In memory of Momma
Perhaps my earliest memories of childhood are singing along with my Momma and the other congregants in a little country church called Oak Grove Baptist. I loved the words of those songs and the sound of what seemed in my young mind to be angels singing.
The years passed and on occasion Momma, my sister Debbie and I sat on the back steps of our home and sang those same songs together, enjoying the comforts of those familiar verses and the company of one another.
I grew up and moved far away from that home. I continued to sing those songs in church, eventually with my own children. Every word I sang took me back home to the sweetness of my past and a visit with Momma.
Momma left this earth and went to her final reward in Heaven on July 6, 2009. I’m sure she’s signing those old, sweet songs we once sang together.
Some sweet day, I’ll join her and we’ll again sing:
Some glad morning when this life is o’er,
I’ll fly away
To a home home on God’s celestial shore,
I’ll fly away.
I’ll fly away, o’ glory
I’ll fly away, in the morning
when I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I’ll fly away.
Just a few more weary days and then,
I’ll fly away.
To a land where joy will never end,
I’ll fly away .
I’ll fly away o’ glory,
I’ll fly away, in the morning.
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I’ll fly away.
Josie Faye Herring Jones
July 5, 1933-July 6, 2009
I Love You, Momma.
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Pamela D., my little sister…You dug way back in “Our Memories” huh GF. Big Smiles. I,too, remember us going to Oak Grove Baptist church singing those Gospel hymns along with the “Dinner on the Ground”…Back then, I wondered why they called us having “Dinner on the Ground” when they had tables of food and chairs for us to sit in to eat til we thought our “guts” would bust. (Big chuckles) So long ago but then sometimes seems like yesterday. Today, I too remember those times you, me, and Momma would sit n sing those songs we learned. Also going to town to do shopping around Christmas, us singing Christmas carols along the way. Just wanting to thank you for being my sister. Also to let you know I love ya very much. I’m always here for you. Am glad your back in LowsyAnna=Louisiana…giggles Here is another song we use to sing:
Precious Memories
Precious memories, unseen angels
From somewhere to my soul
How they linger ever near me
And the sacred scenes unfold
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold
Precious father, loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And old home scenes of my childhood
In font memory appear
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold
As I travel on life’s pathway
Know not what the years may hold
As I ponder hope grows fonder
Precious memories flood my soul
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold
Precious sacred scenes unfold
I Miss Momma so much but know she is in her Final Resting Place…no pain, no trouble breathing, and rejoicing with family/friends that gone on before her. As horrible as it sounds, I wouldn’t have Momma back for a second if she was in same shape she was in when God brought her Home with Him. Now, She is our Guardian Angel…May Momma rest in Peace. I will always love and miss you Momma…Sending you big huggss