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I want to thank you ALL for the kind support and encouragement concerning my mother. I think it only courteous to close the pages here.

I spent the entire day with her, along with all of my siblings, at the hospice in High Point. She was weak and obviously not going to be with us for very long but it did look like she would make it through the night so I drove on back home to the mountains just after dark with the plan of returning this morning with my whole clan.

When I arrived at the house, Kathleen hugged me and said that my sister had called explaining that Mom had passed away about a half hour after I had left.

As Mary said, Mom said that she just wanted to go fishing with Dad out on the pier down at the coast.

Everyone must pass, but this was particularly gentle and fitting with her having all of her children at hand most of the day and then slipping quietly away without pain or resistance.

Again, bless you all for your kind words. This is, after all, a fine community of good people.

Jack

I'm very very sorry Jack. Mothers are important. I lost my own mother four years ago and think of her nearly every day. The one thing that seems to help the most, at least it does for me, is to talk about her. My wife and I are thinking of you and your family.

Dennis

.......may she find comfort Jack.

Jack,
Our sincere sympathies and prayers are with you. It's hard to say "Goodby" even when you know it's coming. May you find many good memories to carry you through the hard days ahead. Time really does heal. You have many friends who are supporting you in prayer. Blessings............Dick and Peggy

Sorry for your lss Jack, I will keep you and yours in my thoughts and prayers.

Jack...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May you find comfort in the midst of your loss and pain.

Best to you my friend,

Tony

I'm sorry, Jack.....

Take comfort Jack in knowing she is now in a better place. May God bless you and your family.

LaVerne

Jack,

Our sympathies are with you and your family at this difficult time. I lost my mother 16 years ago and still think of her often. So many time I think I'd like to tell Mom this or I wish mom could have been here to see that. It is never easy but in time things will heal.

George and Nancy Herschell

God Bless, Jack. I know your feeling. I lost my mother ten years ago. In comfort, a mother's memory, and memory of a mother, stays forever with families who are close.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Ron and Sandy Horton

Our thoughts and prayers are with you Jack.

Mick & Susan

Jack, I am sorry for your loss. She sounds like she was a wonderful woman, I'm sure she is in a better place.
Dominic

Sorry to hear about that Jack!

My wife lost her Mom over the holidays and it was tough.

I'm very sorry to here this. The torch has been passed on to you. Carry it well.

My thoughts will be with you today Twig.

I am sorry for your loss Jack

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Jack

So very sorry for your loss, Jack. You and your family will be in my thoughts.

Sorry to hear that Jack; may she live on evermore in you and your siblings' thoughts.

Jack our prayers are with you :)

Jack, my thoughts are with you and your loss.

My sympathies to your family, Jack.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss Jack. May you find the strength to carry on.

Try as we may, there are some things that we just can not fully prepare ourselves for. One is the passing of a loved one. Jack, you know that your Mother was just waiting for all of you kids to be together just one more time before she said goodbye to this world. I know of your sorrow and pain, but remember, that your Mother is now resting in a place where there are no such things and will continue to watch out for you and your family. In time the pain will ease but her loving memory will continue to shine on for you the rest of your days. May the good Lord bless you and keep you during this sorrowful time, take comfort in knowing that you are not alone.

Jim B.

Jack, Our thoughts and our Prayers are with you at this time.

Tom

Please accept my sympathies Jack. Hopefully, she is sitting on that pier fishing right now!

Jack , so sorry to hear of your Mother passing on. My Mother passed away two years ago, wished I had done so much more with her and for her after all she had done for me my whole life.It seems so many folks our age are losing parents! I feel for you ,my wife Kathy and I will be praying for your family. God bless you. Don

Jack: I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I know you were expecting this but it still hurts. I'm happy that you were able to spend the say with her and your sibs, I know it will mean a lot as time passes.

Sorry to hear of your loss. It is nice it was so peaceful and people had time to be with her. I am confident that she is happy now and fishing on the pier with your Dad. I lost my Mother when I was young but I still have my Dad around to see and talk to. They are with you even after passing in some way.

So sorry to hear about your mom's passing, Jack. Please accept my condolences to you and your family at this time. I am so happy, however, Jack, that you got to be with her yesterday. Again, may God be with you all at this time.

Jack I am so sorry.

Marc

Sorry for your loss, Jack. My thoughts are with you and your family.

I feel your loss, Jack. My mother died in 1998 at age of 93. I had stayed late at the nursing home that night. Finally went home at 12:30 AM. Got a call at 6AM saying she had died 15 minutes ago. I always have felt bad that I wasn't there at the time. I wish I had stayed all night. A nurse told me that she was there when my mother died, so at least she wasn't alone. That was a slight comfort. There isn't a day that goes by, as George H. said, that I come across something I'd love to tell my mother about, or have questions about something in the past that only she would know. The same goes for my Father who died in 1991. It will get better.

Please except my condolances on the loss of your mother

Jack,

I am sorry to hear of the loss of your mother.

I'm glad you could visit with her one last time, many don't have that chance.

My Mom has been gone for almost 10 years. but I still miss her.

She went in the knowledge that God is faithful and will bring her into His presence, because she had put her faith and trust in the Lord. And not in her good works.

I 'feel your pain' Jack.

My prayer for you is that God would give you comfort in this thought and that we shall see our Mom's one day, in the name of the Savior Jesus, amen.

Very sorry to hear about your Mother Jack. I lost mine last June, and I'm still having a bit of trouble with it.

Glad you and your siblings were with her, and that it was peaceful for your Mom.

All the best.

Sorry for your loss, Jack. I lost mine to ovarian cancer 21 years ago - the day before Mothers Day..

Sorry to hear of your loss Jack. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Jack sorry to hear of your losss. I know it is a hard thing to deal with but our thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family in this trying time.