Aunt Betty, Gone on Ahead
Aunt Betty
Gone on Ahead
My Aunt Betty, who Johnny and I visited many times in our
adventures passed away yesterday in north Florida. It was a cold but beautiful morning that she
never realized was happening around her.
For the last ten years Alzheimer’s had stolen the beautiful woman that I
knew in my youth. It took from her the
spirit and funny person that our family knew.
It stripped her of her pride and I’m sure her vanity over these last
years, AZ is such a terrible disease.
In passing she is survived by brothers and a sister (mama),
sons and daughters, grandkids, nieces and nephews (me). The shell she became is gone but I will
remember Betty as the fun loving and funny aunt that I took the Southern
Crescent train to Florida each summer to spend time camping on Pensacola Beach,
exploring Perido Key and having fun with my cousins.
Ice
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