When I think of Necie I am flooded with wonderful childhood memories! The Hargrove cousins were my "sisters and brother" until I got my own sister and brother several years later!
Christmases at Bigmama and Bigdaddy's little 3 room house are at the top of great memories... Eating, dancing, and opening gifts! Going to Black Rock Park camping is another fond memory. We girls always took a big sack of gingersnaps and almost made ourselves sick on them! Easter egg hunts at Voca were always fun....acres of hiding spaces!! Making "mudpies" under the big oak tree in our backyard is still another thing that comes to mind!
As we grew to adulthood it became harder and harder to get together, but we still managed to keep in touch. We got a few trips in... Necie, Brent, Ryan and I once went to the Alamo and the Capitol together. Neither Necie nor I had been to LBJ Ranch, so a few years ago we did that together, with the promise that we were going to do such things more often. We just knew that when we retired we would have a chance to be together more.
In about an hour I will be headed to Necie's memorial. It still doesn't seem possible that she is gone and won't be there to give everyone a big hug, and an "I love you"!! I know she will be looking down on us with a huge smile on her face....she loved family get-togethers!!
Necie... Love you, cuz!! Will miss you forever.....kathy