"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints". Psalms 116:15
"Your mother is always with you. She is the place you came from, your first home... She is your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you - not time, not space... not even death."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." - Jamie Anderson
Though my sorrow feels like the emptying of the sea, and my tears fall like the weight of the earth, I must announce the passing of a gentle soul, my beloved Mother and best friend, Mrs. Betty B. Wyrick. She peacefully passed away at home as her devoted caregiver and son's arms were gently held around her. Her struggles and her pain ended on Thursday morning 10:45 a.m. September 17, 2015. She embraced life until the age of 93, and while she touched many lives along the way she is now in peace as she joins her family that have preceded her in death. A private graveside service was held at Lakeview Memorial Park surrounded by those who loved her and remembered her in life. Her son Robert Wyrick and the Rev. Beverly Isley-Landreth from Greensboro Hospice and Palliative Care officiated her service.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Mr. Claude S. Wyrick, Jr. in 2000, and her son Claude Stephen Wyrick in 2005. She was also predeceased by her beloved tuxedo cat and lap companion Pandora in 2001. Besides her son Robert she was also survived by a grandson Stephen Jay Wyrick of Aurora, Colorado.
Mom was born Sept. 1, 1922 to the late Robert and Bertha Sperry Brown of Toledo, Ohio, and was the youngest of 3 brothers and 4 sisters all since deceased.
She attended both Hunters Women's College in New York and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and went on to serve in the Navy as a WAVE. It was later while being stationed in Washington, D.C. at the Pentagon she met my father who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time. They were married in 1945, and later moved to his hometown of Greensboro.
In later years my parents became involved in foster care with the Guilford County Children's Home. When they found that they could not have children of their own, so great was their love for a child and starting a family they adopted two boys; Claude Stephen in 1958 and Robert Christopher in 1959.
There is no greater love to know that you were chosen by two loving beings to be raised as their own.
For most of her life she was a loving housewife and mother. She had worked at Jefferson Standard Pilot Life Insurance Company, and then as a Correspondence Secretary II with the Greensboro Police Department.
Mom was a faithful and active member of her former church until health issues limited her attendance there, and through the years and her heartbreak she gradually became forgotten as a shut in. She had been an active member for so many years and was active in different capacities. She always participated in the yearly bazaars and bake sales, and no one could ever turn down one of her delicious homemade pound cakes. She was very much an avid reader enjoying her romance and Intrigue Mystery novels along with her favorite authors Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. She really enjoyed her western channel on television while eating a bowl of popcorn, or the occasional dish of cherry vanilla ice cream,
and having The Upper Room and Reader's Digest read to her daily.
My mom was without doubt a strong, vibrant, loving woman who embraced life and endured much in her later years. I truly admired her for she was always resilient at what fate in life showed her, and in return her stubborn fortitude was her encouragement to fight and see it through. She would be remembered as a "sweetheart" as she was often referred to as she had the ability to endear herself to anyone she met, always leaving them with her warm smile and a gentle hug as they left.
I would like to take the time to extend a heartfelt thanks and warm gratitude to a lot of individuals at this time.
I would like to extend a loving open arm embrace and hug of deep appreciation to longtime family friend Myrtle Moss. Through your myriad visits, your love and support, and at times your much needed help, you never once made her feel she was a shut in. You shared your time and laughter by coming on in and "settin" a spell, and in turn she laughed and shared
memories with you. You were always welcomed as family and family you will remain .
Also a deep note of appreciation to Anne Olson, who herself a shut in, took time to send cards of remembrance on occasions to stay in touch through the years. When my Mom invited you to sit with her on that Sunday morning at church she knew she made a new friend, and it was nice to know you found one in her.
Thank you for the loving outreach of Linda Wilson who is a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and through the Stephen Ministries my mother was once again welcomed into an extended church family. Your weekly visits, prayers, and devotionals made my mother feel less forgotten from a church. Thank you warmly to all the volunteers at Mobile Meals for delivering those good meals, and for the special gifts you put together for her at times. A special hug to Cynthia from Mobile Meals who adopted my Mom as her "little lady". Mom looked forward to your visits with your hugs and hands together in prayer when leaving after delivering meals. It always put a light in her day.
Thank you to her "6:00 TeleCare" friend Jackie Garvey who phoned every night to chat and check in on her and brightened her day. My Mom had genuinely looked so forward to your calls.
