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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A DEAR HUSBAND
AND FATHER
JOHN SMITH
WHO DIED 8TH MARCH 2012
AGED 87 YEARS
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
Verse 1
PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF
OUR DEAREST MOTHER
BETTY BARNES
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
20TH SEPTEMBER 2012
AT THE AGE OF 92
WE MISS HER SMILE, HER CHEERY WAY
WE MISS THE THINGS SHE USED TO SAY,
AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL,
IT’S THEN WE MISS HER MOST OF ALL
Verse 2
ALWAYS REMEMBERED
OUR DEAR MUM
MARGARET MILLS
NÉE KING
30.10.1908 – 06.02.2012
GONE IS THE FACE
WE LOVED SO DEAR
SILENT THE VOICE
WE LOVED TO HEAR
Verse 3
FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS
‘PADDY’
PATRICK O’BRIEN
BORN KILLARNEY Co. KERRY
2ND MARCH 1916
DIED 15TH MAY 2010
A DAD TO US, A FRIEND TO ALL
HIS SMILING FACE WE WILL RECALL
Verse 4
CHERISHED MEMORIES
OF A MUCH LOVED SON
AND BROTHER
ARTHUR WHITE
‘SNOWY’
1950-2010
IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO LOSE YOU
BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE
FOR PART OF US WENT WITH YOU
THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME
Verse 5
TREASURED MEMORIES OF
A LOVING WIFE,
MUM AND NAN
ANNIE LAWRENCE
WHO PASSED AWAY
10TH SEPTEMBER 2011
GONE ARE THE DAYS WE USED TO SHARE
BUT IN OUR HEARTS YOU’RE
ALWAYS THERE
Verse 6
IN MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR PARENTS
JACK HILL
DIED 30TH NOVEMBER 1964
ALICE HILL
DIED 21ST JUNE 2012
NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY,
WE WILL REMEMBER
Verse 7
LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
A WONDERFUL HUSBAND,
DAD AND GRANDAD
WILLIAM DOYLE
1ST OCTOBER 1918
28TH NOVEMBER 2008
LOVING AND KIND IN ALL HIS WAYS,
UPRIGHT AND JUST TO THE END OF HIS DAYS,
SINCERE AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HE LEFT BEHIND
Verse 8
TOGETHER FOREVER
TOMMY HARGREAVES
10 JAN 1911 – 16 FEB 2011
LIZZIE HARGREAVES
30 AUG 1918 – 28 MAY 2012
A LIFETIME TOGETHER
A SHORT WHILE APART
TOGETHER ONCE MORE
AND NEVER TO PART
Verse 9
MEMORY IS A GOLDEN CHAIN
THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Verse 10
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
Verse 11
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
Verse 12
A TINY FLOWER LENT, NOT GIVEN, TO BUD ON EARTH
AND BLOOM IN HEAVEN
Verse 13
A BOUQUET OF BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES
SPRAYED WITH A MILLION TEARS
WISHING GOD COULD HAVE SPARED YOU
JUST FOR A FEW MORE YEARS
Verse 14
HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF
Verse 15
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
Verse 16
LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL THE FAMILY
Verse 17
FOREVER IN THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR LOVING WIFE,
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
Verse 18
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE
WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
Verse 19
REUNITED
Verse 20
TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN
Verse 21
REST IN PEACE
Verse 22
GOD FOUND THE PATH WAS
GROWING OVER
THE HILL TOO STEEP TO CLIMB,
SO HE GENTLY CLOSED HER EYELIDS,
AND WHISPERED ‘PEACE BE THINE’
Verse 23
SADLY MISSED
Verse 24
A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE,
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL,
A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME,
THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED
Verse 25
YES, YOU’VE JUST WALKED ON AHEAD OF ME
DON’T WORRY I’LL BE FINE
BUT NOW AND THEN I SWEAR I FEEL
YOUR HAND SLIP INTO MINE
Verse 26
HAPPY, SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT,
LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER SHE WENT,
ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, LOVING AND KIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY SHE LEFT BEHIND
Verse 27
TOGETHER AGAIN
Verse 28
EVER THOUGHTFUL, FAITHFUL, KIND AND TRUE,
SELFISHNESS SHE NEVER KNEW,
HER THOUGHTS WERE FOR OTHERS TO THE LAST,
WE SHALL MISS HER SADLY TILL OUR LIVES
HAVE PASSED
Verse 29
GOD GAVE A TREASURE FOR A WHILE,
TO FILL US WITH HIS LOVE,
AND THEN HE TOOK OUR DARLING CHILD,
TO DWELL WITH HIM ABOVE.
Verse 30
A SMILE FOR ALL, A HEART OF GOLD,
ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD,
NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
Verse 31
GOOD WAS HIS HEART, HIS FRIENDSHIP TRUE,
LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW;
TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END;
BUT HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE’S FRIEND
Verse 32
A WONDERFUL MUM HAS GONE TO REST,
FOR EACH AND ALL SHE DID HER BEST;
PLEASE GOD, FORGIVE A SILENT TEAR,
A SILENT WISH THAT SHE WAS HERE
Verse 33
‘TIS SAD BUT TRUE, I WONDER WHY
THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE