Jenna and I traveled to WV yesterday to attend my Great Aunt Eva's funeral. Aunt Eva passed away Thursday and was flown back to Beckley. She was my Pop's oldest sister and she was 100+ years old. She and Uncle Perry were just wonderful people. He passed 20 years ago. So now she has joined him in the ever after! Aunt Eva had such a joy of life and, as the preacher said at the funeral, was a "LADY"...always on the run and doing something for someone else. A nurse by occupation, she continued that through her retirement. I remember her as being so well presented...ALWAYS. Mother planned a lovely funeral for a woman so important in our lives. What a wonderful send off for a well spent life.
Aunt Eva was always asking about our children. She and Uncle Perry loved children. Uncle Perry prided himself on guessing each of the sexes of our children...getting them ALL right. Even as older folks, Aunt Eva and Uncle Perry were involved with Jason, Jami & Jenna when they were little. They loved watching them play and laugh. We will miss Aunt Eva. She lived such a wonderful long life...it was hard to be sad.
Jenna and I had lots of nice conversation time as we drove to Beckley. Jami's boys traveled quietly in the back of the Pilot. We met Jami, Mother and Dad there. We have been watching the "boys" for the few weeks that Jami was visiting Maw Maw and Paw Paw in Florida. Now it's time for Jami to go back home to Charlotte...starting school on Monday...so we transferred the boys back to their Mom. It was also nice to visit with Mother & Dad, Sheree, Raymond, Chris & Cayla for a little bit before Jenna and I traveled back home.
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