I could not have made it through it all without the understanding staff of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, and thank you Reverend Beverly for singing to her and praying with her when you visited her. Last but not least a most special thank you to Lisa her Gentiva home health nurse who embraced my mother as her little "Sweet Pea". Your professionalism and friendship meant a lot especially when your blood draws were painless and your hugs were priceless.
It was with my heartfelt gratitude and recognition of everyone mentioned that you had somehow made her feel she was less forgotten and not so much a shut in. May God truly Bless and Keep you all. There was no formal visitation. If memorials were to be made, it was requested that they be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, N.C. 27405.
"You have now been rejoined with your family My Sweet Mama, who you have loved and missed for so long, and are welcomed by them once again with arms open wide. May you rejoice in their love and in the love of God and Jesus, now and forevermore."
"A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand."
Helen Steiner Rice
(NOTE: September 17, 2015 was and forever will be the hardest date I will ever add to a memorial, and befitting the legacy of my Mom, her name, "Betty", means "Consecrated to God.")
**A very special heartfelt thanks to David Perez who took the initiative and dedication to colorize my
beautiful Mom's Navy picture and gift it to me, and I so proudly show it on her memorial**
Source: Her devoted son, Robert Wyrick, aka "TheKeeperoftheFlowers" September 17, 2015.
"Your mother is always with you. She is the place you came from, your first home... She is your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you - not time, not space... not even death."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." - Jamie Anderson
Though my sorrow feels like the emptying of the sea, and my tears fall like the weight of the earth, I must announce the passing of a gentle soul, my beloved Mother and best friend, Mrs. Betty B. Wyrick. She peacefully passed away at home as her devoted caregiver and son's arms were gently held around her. Her struggles and her pain ended on Thursday morning 10:45 a.m. September 17, 2015. She embraced life until the age of 93, and while she touched many lives along the way she is now in peace as she joins her family that have preceded her in death. A private graveside service was held at Lakeview Memorial Park surrounded by those who loved her and remembered her in life. Her son Robert Wyrick and the Rev. Beverly Isley-Landreth from Greensboro Hospice and Palliative Care officiated her service.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Mr. Claude S. Wyrick, Jr. in 2000, and her son Claude Stephen Wyrick in 2005. She was also predeceased by her beloved tuxedo cat and lap companion Pandora in 2001. Besides her son Robert she was also survived by a grandson Stephen Jay Wyrick of Aurora, Colorado.
Mom was born Sept. 1, 1922 to the late Robert and Bertha Sperry Brown of Toledo, Ohio, and was the youngest of 3 brothers and 4 sisters all since deceased.
She attended both Hunters Women's College in New York and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and went on to serve in the Navy as a WAVE. It was later while being stationed in Washington, D.C. at the Pentagon she met my father who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time. They were married in 1945, and later moved to his hometown of Greensboro.
In later years my parents became involved in foster care with the Guilford County Children's Home. When they found that they could not have children of their own, so great was their love for a child and starting a family they adopted two boys; Claude Stephen in 1958 and Robert Christopher in 1959.
There is no greater love to know that you were chosen by two loving beings to be raised as their own.
For most of her life she was a loving housewife and mother. She had worked at Jefferson Standard Pilot Life Insurance Company, and then as a Correspondence Secretary II with the Greensboro Police Department.
Mom was a faithful and active member of her former church until health issues limited her attendance there, and through the years and her heartbreak she gradually became forgotten as a shut in. She had been an active member for so many years and was active in different capacities. She always participated in the yearly bazaars and bake sales, and no one could ever turn down one of her delicious homemade pound cakes. She was very much an avid reader enjoying her romance and Intrigue Mystery novels along with her favorite authors Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. She really enjoyed her western channel on television while eating a bowl of popcorn, or the occasional dish of cherry vanilla ice cream,
and having The Upper Room and Reader's Digest read to her daily.
My mom was without doubt a strong, vibrant, loving woman who embraced life and endured much in her later years. I truly admired her for she was always resilient at what fate in life showed her, and in return her stubborn fortitude was her encouragement to fight and see it through. She would be remembered as a "sweetheart" as she was often referred to as she had the ability to endear herself to anyone she met, always leaving them with her warm smile and a gentle hug as they left.
I would like to take the time to extend a heartfelt thanks and warm gratitude to a lot of individuals at this time.
I would like to extend a loving open arm embrace and hug of deep appreciation to longtime family friend Myrtle Moss. Through your myriad visits, your love and support, and at times your much needed help, you never once made her feel she was a shut in. You shared your time and laughter by coming on in and "settin" a spell, and in turn she laughed and shared
memories with you. You were always welcomed as family and family you will remain .
