Nannie's Funeral

Today we had Nannie's funeral. What can be said? It was sad. Not because we grieve without hope. We know where Nannie is, and we rejoice that she is with her Lord. Yet we still grieve, and our hearts are heavy as we think about life without Nannie. But there were many moments of laughter sprinkled throughout the day. Dr. Coates, during the service, mentioned several things he found in Nannie's Bible (verses marked, poems, little stories and such). The thing that brought a smile to probably everyone there, and which also got the remark from Dr. Coates of, "I've never seen this before," was when he read some notes from the front inside cover of her Bible. There Nannie had written, "gift from Wilbert" and the date and then the year and model of at least three different cars he'd given her. She'd even written down the mileage on the cars, down to the tenth of a mile. :-) She loved her Cadillacs!

After the funeral and lunch we went out to Poppies and all sat on the porch until nearly dark. It was a beautiful day. The kids played in the yard. Poppie began to tell stories, and soon we all were. We recounted so many things we loved about Nannie. She was a giver. She loved to give. You could tell by the look on her face that it brought her as much joy giving you something you really wanted as it did giving you joy receiving it. And she loved to put on a spread. Family get-togethers will never be the same without her.

I put together a little video which we played during visitation each evening. It was a collection of pictures and video clips of Nannie from over the years. I thought I would put some of my favorite photos here:  Nannie as a young adult; Nannie with Leslie in 2001; Nannie with Leslie in 2007; Nannie teaching Leslie how to can; Nannie & Poppie; Nannie & Poppie with the kids