My great aunt, Margaret Downs, passed away this morning at 4 am. She was 90 something, (I think) and was so ready to join her husband, Howard. Howard passed away 18 months ago and she has been wanting to die since that time. She fell several weeks ago and broke her hip which led to a downward spiral.
I will forever remember:
** her coming to my house 20 + years ago (70 something) and picking pecans in our front yard in her high heel shoes. Margaret and Howard then took the pecans home, shelled them and returned them to us for freezing.
** M & H were the most in-love couple I have ever met. I recall as a child that they were always together, doing everything from picking pecans to dancing at a ball. Two years ago our family ran into M&H at the mexican restaurant. We all hugged and greeted one another and I asked H, "What did you have to eat? Was it good?" and he responded, "I don't know what I had, M ordered it for me but it was pretty good." After all those years...
**She was always dressed and starched in the finest of clothes with her makeup on - no matter what time of day or where she went. I know that she drove herself to the hair dresser just last month as she has done for many many years. She was a feisty independent lady with a big heart. She wrote her own obituary, planned her own funeral, picked her burial dress, etc.
I can only hope that you are singing and dancing in heaven with your husband, while worshipping and praising Our Creator. We will miss you.
Lisa
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