Also a deep note of appreciation to Anne Olson, who herself a shut in, took time to send cards of remembrance on occasions to stay in touch through the years. When my Mom invited you to sit with her on that Sunday morning at church she knew she made a new friend, and it was nice to know you found one in her.
Thank you for the loving outreach of Linda Wilson who is a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and through the Stephen Ministries my mother was once again welcomed into an extended church family. Your weekly visits, prayers, and devotionals made my mother feel less forgotten from a church. Thank you warmly to all the volunteers at Mobile Meals for delivering those good meals, and for the special gifts you put together for her at times. A special hug to Cynthia from Mobile Meals who adopted my Mom as her "little lady". Mom looked forward to your visits with your hugs and hands together in prayer when leaving after delivering meals. It always put a light in her day.
Thank you to her "6:00 TeleCare" friend Jackie Garvey who phoned every night to chat and check in on her and brightened her day. My Mom had genuinely looked so forward to your calls.
I could not have made it through it all without the understanding staff of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, and thank you Reverend Beverly for singing to her and praying with her when you visited her. Last but not least a most special thank you to Lisa her Gentiva home health nurse who embraced my mother as her little "Sweet Pea". Your professionalism and friendship meant a lot especially when your blood draws were painless and your hugs were priceless.
It was with my heartfelt gratitude and recognition of everyone mentioned that you had somehow made her feel she was less forgotten and not so much a shut in. May God truly Bless and Keep you all. There was no formal visitation. If memorials were to be made, it was requested that they be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, N.C. 27405.
"You have now been rejoined with your family My Sweet Mama, who you have loved and missed for so long, and are welcomed by them once again with arms open wide. May you rejoice in their love and in the love of God and Jesus, now and forevermore."
"A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand."
Helen Steiner Rice
(NOTE: September 17, 2015 was and forever will be the hardest date I will ever add to a memorial, and befitting the legacy of my Mom, her name, "Betty", means "Consecrated to God.")
**A very special heartfelt thanks to David Perez who took the initiative and dedication to colorize my
beautiful Mom's Navy picture and gift it to me, and I so proudly show it on her memorial**
Source: Her devoted son, Robert Wyrick, aka "TheKeeperoftheFlowers" September 17, 2015.
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints". Psalms 116:15
"Your mother is always with you. She is the place you came from, your first home... She is your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you - not time, not space... not even death."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." - Jamie Anderson
Though my sorrow feels like the emptying of the sea, and my tears fall like the weight of the earth, I must announce the passing of a gentle soul, my beloved Mother and best friend, Mrs. Betty B. Wyrick. She peacefully passed away at home as her devoted caregiver and son's arms were gently held around her. Her struggles and her pain ended on Thursday morning 10:45 a.m. September 17, 2015. She embraced life until the age of 93, and while she touched many lives along the way she is now in peace as she joins her family that have preceded her in death. A private graveside service was held at Lakeview Memorial Park surrounded by those who loved her and remembered her in life. Her son Robert Wyrick and the Rev. Beverly Isley-Landreth from Greensboro Hospice and Palliative Care officiated her service.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Mr. Claude S. Wyrick, Jr. in 2000, and her son Claude Stephen Wyrick in 2005. She was also predeceased by her beloved tuxedo cat and lap companion Pandora in 2001. Besides her son Robert she was also survived by a grandson Stephen Jay Wyrick of Aurora, Colorado.
Mom was born Sept. 1, 1922 to the late Robert and Bertha Sperry Brown of Toledo, Ohio, and was the youngest of 3 brothers and 4 sisters all since deceased.
She attended both Hunters Women's College in New York and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and went on to serve in the Navy as a WAVE. It was later while being stationed in Washington, D.C. at the Pentagon she met my father who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time. They were married in 1945, and later moved to his hometown of Greensboro.
In later years my parents became involved in foster care with the Guilford County Children's Home. When they found that they could not have children of their own, so great was their love for a child and starting a family they adopted two boys; Claude Stephen in 1958 and Robert Christopher in 1959.
There is no greater love to know that you were chosen by two loving beings to be raised as their own.
For most of her life she was a loving housewife and mother. She had worked at Jefferson Standard Pilot Life Insurance Company, and then as a Correspondence Secretary II with the Greensboro Police Department.
