This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/1128.1162.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Byron, I'm sorry to hear that your Mother passed away. Also that Bessie has died. I always loved her and Ray. My Mother and she spent hours on the phone talking when I was growing up! I remember riding the greyhound bus to Knoxville when I was probably 12 or 13 years old, with Mrs. Stella. My grandmother lived there and Mrs. Woten was making the trip to see Ray and Bessie. I would spend about a month with my grandmother each summer. Did Bessie have cancer or some other type of complication that she died of? There ended up being five of us girls. My baby sister was born when I was age 20 and I had been married only 3 months. We lost one of my sisters, Sandra, the one closest in age to me, in March 2003 to a complication that sometimes (supposedly rarely) accompanies some types of cancers. She lived 7 months after being diagnosed with small cell lung carcinoma. She was a heavy smoker. She took aggressive chemo and radiation and was in remission from the cancer within a few months; but had a paraneoplastic syndrome where your body fights the good cells and she ended up with a trachea and in intensive care for nearly three months. Her mind was wonderful through all of this, but the syndrome took it's toll on her and she got infections in ICU that she couldn't overcome. It's been really tough on my Mom and all of us dealing with her loss. Can you tell me about Ray and Eddie and their families and what profession they are in? When you talk with them, tell them that Edwina (my Mother) is doing well, still living alone; I (Judy) am an administrative executive for the General Manager at the utility dept. ; Sandra passed away; Debbie works in an office job at the local jr. high school; Donna is a kindergarden teacher at the Medina School System and Carla is a stay at home Mom. We all still live here in Humboldt, with the exception of Carla, and she is in Jackson, TN. I pass by your grandmother's house on Mitchell Street coming to work each morning. Yes, the neighborhood has changed and is run down, but that doesn't keep you from the fond memories of times there with family and friends. If you have a picture of your grandparents, Mother and I would love to have a copy; also if you have one of Bessie and Ray or them with the boys, we would like to have copies also. I will be glad to reimburse you for them. You can send them to Judy Mc. POB 850, Humboldt, TN 38343. Thanks for replying to my email. Again, I am sorry about the death of your Mother. Regards