"No one is ever gone as long as someone still has memories of them."- Ed Worthington
THE DASH
the poem by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
Dr. Samye Mott Cimerhanzel-Nestlerode Durrett, (Professor of Meritous at the University of Houston), was born in Houston, Texas on January 25, 1935 at Memorial Hospital to Samuel Monroe Mott and Ruth Haney. Samye went to be with the Lord in Heaven on July 22, 2011, after a long battle due to illness. Samye will be remembered for her kindness and generosity and the unconditional love she gave to her family. Samye’s ancestors, the Motts and the Coffins were seafaring men and whaling captains who settled Nantucket Island, therefore qualifying her to be admitted into the DAR.
Samye is survived by her husband, Joe Durrett, her only daughter, Victoria Harvey-McGuffie, grandchildren, Samuel, Jacob and Haley McGuffie, sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Don Parsons, nephew, Allen Parsons and niece, Kathleen Parsons, one aunt numerous cousins and special cousins Robert Hopkins and J.C. Zoch, several step-children, Bob, Bill and Eleanore Nestlerode, Jayme Pearson and Jeffrey Durrett and devoted caretaker Elena. Samye’s family would also like to extend many thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped during the last years of life. Samye’s smile will be missed by all who knew her.
Dr. Nestlerode received a PH.D in Laws and Letters and an Ed.D in foreign Language Curriculum and Instruction. Samye served as a Professor and Director of Spanish Teacher Education for the College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communication. Among her awards and honors, Dr. Nestlerode received during her tenure at the University of Houston, are Teaching Excellence and Honorary Doctorates, Who’s Who in American Education, in the S. W., U.S. and Women of the World, Fellow of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Danforth Scholar. Her publications include Spanish college textbooks, articles and research on Pre-Columbian History and Culture of Mexico.
The family will receive visitors at Rosewood Funeral Home, Monday the 25th of July from 5-9 p.m. Funeral services and burial rites will take place at 12 Noon on Tuesday the 26th of July in the Chapel of Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, 2602 South Houston Avenue, Humble, TX., 77396
THE DASH
the poem by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
Dr. Samye Mott Cimerhanzel-Nestlerode Durrett, (Professor of Meritous at the University of Houston), was born in Houston, Texas on January 25, 1935 at Memorial Hospital to Samuel Monroe Mott and Ruth Haney. Samye went to be with the Lord in Heaven on July 22, 2011, after a long battle due to illness. Samye will be remembered for her kindness and generosity and the unconditional love she gave to her family. Samye’s ancestors, the Motts and the Coffins were seafaring men and whaling captains who settled Nantucket Island, therefore qualifying her to be admitted into the DAR.
Samye is survived by her husband, Joe Durrett, her only daughter, Victoria Harvey-McGuffie, grandchildren, Samuel, Jacob and Haley McGuffie, sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Don Parsons, nephew, Allen Parsons and niece, Kathleen Parsons, one aunt numerous cousins and special cousins Robert Hopkins and J.C. Zoch, several step-children, Bob, Bill and Eleanore Nestlerode, Jayme Pearson and Jeffrey Durrett and devoted caretaker Elena. Samye’s family would also like to extend many thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped during the last years of life. Samye’s smile will be missed by all who knew her.
Dr. Nestlerode received a PH.D in Laws and Letters and an Ed.D in foreign Language Curriculum and Instruction. Samye served as a Professor and Director of Spanish Teacher Education for the College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communication. Among her awards and honors, Dr. Nestlerode received during her tenure at the University of Houston, are Teaching Excellence and Honorary Doctorates, Who’s Who in American Education, in the S. W., U.S. and Women of the World, Fellow of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Danforth Scholar. Her publications include Spanish college textbooks, articles and research on Pre-Columbian History and Culture of Mexico.
