Name: Smith & Williams Funeral Home/Kempsville
Address: Virginia Beach, VA

THIS IS TO PAY MEMORIES TO YOUR FRIEND
LOTTIE RUTH (SISTER BUNNY) MC MILLIAN, YOUR LIFE LONG FRIEND OF OVER 83 YEARS OF FRIEND SHIP! WHO LEFT THIS EARTH, ONE MONTH AFTER YOU.MAY SHE REST IN PEACE WITH YOU AND HER FAMILY.I MISS HER TOO,WE TALKED ON THE PHONE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH.SO LONG UNTIL WE ALL WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.YOUR BABY BROTHER DONALD (WILL BE 82 THIS YEAR.


To Honor you Jeannie I write this and I know that you've joined our family. All of you will be together again. By you leaving you will be joining our Grandmother Clarissa Wyatt, "Granny" born a slave and set free seven years later in 1865, passed from this life in 1951--93 years old. Our loving and caring Mother who kept us together through all those hard times, always preparing a meal and always saying "There is always room at the table for one more." She gave me the love and respect that I will take to my grave. Women are to be put on a pedestal, to admire. I was a thorn among all of you roses. I was blessed to be among all of you. Our Mother was born in 1891 and passed from this life in 1976, 85 years on this earth. Our sister Pauline Jordan, born 1911, passed from this life in 1937, 26 years old. Mary Williams, sister, born 1913 - passed from this life in 1976, 63 years on this earth. She had the honor to leave with her mother by joining her in death the same day, together to the very end of their lives. Louise Tate, sister, born 1909 passed from this life in 1994, 83 years old. Blanche and Alice, twin sisters, born 1918, passed from this life in l9l9. I am all alone because all of you are together again, but I will say that I am not sad because God has seen that this has happened this way.
 
Hosey and LaRue have honored you and kept you and cared for you. To them I say you loved and cared for her to the very end so don't be sad because she is rejoicing and rejoining her Grandmother, Mother and all of her sisters. 

I called Lottie Ruth, (Sister Bunny) your friend of 83 years, just think, you two have known each other for 83 years and were still talking to each other to the very end. To have known someone for all of those years and still keeping in contact by phone calls, cards and the bond from childhood to adulthood was never broken even as you lived in different states. Sister Bunny shared with me something that I did not know or maybe I had forgotten. She said that you were a Jitter Bugging Sister and was a member of the Girls Dance Club at Dunbar High and that you had danced for a group at the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. We worked at Dan's Venetian Club in the South West end of Mineral Wells, you whipping up those salads. You were also in the A capella choir in High School, old girl you were very versatile, we were together through thick and thin for 80 years.
 
After leaving Chicago you moved to Hobbs, New Mexico with Hosey and our Mother until her death. You were a highly regarded silk presser for Hobbs Cleaners in Hobbs, New Mexico until retiring and moving to Virginia Beach to live with son Hosey, and daughter-in-law, LaRue(top sergeant). LaRue cared for you, took you back and forth to doctors, nursed you back to health from another illness, she helped with your diet. LaRue and Hosey were there with you to the very end at the hospital.
 
So long my baby sister, we will all be together in the next life.
 
To all of your surviving family members, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends do not mourn for Jeannie wish her well on her homegoing. I learned so much from you my baby sister. We will be together again.
 
Thanks for being in my life for the 80 plus wonderful years, until then,
 
Donald (Blondie) 



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 Donald & Cora Jordan & Family, 

Las Vegas, Nevada 


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January 14, 2013

TO HOSEY AND FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOST, BUT EXCITED ABOUT HEAVEN'S GAIN.  SOME SAY AUNT JEANIE IS IN A BETTER PLACE, BUT I SAY SHE'S IN THE BEST AND FINALPLACE.......SHE'S AT HOME!!!! I'M STRIVING TO MEET AUNT JEANNIE, MY MOM AND DAD, M.L.AND LOUISE TATE, BIG MOMMA, AUNT MARY, COUSIN SALLY, GREGORY, MY DAUGHTER, DEBRA SIMON AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY ONE DAY. MUCH LOVE AND GOD'S COMFORT TO YOU AND YOURS.
ELNORA AND DWAYNE SIMON

