Marilyn, How wonderful to have been blessed with your Mother for so many years. We will
always miss them but oh the memories. Aren't we blessed. Still enjoy your Callison
history. I do not do any thing with the families now. God Bless, Marge
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From: "gneolog via" <callison(a)rootsweb.com>
To: callison(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:19:48 AM
Subject: [CALLISON] Update
Hey all, I have been on an emotional roller coaster for the last week or so but wanted to
clue you in on what has been going on. Ray and I went on a cruise with one of our sons
and his family out of Galveston to Belize, Honduras and Mexico. While on the cruise, my
100 year old mother got pneumonia and died. This was a possibility any time that my
siblings or myself traveled. We got home Sunday night, drove to Montgomery, Al Monday AM
for the funeral service at her church, got up Tuesday AM drove to Pensacola, FL for the
burial service in the National Cemetery where my dad is buried and then got in the car and
drove back to Madison, MS. I did really well at compartmentalizing generations. We
celebrated our son's birthday on the cruise and all the fun things with his family and
when I got home, I celebrated my mom's life and acknowledged my sadness. Thankfully,
I have no regrets in my relationship with her. I know that she knew she was loved and I
know that I was loved!
. We told each other this daily over the last few years. She was prepared and ready (
actually has been for years) to meet her Lord. She was buried with her cellphone -- she
kept it with her always-- did not want to miss her phone calls from her family. Most of
her friends were already deceased as you can well imagine. Someone once told me that when
an older family member dies, a library closes it's doors. That is so true. Her mind
was SHARP up to the end and she told wonderful family stories. We were absolutely amazed
at the National Cemetery in Pensacola. Since Ray's parents were buried there 10 years
ago, the cemetery has been completely filled and they had to open an annex across the
street and that portion has over 1000 crosses already. Our Vets, esp. WW II, have
literally fought all their battles and earned their just rewards. So much history in that
cemetery -- I hope that future generations never lose sight of these heros - both the men
and women who fought an!
d their spouses who kept their families together. So anyone who has m
y mom in their computer -- Dorothy O'Conor Thomas-- she died on July 17, 2014 in
Montgomery, Alabama. Take care all, Marilyn Hansen
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