Goodbye Auntie Mae

Today, we laid our Auntie Mae to rest in Fell Cemetery outside of Libertyville.  The funeral service was very nice.  Rev. Cecil did the tribute and 4 of us got up to talk about a memory of A. Mae...Randy, Teressa, A. Janie, and me.  At the beginning of the funeral, Bob rang a school bell and told us that class was in session.  The rest of us rang her school bell marking the end of the funeral.  Following a short ceremony at the cemetery, we went to Faith UM Church in L'ville for cookies and iced tea and fellowship.  Of course, I took my camera, too.

This first picture is of the first cousins, minus Jon and Robert who didn't get to come.  Larry and Donnie have passed, so there are only 9 of us left.

 This is a picture of most of the family there.

The Cooksey "kids" were a little late getting back from the cemetery, so I took a separate picture of them.  

 Of all 11 of the first cousins, there were first 6 boys born, then the 3 of us girls, then 2 more boys.  So here are the girls.  Bob's the oldest boy now and I'm the oldest girl.

As funerals go, it was a pretty good one.  We had lots of fun getting together, even though it was for a funeral of our aunt.  RIP Auntie Mae - we'll miss you!

More later...