Mary Jane Bair Fallis, Nov 11, 1922- Jun 2, 2016
Funeral services are for the living. They are a time to remember a shared love and comfort a shared loss. Grandma took that opportunity to do a little extra, and tell us what she wanted us to hear.
Years ago, she made very specific funeral plans including specific verses she wanted read and who should read them, songs to sing and who to sing them, what should play on the organ and who should play it, who should preach and who should do her hair. She chose the photo above as well. She did not write her plans and forget them. In fact, she thoughtfully updated them over time in hand written notes to the Gant Funeral Home.
Grandma was very intentional in every detail.
And she wanted us to listen carefully to a poem. "Parable of a Mother's Path in Life", was written by Temple Bailey and first published in Good Housekeeping in 1939. Clearly this piece was very important to Grandma because she copied it so carefully. While the words are beautiful no matter what, it is priceless to see it in Grandma's hand writing.
While we were together, giving her life our full attention, Grandma wanted us all to know that her greatest joy, her strength, her absolute peace and her rest are made perfect as each of us walks together, in love, with God.
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