Mr. Burgess, My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Norma Douglas (Virginia Beach, VA)

I would like to add to my submission... My memories with Aunt Jeannie will always be special to me. I really enjoyed her when she came to visit when I was a kid. She was so much fun. I look back now as an adult and I realize that she was the queen of doing the "little things that matter so much." When she came, we would go for walks every day.  I looked forward to those walks. We would laugh and joke all the way. Getting up and taking walks through the neighborhood is a small thing, but I remember it well.  "A little thing" I know, but it meant the world to me.  I know that she is walking with her family now. Laughing and having a good time.

Hosey and family, I would like to offer my deepest sympathy in the loss of your mother.  I will keep you and your family in my prayers. 
Patricia Brock, Virginia Beach, VA

Dear Aunt Jeannie, my fondest memory is of a visit to Mineral Wells when I was just a child. I remember laughing with you and walking to the corner market to get an ice cream cone on a warm summer night. I also remember listening to country music in our family station wagon when you visited us in Compton. The cards you sent always brought those memories to mind. I cherish your laughter. You will be missed. To Hosey and family, may memories of the good days overshadow the pain of your loss in the coming years. My love and prayers to you. Love Neecy

I remember when we took our first trip to Hobbs New Mexico to visit Aunt Jeannie Aunt Mary and Sally.  It was a long drive but a fun summer.  You could stand on Aunt Jeannies front porch and see Aunt Mary's house.  When she came to visit us in Compton I can see her sitting in the living room laughing until she got tears in her eyes from telling stories of growing up with daddy and Mineral Wells.  What fond memories I have of Aunt Jeannie and deeply saddened by her passing.  Hosey, LaRue and kids, please know that my heart is with you even though my body is not there with you right now.  Take care of yourselves as best you can and know that Aunt Jeannie was loved and cherished by all of us.  Love you guys, Valerie Jordan

JEANNIE
DO YOU REMEMBER YEARS AGO,YOU WERE SEWING AND HAD A PATTERN PINNED TO THE MATERIAL READY FOR CUTTING OUT THE PATTERN,I FELL ACROSS THE BED AND STUCK STRAIGHT PINS IN MY ARMS AND HANDS, I PULLED THEM OUT AND DID NOT FLINCH! AND YOU KNOW WHY , I WAS CLOSE STO BEING DRUNK,THERE WAS NOT ANY PAIN THEN AND THERE'S NONE NOW, BECAUSE THE LORD WANTED YOU TO BE WITH HIM AND THE FAMILY THAT HAS PROCEEDED US,I JUST WANTED TO SPEND THIS TIME WITH YOU, TONIGHT; IT'S 3;15 AM IN LAS VEGAS AND I AM GOING TO LAY DOWN AND TRY TO SLEEP.I AM WITH YOU IN MIND AND SPIRIT.
SO LONG BABY SISTER, REST NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP ON ALL THE HAPPENINGS SINCE YOU SEEN ALL OF YOUR FAMILY.HOSEY AND LARUE AND FAMILY NURSED AND CARED FOR YOU AND WAS THERE WITH YOU TO THE LAST BREATH. HOSEY AND LARUE THANK YOU BOTH FOR LOVING AND CARING FOR MY JEANNIE AND YOUR MOTHER AND MOTHER IN LAW.MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.AND TO ALL THE FAMILY I SAY TO YOU JEANNIE IS IN A BETTER PLACE THAN ALL OF US, SHE HAS GONE HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD.
YOUR BROTHER
DONALD

My wife and I want to send love, support, and our deepest sympathies. I loved my Aunt Jeannie and I will always remember. I will rejoice and celebrate her home going.  I know that the Lord is waiting with open arms for her.

Dear Aunt Jeannie, 

I have always and will always treasture my first memories of you when you visited us at our house in Compton, California. I was so young - the youngest daughter of your youngest sibling, your brother Donald. You talked to me, you spent time with me and always treated me like I was special to you.  Thank you for this.   Thank you for sending your same special love to my husband Bill and my children - your great-niece Norah and your great-nephew Henry.
Thank you for telling me the stories of our family.

