Evelyn Payne Daniel Evelyn Payne Daniel Nov. 8, 1916 - Nov 17, 2001 My Sweet Precious Mother It's your birthday again, five years have gone by and I still miss you so much. I asked you many times when I was a child, "Why do you love us so much?" You answered, "A mother carries her child under her heart for nine months, eats, sleeps and breathes for that child, but the day that child is born you carry them in your heart forever. Your sweet smile, the kindness in your eyes, your gentle touch and most of all your unconditional love. That is what I remembered the most. We all miss you so much. This poem is for you MOTHER ALL OUR LOVE Dad, Curtis, Betty, Johnnie, Bobby, Pat, Faye, Jay, Lee and Sissie. DEEP IN MY HEART Happy little memories go flitting through my mind, And in all my thoughts and memories I always seem to find. The picture of your face, dear, the memory of your touch, and all the other little things I've come to love so much. You cannot go beyond my thoughts or leave my love behind, because I keep you in heart and forever on my mind. And though I may not tell you, I think you know it's true, That I find daily happiness in the very thought of you. Published in the Tallahassee Democrat on 11/8/2006. John R. Clarke 803-604-5189 410 Highland Avenue Batesburg, SC 29006-1311