Mom was a faithful and active member of her former church until health issues limited her attendance there, and through the years and her heartbreak she gradually became forgotten as a shut in. She had been an active member for so many years and was active in different capacities. She always participated in the yearly bazaars and bake sales, and no one could ever turn down one of her delicious homemade pound cakes. She was very much an avid reader enjoying her romance and Intrigue Mystery novels along with her favorite authors Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. She really enjoyed her western channel on television while eating a bowl of popcorn, or the occasional dish of cherry vanilla ice cream,
and having The Upper Room and Reader's Digest read to her daily.
My mom was without doubt a strong, vibrant, loving woman who embraced life and endured much in her later years. I truly admired her for she was always resilient at what fate in life showed her, and in return her stubborn fortitude was her encouragement to fight and see it through. She would be remembered as a "sweetheart" as she was often referred to as she had the ability to endear herself to anyone she met, always leaving them with her warm smile and a gentle hug as they left.
I would like to take the time to extend a heartfelt thanks and warm gratitude to a lot of individuals at this time.
I would like to extend a loving open arm embrace and hug of deep appreciation to longtime family friend Myrtle Moss. Through your myriad visits, your love and support, and at times your much needed help, you never once made her feel she was a shut in. You shared your time and laughter by coming on in and "settin" a spell, and in turn she laughed and shared
memories with you. You were always welcomed as family and family you will remain .
Also a deep note of appreciation to Anne Olson, who herself a shut in, took time to send cards of remembrance on occasions to stay in touch through the years. When my Mom invited you to sit with her on that Sunday morning at church she knew she made a new friend, and it was nice to know you found one in her.
Thank you for the loving outreach of Linda Wilson who is a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and through the Stephen Ministries my mother was once again welcomed into an extended church family. Your weekly visits, prayers, and devotionals made my mother feel less forgotten from a church. Thank you warmly to all the volunteers at Mobile Meals for delivering those good meals, and for the special gifts you put together for her at times. A special hug to Cynthia from Mobile Meals who adopted my Mom as her "little lady". Mom looked forward to your visits with your hugs and hands together in prayer when leaving after delivering meals. It always put a light in her day.
Thank you to her "6:00 TeleCare" friend Jackie Garvey who phoned every night to chat and check in on her and brightened her day. My Mom had genuinely looked so forward to your calls.
I could not have made it through it all without the understanding staff of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, and thank you Reverend Beverly for singing to her and praying with her when you visited her. Last but not least a most special thank you to Lisa her Gentiva home health nurse who embraced my mother as her little "Sweet Pea". Your professionalism and friendship meant a lot especially when your blood draws were painless and your hugs were priceless.
It was with my heartfelt gratitude and recognition of everyone mentioned that you had somehow made her feel she was less forgotten and not so much a shut in. May God truly Bless and Keep you all. There was no formal visitation. If memorials were to be made, it was requested that they be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, N.C. 27405.
"You have now been rejoined with your family My Sweet Mama, who you have loved and missed for so long, and are welcomed by them once again with arms open wide. May you rejoice in their love and in the love of God and Jesus, now and forevermore."
"A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand."
Helen Steiner Rice
(NOTE: September 17, 2015 was and forever will be the hardest date I will ever add to a memorial, and befitting the legacy of my Mom, her name, "Betty", means "Consecrated to God.")
**A very special heartfelt thanks to David Perez who took the initiative and dedication to colorize my
beautiful Mom's Navy picture and gift it to me, and I so proudly show it on her memorial**
Source: Her devoted son, Robert Wyrick, aka "TheKeeperoftheFlowers" September 17, 2015.
"Your mother is always with you. She is the place you came from, your first home... She is your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you - not time, not space... not even death."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." - Jamie Anderson
Though my sorrow feels like the emptying of the sea, and my tears fall like the weight of the earth, I must announce the passing of a gentle soul, my beloved Mother and best friend, Mrs. Betty B. Wyrick. She peacefully passed away at home as her devoted caregiver and son's arms were gently held around her. Her struggles and her pain ended on Thursday morning 10:45 a.m. September 17, 2015. She embraced life until the age of 93, and while she touched many lives along the way she is now in peace as she joins her family that have preceded her in death. A private graveside service was held at Lakeview Memorial Park surrounded by those who loved her and remembered her in life. Her son Robert Wyrick and the Rev. Beverly Isley-Landreth from Greensboro Hospice and Palliative Care officiated her service.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Mr. Claude S. Wyrick, Jr. in 2000, and her son Claude Stephen Wyrick in 2005. She was also predeceased by her beloved tuxedo cat and lap companion Pandora in 2001. Besides her son Robert she was also survived by a grandson Stephen Jay Wyrick of Aurora, Colorado.
