It was good to see everyone and to connect with some cousins not seen in years.
Angela wrote about how she explained who Aunt Ruth was to her girls. The way I explained it to mine was that she is the lady who got hit on the head at a baseball game! We had gotten Braves tickets and because of my position at the time had been given a suite, which includes food and covered seating. Bruce & Carol and family, including Aunt Ruth, were visiting Mark and family that weekend so about 12 of us went to the game.
We were in and out of the suite and Joey had just said for everyone to be careful . . . that a foul ball could come our way and it would be hard hit. Sure enough, just a few minutes later, a player popped the ball foul and before we knew it, had hit Aunt Ruth! She of course was very gracious about it, although we knew it hurt. She kept up with everything on the scorecard . . . it was fun to watch her contagious enthusiasm.
Let's continue to pray for comfort for Bruce and Linda and their families in the loss of their mother and grandmother.
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Thanks for the funeral and trip update. For those of us who could not be there, we were thinking of you all and thankful for your representation.
We were glad we could be present for the visitation and funeral for Ruth. The pastor did a nice job, including a small service at the end of the visitation and a prayer in the family "holding" room before the funeral. One of the highlights was at the end of the visitation when the pastor sang Abide With Me and invited those who knew it to join in. Ruth's brother, Gerald, age 85, sang all the verses with him from memory. He has a marvelous voice, like his sister had, and it was quite touching. I later asked Gerald if he and Ruth sang together often. He said they did.
I forgot to mention that Bruce really wanted Uncle Perry's poem read during the service. Mom had printed it and other blogs for Bruce and Linda. The pastor did a very nice reading of it.
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