A TRIBUTE TO NANNY SALES

SHE TRAVELED THROUGH LIFE SHARING LAUGHTER AND TEARS---SHE ROCKED SIX CRADLES IN THE EARLY YEARS---SHE DID HER BEST TO KEEP HER CHILDREN FROM HARM---AND SHE RAISED ALL SIX ON A COTTON FARM---SHE NURSED THEM ALL THROUGH MEASLES AND MUMPS---FIGHTS AND FLU AND BRUISES AND BUMPS---IT WAS ALWAYS THEIR SAFETY SHE WAS THINKING OF---AS SHE WORKED ALONG SIDE BUMPY, THE MAN THAT SHE LOVED---THEY RAISED THEIR CROP AND HAULED IT TO THE GIN---GETTING JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO START OVER AGAIN---AND AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN THE KIDS NEEDED A LIFT---SHE MADE SURE EACH ONE GOT A FEW SMALL GIFTS---AND WHEN ALL THE GIFTS HAD BEEN HANDED OUT---AS LONG AS THEY GOT THEIRS, SHE COULD DO WITHOUT---BUT THEN CHANGES CAME, HER CHILDREN BECAME GROWN---AND STARTED RAISING FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN---BUT SHE KNEW SHE WOULD NEVER BE ALONE---BECAUSE ALL OF HER CHILDREN LOVED TO COME BACK HOME---AND GRAND KIDS ALL OVER LOVED TO GO TO THEIR GRANNIES---AND THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A WEEKEND AT NANNY'S---AND LATER VACATIONS WITH HER DAUGHTERS EACH YEAR---WERE ALWAYS FILLED WITH LOVE, AND LAUGHTER, AND CHEER---AT HER 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, SHE WAS STILL THE SAME---THAT'S WHEN WE VOTED HER TO THE 'MOTHERS HALL OF FAME'---SOMEONE ONCE SAID ''WHEN NEEDED SHE NEVER FAILS''---THE MOTHER OF BOTH CENTURIES WAS EUNICE SALES---AND NOW SHE'S IN HEAVEN, A NEW LIFE SHE'LL BEGIN---HEAVEN NEEDED A NEW ANGEL, THAT'S WHEN NANNY WALKED IN---SHE HAS TAKEN HER P;ACE BESIDE GOD'S THRONE---KNOWING ONCE AGAIN SHE WOULD NEVER BE ALONE---AND SHE WILL BE REWARDED FOR THE LIFE SHE HAS GIVEN---WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH BUMPY AND ANN, ALONG THE SHORES OF HEAVEN---AND HER LOVE WE ALL SHARED WILL NEVER CEASE---AND THE PRAYER WE ALL PRAY IS THAT SHE ''REST IN PEACE''.---AMEN