| Julia Kriz McCorkle |
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| The following letter was a Christmas gift to my grandmother. I believe it is important to let people know how you feel while they are alive. |
| Dear Grandma, As I was thinking of what to get you for Christmas, I remembered you have everything you could ever want. I decided that I would write you a letter or poem to let you know how much we all love, care about, and respect you. We always tell you we love you, and we always thank you, but we don't always let you know exactly the way we feel. First of all, let me start by saying how caring you are. You, Grandma, are always there when we need someone to talk to. You are there for us when we need to cry on someone's shoulder. You are there for us, without bias but with advice, when we come to you with a problem. You will help us and tell us what we should do with our problems without lecturing us on what we may have done that was wrong. You know when something is wrong and, without embarrassing us, you will pull us to the side and talk to us. Next, let me say how you always help us. Whenever you see someone you love having money problems, emotional problems, family problems, or just need a helping hand, you always try to help. If it's money, you try to find it. If it's emotional, you try to help us by making us feel important. If it's family, you try not to take sides and get the problems solved. If someone just needs a helping hand, you try to give it to them. The good Lord knows you will and have bent over backwards to help your family. You are here for all of us in the good times and the bad. Some would say it is like you took marriage vows to each person in your family - in sickness and health, for better or worse, through richer or poorer, through good times and bad, until death alone shall part you. You, Grandma, are there for all of us all of the time. You have not left us. You have not betrayed us. You have not disowned us. You are not ashamed to call us your family. If we hurt each other, your feelings, or you, you always forgive us. If we forget to call or write, you call or write to ask how we are doing and let us know how you are doing. You always show us your love. Grandma, in my opinion, you are the best grandparent a person could have. I also know you are a great parent, sister, and friend. Anyone who is close to you is blessed with your friendship, caring, and love. I am glad I am your granddaughter. I feel blessed to know you. They say everyone has someone they feel no one could replace. I feel no one could ever replace you. I'm sure I'm not the only one, either. I will always love you, Faith |
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| Grandma was definately the backbone of our family. She loved to see new babies enter the family. The picture on the upper left was taken with my sister, my first born, and Grandma. The picture on the right was Grandma holding the same baby. The picture below was taken in 2004. |
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| McCorkle, Julia Kriz A loving wife, mother of six, grandmother of twenty, and great-grandmother of twenty-nine, she died at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Summit Hospital, Baton Rouge. She was seventy-three and a native and resident of Walker. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from noon until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, June 3, 2004. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from 9:00 a.m. until service at noon Friday, June 4, 2004 conducted by the Rev. Paul Williams. Interment in Walker Baptist Church Cemetery. She is survived by her daughters, Julia Higginbotham of Livingston, and Katie and husband Jim Langley and Nettie and husband Robert Toms, all of Walker; a son, Jesse and wife Angela McCorkle of West Virginia; daughters-in-law, Rena McCorkle of Walker and Ruth Nutefall of Ponchatoula; a sister, Edna Dubroc of New Orleans; a brother, Frank Kriz Jr of Florida; 20 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren; a foster son, Kelly and wife Mildred Watts of Satsuma; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry McCorkle; parents, Frank and Nettie Stafford Kriz; sons, Russell and Donald McCorkle; son-in-law, Mark Higginbotham; daughter-in-law, Mary McCorkle; and sisters, Vera Shipley, Evelyn Chambers and Annie Tisdale. Pallbearers will be Mark Higginbotham, Jesse McCorkle, Jack Higginbotham, Chris Oliphant, Ronnie Ford and Robert Toms Jr. She was a member of Walker Baptist Church. The family would like to thank the doctors and staff of Summit Hospital for their special care and appreciation that were expressed during Julia's illness. |
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