To: Luci, Sherry, Jeff, Michelle, and Shawn Somehow, the job of sorting through "Moma's Box of Memories" fell to me.
I've divided her big box into smaller boxes. There's a "Box of Memories" in the mail, addressed to each of you. It should arrive in the next day or two. Now it's your turn to go through the memories she held close for years and years. One quick word of advice, have some tissues handy (I went through two boxes...before I found this song.) Clyde
Sophia and her cousins made the paper this week! Credit to my awesome sister, @ambermaybe5 , for being so domestic that she has skills for the both of us and comes up with some amazingly fun projects for her kids (and mine). How cool!
Gertrude Stalker, 93 of Pikeville KY, formerly of Elkhorn City, died Sunday morning July 1, at Cedar Creek Assisted Living. She was born on Road Creek, March 20, 1925, the daughter of the late John Looney and Rachel Justice Looney. She was a wife, and the mother to five children she loved dearly. She belonged to the Faith First Baptist Church located at the mouth of Jimmie’s Creek, where she faithfully attended with her Children. She was responsible for helping start, what we called Marrowbone Baptist church. I can still remember the old small brown house we all worshiped in. She was a Sunday school teacher there for many years and sang in the choir. If she knew someone was sick, she would go visit. She was always taking food to her family and friends. She loved to cook and feed her family. Sundays were chicken and dumplings or fried chicken after church. She was a wonderful cook. On Aug 2, 2014, she was able to witness one of her greatest desires. Her husband for 65 years gave his life to Jesus. She had prayed long and hard for that day. So for those of you who have been praying for someone a long time, let her life be a witness to you, don’t give up. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Oot Stalker, her brothers, Junice Looney and Joe Looney She is survived by her brother Willie Looney (Carolyn) of Elkhorn City, her children, and their spouses: One son, Clyde Stalker (Jennie) of Pikeville, KY, and four daughters, Luci Potter of Mt Sterling, KY, Sherry Coffey of Paris, KY, Jeffery Ratliff (Randy) of Interlachen, FL and Michelle Schell (Jim) of London, KY, 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren. She loved and prayed for each of them. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Inc of Elkhorn City. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the Faith First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 83, Regina KY 41559
Jeffery has been sending books by Joyce Meyer to Mom for quite some time. Mom likes them and is almost always reading one. She is bad to misplace them though. She tells Jeffery she has lost one and Jeffery sends her a replacement. Mom then finds her original copy and the books just keep multiplying. I'm worried we are fast approaching an overload though. Uncle Junice's photo sat centered in front of Mom's TV when she first moved to Cedar Creek. Now the Joyce Meyer books have pushed him right to the very edge of the TV stand. One more book and he may be a goner!
