On June 14 we lost a wonderful lady. Matt's Mamaw, Cleo Jane Snider Staton, passed away. We already greatly miss her. Papaw passed away in February, but we thought that we would have at least a few more years with Mamaw and we were very saddened when she had her stroke.
Mamaw was one of the most loving people that we knew. She greatly loved her grandchildren and especially her great grandchildren. But her love also extended to everyone in the community. She volunteered at High Point Regional Hospital for twenty years, becoming the longest tenured volunteer there. She was well known to the local pastors, florists, and doctors who routinely visited the hospital. At her funeral, about thirty of her fellow volunteers attended. That followed a night where we received visitors at the funeral home for two solid hours, at one point the line extended out of the funeral home door.
Mamaw was always full of life and always busy. Besides volunteering, she also knit baby caps for the hospital and babysat occasionally at a local church.
Mamaw was an incredible cook and her desserts were always the best at the event. I will always miss her iced tea and dinner at her house.
I got to visit with Mamaw twice in May and June and will cherish those memories forever. I can remember Christmases at her house where we would always have lime sherbet punch and I remember the times we stayed over at her house. She would have on TNN because she loved country and gospel music. I will always cherish our conversations where she would talk about her life growing up on a farm and her first job making a dime a week. She worked for many long years in a textile factory, but she was able to save up enough money so that she and Papaw lived comfortably.
This picture was some of her last time with Turner on Easter Sunday. I am sad that Turner will not get to know her like we did, but I know that it gave her great joy to visit with him. We will miss our Mamaw and just hope that we can love those around us like she did.
On June 14 we lost a wonderful lady. Matt's Mamaw, Cleo Jane Snider Staton, passed away. We already greatly miss her. Papaw passed away in February, but we thought that we would have at least a few more years with Mamaw and we were very saddened when she had her stroke.
Mamaw was one of the most loving people that we knew. She greatly loved her grandchildren and especially her great grandchildren. But her love also extended to everyone in the community. She volunteered at High Point Regional Hospital for twenty years, becoming the longest tenured volunteer there. She was well known to the local pastors, florists, and doctors who routinely visited the hospital. At her funeral, about thirty of her fellow volunteers attended. That followed a night where we received visitors at the funeral home for two solid hours, at one point the line extended out of the funeral home door.
Mamaw was always full of life and always busy. Besides volunteering, she also knit baby caps for the hospital and babysat occasionally at a local church.
Mamaw was an incredible cook and her desserts were always the best at the event. I will always miss her iced tea and dinner at her house.
I got to visit with Mamaw twice in May and June and will cherish those memories forever. I can remember Christmases at her house where we would always have lime sherbet punch and I remember the times we stayed over at her house. She would have on TNN because she loved country and gospel music. I will always cherish our conversations where she would talk about her life growing up on a farm and her first job making a dime a week. She worked for many long years in a textile factory, but she was able to save up enough money so that she and Papaw lived comfortably.
This picture was some of her last time with Turner on Easter Sunday. I am sad that Turner will not get to know her like we did, but I know that it gave her great joy to visit with him. We will miss our Mamaw and just hope that we can love those around us like she did.
2 comments:
Matt, thank you for honoring Mamaw with this part of your blog. She was so special to all of us. She loved us greatly. I love you! Mom
Matt, I am sorry about your grandmother. You were truly lucky to have her in your life.
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