IN LOVING MEMORY
My loved ones who have gone on ahead to Glory.
One day we will all be together again in the Eternal Kingdom.
Sorrow Is No More
Sorrow is felt by one and all,
When a loved on has passed away.
Remember that all sorrow felt,
Turns to the eternal joy of a brand new day.
For those who walked that final mile,
Sorrow is felt no more.
Joy fills the eternal soul,
Deep down into its core.
For Christ is there to welcome them,
on that bright and glorious day.
To welcome each and every soul
Through heaven’s gates to stay.
So do not mourn and grieve for them,
It’s you who feels the pain.
Look to God and thank the Lord,
for the Kingdom they have gained.
Nancy Lee Shrader 2005 © copyright
A Loved One’s Hall of Fame
Many loves have come and gone,
and filled my life with joy and love.
I rest assured that one day soon,
I will join them all above.
Some left too soon, while others stayed,
and loved for many years.
Each and every one of them gave me,
a life of joyful tears.
Each one is listed here,
in the order in whice they came.
I list them here in my loved one’s
Hall of Fame.
Husband
Beloved Husband
Born October 15, 1948
Went to be with the Lord on
April 25, 2009
Beloved Mom
Ora Estella Stone Pilkington
June 27, 1914 August 3, 2000
Father 
Father
Beloved Daddy
William Thomas Pilkington Jr.
August 16, 1916 April 29. 1964
My beloved mom at the age of eighty-three.
I love you Mom,
and miss you more and more everyday.
I chose the song, The Rose, for this site because my mother loved red roses. My father gave her a dozen red roses for every occasion during their thirty one years of marriage. A strange thing happened after her death in the year 2000.
I was given a yellow rose bush, my favorite flowers, on Mother’s Day 1982, by my first born son., a yellow rose bush the tag read. This yellow rose bush never bloomed yellow roses all those many years, it bloomed only peach roses. The year Mom passed way this yellow rose bush that had only produced peach roses bloomed four red roses, and has not bloomed again until this summer 2006. This year my yellow rose bush that had only produced peach roses and four red roses finally bloomed again, and for the first time since it was planted, yellow roses are in bloom. Could those four red roses after my mother’s passing have been a gift from my mother, one for each of her four children, and this year, a gift for me on Mother’s Day, my favorite flowers, yellow roses.
Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad have gone on ahead,
to their mansion up above.
Dad went first to blaze the trail,
leaving Mom four kids to love.
Mom did her best to make sure us kids,
started on the path to Eternal Life.
Then she too left to join our Dad,
still his loving and devoted wife.
Together they stand hand and hand,
on that golden streets on high.
Waiting for their little brood,
to meet them in the sky.
I would like to tell my Mom and Dad,
I have chosen the right way.
I chose the Cross and Christ,
and they’ll see me on that Greath and Glorious Day.
Nancy Lee Shrader 2005 © copyright
Grandparents
Grandparents
Maternal Grandparents
Beloved Grandma and Grandpa
Samuel David Stone
Nannie Leatha Hopkins Stone
Paternal Grandparents
The grandma and grandpa I never knew
William Thomas Pilkington Sr.
Madge Arlene Wood Pilkington
Great Aunt and Uncle
Beloved Aunt Mary and Uncle Conkie
Chauncy Dennis Wood
Mary Pilkington Wood
Great Aunt
Great Great Aunt
My beloved Aunt Lena
Lena Pilkington
Sister
Sister
Beloved Sister
Judith Ann Pilkington Mullens
April 21, 1954 April 3, 2005
Mother-In-Law
Mother-In-Law
Beloved Mother-In-Law
Mary June Evans Shrader
March 28, 1929 November 24,2004
Still Lives In My Heart
My little angel in heaven
still lives in my heart.
He's waiting there for me
until I've done my part.
My work for the Lord
is still not yet done.
There are souls left unsaved,
and they must be won.
My baby took the Lord's hand
on the darkest day of my life.
Leaving me lost and in tears,
my life filled with strife.
Dark days lay ahead
full of empty discord
Never realizing how much
I needed to lean on the Lord.
I turned far away and,
pushed back from the cross
So far away from the Lord,
I suffered my loss.
Many years has past
since that dark summer day.
My little angle remains
with me in another way.
Through my renewed faith,
I know he still lives.
Safe and warm in God's arms,
feeling the love that He gives.
I will join my little angel there
when I've finished my part.
Till then my little angel
will live in my heart.
Nancy Lee Shrader 2006 ©© copyright
David My Angel
#2 Son
Samuel David Shrader
age 16 months
David at 19 months old.
David at two years old
When David was able to run and play.
May 22, 1977 David's third birthday
David lost his battle with cancer
three months after this picture was taken.
Born May 22, 1974 Died August 20, 1977
Tomorrow 05/20/05 will make twenty-seven years nine months
since David left to be with the Lord.
Today 05/22/2006 at 3:00 pm
David would have turned thirty-two years old.
Ode to Katherine
By Nancy Lee Shrader
In Loving Memory
Katherine Watkins
A bubbling personality walked in her wake
Leaving smiles wherever she went
Katherine a true and loving friend
With God she’s now content
I still hear her calling out to me
On her face a gleaming smile
I’m glad you joined us here, she’d say
Your presence is so worthwhile
Katherine, you’re God’s Special Rose
Please put in a good word for me
On another Wednesday way up high
We will fall together on bended knee
Yes God has made a special place
For Katherine to bubble and shine
In His Kingdom paved with gold
Katherine your sister and mine
In Christ
Copyright©Nancy Lee Shrader 2008
Caesar Shrader #4 Son
Born May 1, 1991
Died May 16,2006
Sprinkles
Ambled through the back yard last summer to be my granddaughters very special friend. He went to Kitty Heaven on February 12, 2007
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