14th February 1939 ON A VERY COLD DAY IN FEBURARY LATE IN THE NIGHT OF FEBURARY 13,1939 A DEAR MOTHER (MY GRANDMOTHER) WENT INTO LABOR WITH HER FIRST CHILD THE MOTHERS NAME WAS EVA GRAY HARPER AND THE FATHER OF THIS UNEXPECTED CHILD PAUL JACKSON HARPER WAITS VERY NERVIOUS IN THE FRONT ROOM OF MY GREATGRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND AT 1:35 AM ON FEBURARY 14,1939 A LITTLE BABY ( A GIRL ) WAS BORN AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT WAS A DAUGHTER DIXIE ADLENE HARPER!! 2nd February 2007 ON A VERY COLD AND RAINY DAY ON SATURDAY FEBURARY 24,2007 A MOTHER A FRIEND A SISTER A NEICE AND MOST OF ALL A ANGLE LEFT THIS EARTH!! THAT DAY WAS THE DAY THAT ALL OUR LIVES WERE FOREVER CHANGED! THE DAYS BECAME LONG OUR HEARTS BECAME SOFT AND OUR LIVES BECAME EMPTY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DAY MY MOTHER DIXIE A HARPER-POWELL LEFT THIS EARTH! MOTHER WE MISS YOU VERY MUCH BUT ONLY GOD CAN REALLY KNOW OUR PAIN THE LOSS OF YOU MADE LIFE SO MUCH MORE UNLIVEABLE AND SO UNKIND. WITHOUT YOU MOTHER WHO SHALL WE CALL WHEN WE NEED A VOTE OF CONFIDECE? WHO WILL WE CALL WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS SO BAD? AND YOU COULD ALWAYS MAKE EVERYTHING SEEM MORE BEAUTIFUL? THE ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT LOVE NEVER DIES AND AS LONG AS YOUR FAMILY CHILDREN,SISTERS ,BROTHERS,ETC. LIVE ON, SO SHALL YOU! BUT UNTILL THAT TIME COMES WHEN IT IS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE THIS EARTH I WILL HOLD YOUR FACE AND LOVE CLOSE TO ME AND WHEN LIFE GETS COLD I WILL WRAP MYSELF UP IN YOUR LOVE AND WHEN I REALLY DONT CARE ANYMORE IF LIFE GOES ON, I WILL JUST REMEMBER THAT YOUR LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE !! ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUST CLOSE MY EYES AND FEEL YOUR LOVE AND FEEL YOUR HEART AND THAT WILL HELP ME THROUGH ALL THAT LIFE HAS TO IMPOSE ON ME!! UNTILL WE SEE YOU AGAIN IN HEAVEN, OUR LOVE FOR YOU IS EVERLASTING, YOUR CHILDREN, MARK,CHARLOTTE,BECKY,DANNY,DONNA,BILLY,AND BABY WILLIAM