham’s mother after looking replied to the children that she hadn't’t recalled seeing a tree stump in the middle of the yard either, but she advised everyone not to worry, soon the water would rescind and everyone could then see if what they saw was really a stump.
Sure enough, the water did go down and when the level was almost to the ground, the entire family ran to the stump and found not a tree stump but a mound of ants that had survived the flood by sticking together.
Immediately, the mound began to disassemble and ants began to run in a thousand directions. The children cried out to their mother, “Mama, should we kill the ants, they are getting away.” Her mother replied, “No, the ants have taught us all a lesson today. If we stick together as a family like the ants, we can make it through anything.”
Years after Mother Markham told this story upon reflection, I thought about that incident many times. Some of the ants were red, some were brown, but that did not stop them from sticking together. Some had four legs, others eight, but that did not deter them from sticking together. Some were on the bottom, others in the middle, and still others on the top. But all survived because they stuck together.
To this day, I can still hear Mother Markham exhorting her family, the church, and the community to “stick together”.
Pastor Joseph A. Peay
email:pastorpeay@aol.com