Mom was born Sept. 1, 1922 to the late Robert and Bertha Sperry Brown of Toledo, Ohio, and was the youngest of 3 brothers and 4 sisters all since deceased.
She attended both Hunters Women's College in New York and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and went on to serve in the Navy as a WAVE. It was later while being stationed in Washington, D.C. at the Pentagon she met my father who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time. They were married in 1945, and later moved to his hometown of Greensboro.
In later years my parents became involved in foster care with the Guilford County Children's Home. When they found that they could not have children of their own, so great was their love for a child and starting a family they adopted two boys; Claude Stephen in 1958 and Robert Christopher in 1959.
There is no greater love to know that you were chosen by two loving beings to be raised as their own.
For most of her life she was a loving housewife and mother. She had worked at Jefferson Standard Pilot Life Insurance Company, and then as a Correspondence Secretary II with the Greensboro Police Department.
Mom was a faithful and active member of her former church until health issues limited her attendance there, and through the years and her heartbreak she gradually became forgotten as a shut in. She had been an active member for so many years and was active in different capacities. She always participated in the yearly bazaars and bake sales, and no one could ever turn down one of her delicious homemade pound cakes. She was very much an avid reader enjoying her romance and Intrigue Mystery novels along with her favorite authors Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. She really enjoyed her western channel on television while eating a bowl of popcorn, or the occasional dish of cherry vanilla ice cream,
and having The Upper Room and Reader's Digest read to her daily.
My mom was without doubt a strong, vibrant, loving woman who embraced life and endured much in her later years. I truly admired her for she was always resilient at what fate in life showed her, and in return her stubborn fortitude was her encouragement to fight and see it through. She would be remembered as a "sweetheart" as she was often referred to as she had the ability to endear herself to anyone she met, always leaving them with her warm smile and a gentle hug as they left.
I would like to take the time to extend a heartfelt thanks and warm gratitude to a lot of individuals at this time.
I would like to extend a loving open arm embrace and hug of deep appreciation to longtime family friend Myrtle Moss. Through your myriad visits, your love and support, and at times your much needed help, you never once made her feel she was a shut in. You shared your time and laughter by coming on in and "settin" a spell, and in turn she laughed and shared
memories with you. You were always welcomed as family and family you will remain .
Also a deep note of appreciation to Anne Olson, who herself a shut in, took time to send cards of remembrance on occasions to stay in touch through the years. When my Mom invited you to sit with her on that Sunday morning at church she knew she made a new friend, and it was nice to know you found one in her.
Thank you for the loving outreach of Linda Wilson who is a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and through the Stephen Ministries my mother was once again welcomed into an extended church family. Your weekly visits, prayers, and devotionals made my mother feel less forgotten from a church. Thank you warmly to all the volunteers at Mobile Meals for delivering those good meals, and for the special gifts you put together for her at times. A special hug to Cynthia from Mobile Meals who adopted my Mom as her "little lady". Mom looked forward to your visits with your hugs and hands together in prayer when leaving after delivering meals. It always put a light in her day.
Thank you to her "6:00 TeleCare" friend Jackie Garvey who phoned every night to chat and check in on her and brightened her day. My Mom had genuinely looked so forward to your calls.
I could not have made it through it all without the understanding staff of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, and thank you Reverend Beverly for singing to her and praying with her when you visited her. Last but not least a most special thank you to Lisa her Gentiva home health nurse who embraced my mother as her little "Sweet Pea". Your professionalism and friendship meant a lot especially when your blood draws were painless and your hugs were priceless.
It was with my heartfelt gratitude and recognition of everyone mentioned that you had somehow made her feel she was less forgotten and not so much a shut in. May God truly Bless and Keep you all. There was no formal visitation. If memorials were to be made, it was requested that they be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, N.C. 27405.
"You have now been rejoined with your family My Sweet Mama, who you have loved and missed for so long, and are welcomed by them once again with arms open wide. May you rejoice in their love and in the love of God and Jesus, now and forevermore."
"A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand."
Helen Steiner Rice
(NOTE: September 17, 2015 was and forever will be the hardest date I will ever add to a memorial, and befitting the legacy of my Mom, her name, "Betty", means "Consecrated to God.")
**A very special heartfelt thanks to David Perez who took the initiative and dedication to colorize my
beautiful Mom's Navy picture and gift it to me, and I so proudly show it on her memorial**
Source: Her devoted son, Robert Wyrick, aka "TheKeeperoftheFlowers" September 17, 2015.
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Together Forever. Note: Bronze U.S. Navy Service Medallion affixed to marker.
