| IN MEMORY OF |
| PATRICIA A. MUNCY |
| BORN JULY 3, 1937 |
| DIED JUNE 14, 2005 |
| DEAR GRANDMA DEAR GRANDMA, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE THERE FOR ME DEAR GRANDMA, I REMBER YOUR SMILE WAS A JOY TO SEE DEAR GRANDMA, I REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL DINNERS I HAD I REMEMBER HOW YOU CARED YOU DRIED MY TEARS WHEN I WAS SAD DEAR GRANDMA, I REMEMBER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU GAVE YOU WOULD LET US PLAY AROUND YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE TO WAVE DEAR GRANDMA, I REMEMBER ALL YOUR LOVING CARE HELPING WHEN I WAS SICK YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE DEAR GRANDMA, I REMEMER THAT YOU ARE THERE FOR ME YET ALWAYS A COMFORT TO ME DEAR GRANDMA, I WON'T FORGET -IVY SCHEXNADER |
| DEAR GRANDMA, AS YOU ALREADY ARE AWARE, YOUR DEATH HAS EFFECTED MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO WRITE YOU A LETTER. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE DAY YOU DIED. I WENT TO SLEEP ON JUNE 13, 2005 AND WOKE UP IN HELL. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT REALLY HELL, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. I TRUDGED TO THE LIVING ROOM AND PLOPPED DOWN ON THE COUCH, WAITING TO HEAR WHAT NEWS MY GRIEVING PARENTS WERE GOING TO TELL ME. THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE DEAD. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SICK JOKE AND THAT YOU WEREN'T DEAD, BUT YOU WERE AT THE TABLE SMOKING CIGARETTE OR SIPPING AT A WARM CUP OF COFFEE. THE FACT WAS THAT MY PARENTS WEREN'T LYING. I SOON GRABBED A TISSUE AND CRIED. A FLOOD OF MEMORIES FLOWED THROUGH MY MIND. IT WAS A DAY I HOPED WOULD NEVER COME TO ME, ESPECIALLY THAT SOON. I QUICKLY GOT DRESSED AND HOPPED INTO MY MOM'S CAR. I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO SEE YOU. I APPROACHED YOUR LIFELESS BODY WITH AWE AND SADNESS. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT; INFACT I REFUSED TO. NEVERTHELESS, YOU WERE GONE FROM THIS EARTH; I WAS SURE OF THAT. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, I WISHED YOU WERE THERE AND THAT WHAT I WAS SEEING WAS NOT TRUE. I WENT TO THE BACK PORCH TO SIT FOR AWHILE AND THINK ABOUT YOU. I SAW MUCH GRIEF AND SADNESS. I RECOGNIZED AN IMPACT YOU HAD ON SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. PEOPLE CAME, CRYING, SAYING THEY HAD TO SEE YOU. I TRIED TO DO THING STO RELIEVE THE SADNESS, BUT IT ONLY RELIEVES IT FOR A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SOON, I WAS REMINDED OF YOU AND THAT I SOULD NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN ON THIS EARTH. ON THE SECOND, DAY THE FAMILY MADE OUR "MEMORY BBOARDS." LOOKING AT THE PICTURES BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. I WENT IN TO LOOK AT THE BOARDS MULTIPLE TIMES AND EACH TIME I WAS HEART-BROKEN AND WISHING I COULD HAVE THE ONE THAT MADE ALL THESE MEMORIES POSSIBLE BACK. ONE THING THAT RANG TRUE WAS THAT YOU WERE AN EXCELLENT GRANDMA, FRIEND AND MOTHER ALL OF YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT EVERYONE COULD COME TO WHEN THERE WERE PROBLME SIN THEIR LIVES. YOU AGREED WITH OTHERS IN ANY SITUATION AND THAT IS AN AWESOME THING. TODAY, I WAS ABLE TO VIEW YOUR BODY ONCE AGAIN. I COULD NOT HELP BUT TO CRY. YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL, PEACFUL AND HAPPY. WE ALL TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED SOMETIMES. I KNEW YOU AS A GRANDMA. NOW THAT YOU ARE GONE FROM THIS EARTH I KNOW YOU AS MUCH MORE. YOU WERE AND ARE MY FRIEND AND A TREASDURE GREATER THE ANY JEWELS AND GOLD. YOU ARE WITH NO DOUBT MYH BEST FRIENDS AND AN EFFECTIVE PART OF MY LIFE FOREVER. WHAT AM I GOING TO MISS THE MOST? EVERYTHING! I WILL MISS YOUR COOKING, YOUR LOVE AND YOUR CARE FOR STARTERS. I ALWAYS WILL ARGUE THAT NO ONE CAN COOK A MEAL LIKE GRANNY. WHENEVER I WAS SICK, I EXPECTED YOU TO CARE FOR ME. YOU ALWAYS MADE ME WARM TEA, A SANDWICH AND A WARM BLANKET. THAT FEELING OF WARMTH WHEN YOU WERE NEAR IS SOMETHING I WILL FOREVER MISS. IN I CORINTHIANS 15:26 PAUL WRITES, "THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH." DEATH IS A TERRIBLE THING FOR FAMILIES TO COPE WITH. YOUR DEATH HAS BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF MY LIFE. I THANK JESUS THAT HE DEFEATED DEATH, THAT YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER IN HEAVEN WITH HIM AND THAT I WILL AGAIN SEE YOU. I AM SO HAPPY YOU FOUND PEACE. YOU NEEDED IT AND SO THE LORD GRANTED IT TO YOU. BE WITH ME, GRANDMA, AND BE WITH THE FAMILY AS WELL. PROTECT US, HELP US WHEN TIMES ARE BAD AND SAVE US FROM ALL THINGS TAHT WILL HURT US LIKE YOU DID WHILE YOU WERE ON THIS EARTH. I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU ALTHOUGH I CAN NOT SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE AS I SPEAK TO YOU. I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. YOUR GRANDSON, TYLER "TYKE" J. EVANS |
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