Carol Gilley (born Carol Morgan on June 28, 1955) passed peacefully in the company of loved ones on January 28, 2021 after a year’s long battle with illnesses.
Johnnie Lee Marsh, 72, was born to John Franklin Marsh and Vera Oleta Marsh (Morris) on July 21, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas. He passed away from complications of COVID-19 on Jan. 12, 2021 in Denton, Texas.
Johnnie Lee Marsh, 72, was born to John Franklin Marsh and Vera Oleta Marsh (Morris) on July 21, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas. He passed away from complications of COVID-19 on Jan. 12, 2021 in Denton, Texas.
It creates a desire to examine a million moments when you must write a brief history of the past 102 years of the life of your own mother. Which to pick and choose? I cannot simple select the triumphant ones, for they would not standout without the moments of defeat. I could not write that her parents joyfully welcomed a healthy new daughter born into the world in their Kettleman Lane farmhouse without mentioning it was during the Pandemic of 1918. I could not put down that she was happily engaged to Arthur J Hoffman in the summer of 1941 but with the December bombing of Pearl Harbor, the wedding was rushed when Art was recalled to active duty. I would note that the blissful honeymoon lasted two days before Art was transferred to North Carolina for training and a separation that would last months. For life then was bittersweet. Moments had to be cherished NOW, for there might not be another day. There was not a tomorrow for so many of their friends and relatives, but for Lorene and Art there would be.
