Jane Cameron Sizemore

Our Mom,Jane Cameron Sizemore, passed from this life to the

next on August 7, 2011 at River Landing. She was 94, a believer in and

follower of Jesus. She is joined fully in His life now.

Mom was born in Rochester, New York on July 1,1917. She grew

up there with her late younger brother, Dr. Donald Cameron, and her

adopted sister,the late Helen Burness. She graduated from Keuka

college in upstate New York and later married our Dad, the late Frank

Julian Sizemore,Jr. of High Point, who was serving in the Navy bomb

disposal squad in World War II. She birthed three baby boomers,Lynne

Cameron(1944), Frank Julian III(Trip)(1946) and Donald

Farish(Don)(1952). Lynne lives in Raleigh, Trip in Greensboro, and Don

in Lexington, Kentucky.

To say Mom lived an active life is an understatement. Besides

full time mothering,she was active at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church

all her life,serving with special interest in the Youth programs and

Sunday School administration. Her loyalty and service to friends was

unmatched. She always put an emphasis also on befriending the

individual wayfarer, welcoming exchange students,traveling authors and

salesmen into her home. She knew no barrier of faith, race or

station,enjoying God's creation in each one. She also had an enduring

interest in the arts, loving the symphonies,lectures,operas and theatre which were so much a part of her life in High Point. She and Dad passed onto their children the love of great literature and the arts. Garden clubs, book clubs, the Junior League, Emerywood Country Club, the High Point Museum, the Shakespeare Festival, and Bible Study Fellowship all benefited, along with many other non-profits, from her zeal for participation and volunteerism. She was also a constant presence in the schools as a substitute teacher which fulfilled another of her passions for being around and helping young people.

She loved the outdoors,especially lakes ,oceans and trails.

She and Dad shared a passion for tennis and she was an avid walker.

She enjoyed the variety in world cuisines as well as the hot dog in

the form a New York white hot piled high with onions,mustard,pickle

relish and coleslaw. She meticulously watched her weight so that she

could eat whatever she wanted. Later in life,she partnered with Dad in furniture sales,enjoying the business end and travel. In fact,seeing

the world was a passion and that desire certainly gained a life in

Lynne. Mom pushed Dad to take a two month family cross country driving

tour when we were young which we have never forgotten. She had vision

and energy in every facet of life and tremendous involvement in the

lives of her eight grandchildren,engaging them in dramas,reading and

play from the earliest possible time. She was always ready to help her

daughters-in law with the kids,never putting her own convenience

first. She looked and lived ten years younger than her actual age.

She spent the last decade of her life first at The

Presbyterian Home of High Point and then at River Landing. Due to

short term memory loss,she spent the last years in the Memory Care

section of River Landing,but as Dorothea and the others who cared for

her will attest,she was always ready for the next activity and

continued her walking regimen. They all became friends of hers.

Blessedly,she always recognized and communicated with us right up to

her death.

Her faith in Jesus,as the Christ,was a constant throughout

her life and her most important generational legacy. She is survived

by her three children,her daughters-in-law Laura Frazier Sizemore of

Greensboro and Carolyn Hawthorne Sizemore of Lexington,Kentucky. Her

eight grand children, Mrs. Frazier Buck, Anna Laura Sizemore, Frank

Julian Sizemore IV, Jane Cameron Sizemore, Mrs. Mary Grace Rivera, all

of Greensboro; Seth Hawthorne Sizemore, Danielle Stembridge Sizemore

and Isaac Cameron Sizemore, all of Lexington,Kentucky; her two great

grandchildren, Kason Alexander Rivera and Aliyah Grace Rivera of

Greensboro; two nephews, Donald Cameron, of Providence Rhode Island,

and Jeffrey Cameron of Wilmington,North Carolina.

Memorials may be sent to: Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, High

Point Community Concert, or N.C. Shakespeare Festival.

A Memorial service will be held at River Landing in the Multi Purpose Room on Thursday, August 11th at 10:00 a.m. officiated by the Reverend Steve Lynam.

Please share your condolences with the family at www.sechrestfunerals.com. .

Bless you, Mom. You are the best.