The family will receive visitors at Rosewood Funeral Home, Monday the 25th of July from 5-9 p.m. Funeral services and burial rites will take place at 12 Noon on Tuesday the 26th of July in the Chapel of Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, 2602 South Houston Avenue, Humble, TX., 77396
"No one is ever gone as long as someone still has memories of them."- Ed Worthington
THE DASH
the poem by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
Dr. Samye Mott Cimerhanzel-Nestlerode Durrett, (Professor of Meritous at the University of Houston), was born in Houston, Texas on January 25, 1935 at Memorial Hospital to Samuel Monroe Mott and Ruth Haney. Samye went to be with the Lord in Heaven on July 22, 2011, after a long battle due to illness. Samye will be remembered for her kindness and generosity and the unconditional love she gave to her family. Samye’s ancestors, the Motts and the Coffins were seafaring men and whaling captains who settled Nantucket Island, therefore qualifying her to be admitted into the DAR.
Samye is survived by her husband, Joe Durrett, her only daughter, Victoria Harvey-McGuffie, grandchildren, Samuel, Jacob and Haley McGuffie, sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Don Parsons, nephew, Allen Parsons and niece, Kathleen Parsons, one aunt numerous cousins and special cousins Robert Hopkins and J.C. Zoch, several step-children, Bob, Bill and Eleanore Nestlerode, Jayme Pearson and Jeffrey Durrett and devoted caretaker Elena. Samye’s family would also like to extend many thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped during the last years of life. Samye’s smile will be missed by all who knew her.
Dr. Nestlerode received a PH.D in Laws and Letters and an Ed.D in foreign Language Curriculum and Instruction. Samye served as a Professor and Director of Spanish Teacher Education for the College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communication. Among her awards and honors, Dr. Nestlerode received during her tenure at the University of Houston, are Teaching Excellence and Honorary Doctorates, Who’s Who in American Education, in the S. W., U.S. and Women of the World, Fellow of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Danforth Scholar. Her publications include Spanish college textbooks, articles and research on Pre-Columbian History and Culture of Mexico.
The family will receive visitors at Rosewood Funeral Home, Monday the 25th of July from 5-9 p.m. Funeral services and burial rites will take place at 12 Noon on Tuesday the 26th of July in the Chapel of Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, 2602 South Houston Avenue, Humble, TX., 77396
THE DASH
the poem by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
Dr. Samye Mott Cimerhanzel-Nestlerode Durrett, (Professor of Meritous at the University of Houston), was born in Houston, Texas on January 25, 1935 at Memorial Hospital to Samuel Monroe Mott and Ruth Haney. Samye went to be with the Lord in Heaven on July 22, 2011, after a long battle due to illness. Samye will be remembered for her kindness and generosity and the unconditional love she gave to her family. Samye’s ancestors, the Motts and the Coffins were seafaring men and whaling captains who settled Nantucket Island, therefore qualifying her to be admitted into the DAR.
Samye is survived by her husband, Joe Durrett, her only daughter, Victoria Harvey-McGuffie, grandchildren, Samuel, Jacob and Haley McGuffie, sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Don Parsons, nephew, Allen Parsons and niece, Kathleen Parsons, one aunt numerous cousins and special cousins Robert Hopkins and J.C. Zoch, several step-children, Bob, Bill and Eleanore Nestlerode, Jayme Pearson and Jeffrey Durrett and devoted caretaker Elena. Samye’s family would also like to extend many thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped during the last years of life. Samye’s smile will be missed by all who knew her.
Dr. Nestlerode received a PH.D in Laws and Letters and an Ed.D in foreign Language Curriculum and Instruction. Samye served as a Professor and Director of Spanish Teacher Education for the College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communication. Among her awards and honors, Dr. Nestlerode received during her tenure at the University of Houston, are Teaching Excellence and Honorary Doctorates, Who’s Who in American Education, in the S. W., U.S. and Women of the World, Fellow of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Danforth Scholar. Her publications include Spanish college textbooks, articles and research on Pre-Columbian History and Culture of Mexico.
The family will receive visitors at Rosewood Funeral Home, Monday the 25th of July from 5-9 p.m. Funeral services and burial rites will take place at 12 Noon on Tuesday the 26th of July in the Chapel of Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery, 2602 South Houston Avenue, Humble, TX., 77396
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