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10/17/08 02:03 PM #1    

Douglas Ann Thrasher (Livingston . )


PAT AND I BECAME BEST FRIENDS IN THE FIRST GRADE AND REMAINED FRIENDS UNTIL HER DEATH AT THE AGE OF 54. I WAS IN HER WEDDING TO DOUG BLEVINS WHEN SHE WAS ONLY IN THE TENTH GRADE. DOUG WAS SENT OVERS SEAS TWO WEEKS AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED. SHE WAS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH DOUG FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE SAW HIM AT SCHOOL, NEVER DREAMING THAT THEY WOULD ONE DAY MARRY.DOUG WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO FLORIDA AND THEN TO GEORGIA.
THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN,ONE DIED BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH.LESLIE WAS MENTALITY RETARDED. PAT WAS DEDICATED TO CARING FOR HER UNTIL SHE DIED AT 21. SHE HAS ONE DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS STILL LIVING. AS IN ALOT OF CASES, HAVING TO CARE FOR SOMEONE 24 HOURS A DAY,IT TAKES IT'S TOLL ON A MARRIAGE AND PAT AND DOUG GOT DIVORCED. PAT BECAME VERY ILL AFTER LESLIE'S DEATH AND HAD TO BE PLACED IN A NURSING HOME WHERE SHE PASSED AWAY.
PAT WAS A FRIEND,ONE THAT YOU COULD COUNT ON, ONE TO ALWAYS BE THERE TO HELP ANYONE THAT NEEDED HER. SHE WAS S SMALL PERSON WITH A HUGE HEART AND WAS LOVED BY MANY.I MISS HER VISITS TO DECATUR AND THE SMILE THAT SHE HAD. NO MATTER WAS HAPPENING IN HER LIFE , SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME TO BE A FRIEND IT IS STRANGE HOW YOU MEET SOMEONE WHILE SO YOUNG AND YOU REMAIN THE BEST OF FRIENDS THROUGH SO MANY YEARS, NEVER FORGETTING THE BAD TIMES BUT HOLDING ON TO THE GOOD TIMES. DOUGLAS ANN

10/05/20 02:53 PM #2    

Bob Thomas


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