My love and respect to you forever.
Lorraine Jordan Tallakson & Family

To Honor you  Jeannie I write this and I know that you've joined our family.  All of you will be together again.  By you leaving you will be joining our Grandmother Clarissa Wyatt, "Granny"  born a slave and set free seven years later in 1865, passed from this life in 1951--93 years old.  Our loving and caring Mother who kept us together through all those hard times, always preparing a meal and always saying "There is always room at the table for one more."  She gave me the love and respect that I will take to my grave.  Women are to be put on a pedestal, to admire.  I was a thorn among all of you roses.  I was blessed to be among all of you.  Our Mother was born in 1891 and passed from this life in 1976, 85 years on this earth.  Our sister Pauline Jordan, born 1911, passed from this life in 1937, 26 years old.  Mary Williams, sister, born 1913 - passed from this life in 1976, 63 years on this earth.  She had the honor to leave with her mother by joining her in death the same day, together to the very end of their lives. Louise Tate, sister,  born 1909 passed from this life in 1994, 83 years old.  Blanche and Alice, twin sisters, born 1918, passed from this life in l9l9.  I am all alone because all of you are together again, but I will say that I am not sad because God has seen that this has happened this way.
 
Hosey and LaRue have honored you and kept you and cared for you. To them I say you loved and cared for her to the very end so don't be sad  because she is rejoicing and rejoining her Grandmother, Mother and  all of her sisters. 

I called Lottie Ruth, (Sister Bunny) your friend of 83 years, just think, you two have known each other for 83 years and were still talking to each other to the very end. To have known someone for all of those years and still keeping in contact by phone calls, cards and the bond from childhood to adulthood was never broken even as you lived in different states.  Sister Bunny shared with me something that I did not know or maybe I had forgotten.  She said that you were a Jitter Bugging Sister and was a member of the Girls Dance Club at Dunbar High and that you had danced for a group at the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. We worked at Dan's Venetian Club in the South West end of Mineral Wells, you whipping up those salads. You were also in the A capella choir in High School, old girl you were very versatile, we were together through thick and thin for 80 years.
 
After leaving Chicago you moved to Hobbs, New Mexico with Hosey and our Mother until her death.  You were a highly regarded silk presser for Hobbs Cleaners in Hobbs, New Mexico until retiring and moving to Virginia Beach to live with son Hosey, and daughter-in-law, LaRue(top sergeant).  LaRue cared for you, took you back and forth to doctors, nursed you back to health from another illness,  she  helped with your diet.  LaRue and Hosey were there with you to the very end at the hospital.
 
So long my baby sister, we will all  be together in the next life.
 
To all of your surviving family members, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends do not mourn for Jeannie wish her well on her homegoing. I learned so much from you my baby sister.  We will be together again.
 
Thanks for being in my life for the 80 plus wonderful years, until then,
 
Donald (Blondie)

Hosey,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Hosey,
Please allow me to offer my deepest sympathy at this difficult time. You are in my family's prayers.

Hosey & family, 
My deepest sympathies in the loss of your Mother. I am thinking of you and wish you peace in knowing she has a special place in your heart.

My Great-Aunt Jeanie, I met you for the first time when Mama Lousie took Rodger and I to Mineral Wells to spend the summer with the family. that was one of the best summers of my life. Big Mama, Auntie Etta, Auntie Mary, cousin Sally and all of my cousins. You chased us down to get a kiss and always showed your nieces and nephews lots of love whenever we were with you..Summers in Hobbs were no different. You played your country and western music in the car and at home. I know you are in a much better place, at home with the Lord.. I am so glad that Cindy, Auntie Chris and I were able to spend some time with you. You will be sorely missed by your family, but we know through Gods promise we will see you again.

Hosey & family,
My husband and I would like to express our deepest sympathy in the loss of your mother.  We pray that the Lord gives you comfort and peace.

OBITUARY

Barbara Jean Burgess

9 October, 1929 – 9 January, 2013

Smith & Williams Funeral Home/Kempsville

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