SARAH ELIZABETH AMEY

On Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sarah Elizabeth Amey peacefully transitioned from this life to sit at the feet of Jesus, her personal Lord and Savior. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, friend and lover of God. A homegoing celebration was held in Colorado Spring, Colo., on Friday, Aug. 15, at Solid Rock Christian Church. Born to James Henry and Sarah Anderson on July 8, 1962, in Brownwood, Texas, she is survived by her parents; her husband, Marshall Derek; son, Marshall Jarreau; and daughter, Sarah Chanel. She is also survived by eight siblings who admired and adored Sarah from her infancy - big brother, Donald Anderson, and wife, Sharon, of Midland, Texas; big sister, Phillis Woods, of San Angelo, Texas; big brother, James Edwin, and wife, Pamela, of Grand Prairie, Texas; big sister, Marcia, and husband, Alvin Wills, of Dallas, Texas; big sister, Lisa, and husband, Billy Hill, of Florence, Miss.; little sisters, Deloris, and husband, Earnest, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Linda and husband, Zebedee King, of San Antonio, Texas; and little brother, Terrance Anderson, of San Angelo, Texas. She also has a host of nieces and nephews, uncles, aunts and cousins, as well as an extended family at the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ where she served for many years. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, John Henry and Mary Ella Blount of Edenton, N.C., and paternal grandparents, Virgil and Fanny Anderson of Brownwood, Texas. Sarah's life was filled with working, comforting and loving others. Even as a humble child, she would often step forward and say "Daddy, I did it, I'll take the punishment" - not wanting any of her siblings to get into trouble. She carried that love for others into nursing and home care facilities as an occupational therapist assistant. She loved caring for the elderly and had a reputation for caring for the homeless, the rejected, those without families or lacking basic creature comforts - those were the people Sarah most enjoyed helping. She literally lived the word of God - feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, comforting those who mourned and loving her neighbors while loving God. Sarah's life is celebrated as a faith walk - a life in which she honored God and encouraged all who knew her to do the same. She certainly walked by faith as she carried the Olympic Torch for the 2000 winter Olympics - just one of her memorable accomplishments. During a celebration last November, in which the Anderson children dedicated a song to their parents, soft-spoken Sarah belted out the words of a song entitled "Because the Lord is My Shepherd." She sang that the Lord had restored her failing health - words that brought tears of joy to her siblings who remembered how the prayer of faith brought her back from the brink of death in July of the same year when she weighed nearly eighty pounds. The song had new and personal meaning as we watched her standing there weighing over 130 pounds. One of her favorite sayings during her courageous fight against cancer was, "I'm blessed." Sarah never complained. How blessed we are for having been touched by her life. The name "Sarah" means "Princess," and when asked of several family members to describe or define the word princess, they replied "beautiful, elegant, royal, innocent, humble, caring, loving, Sarah. She will always be our Princess. To all of our friends and extended family members, we thank you for remembering our Princess, for your thoughts and especially your prayers and for all the cards, plants and expressions of sympathy. We encourage you to be comforted in knowing that "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Psalms 116:15 THE MANSION OF HEAVEN This world, however beautiful, was never meant to be The place that we would call our home for all eternity. And though we would not choose to leave, A loving God knows best, And in His time, He lifts us to a place of peace and rest. For He has built a mansion where His children will abide, Free from pain and sorrow, forever at His side. He said He'd never leave us to face our trials alone, And though sometimes we fail Him, He never fails His own. And when our choices are less than He would ask, He knows when human courage is equal to the task. We cannot judge what happens, Though tears and questions start, We only see what's visible God sees into the heart And though there may be many things That we cannot explain, We can be sure it breaks His heart To see His children's pain. In His loving arms, He bears us to a quiet place apart Where He mends the wounded spirit And heals the broken heart. And though these ones we love so much Have left our present sight And passed into a better world Of majesty and light, Someday we'll be together In our Father's home above, Where we'll thank Him for His mercy And praise Him for His love. By Ann Porter

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