LIFE IS NOT MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF BREATHS THAT WE TAKE, BUT BY THE MOMENTS THAT TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY...This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Clyde Bryant Messer Jr. who was born in West Virginia on April 3, 1949 and passed away on November 19, 2003 at the age of 54. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
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My Dear loved ones,
These words I wish to say,
I went to be with JESUS,
and here is where I will stay.
My pain and sturggle is over;
I'll rest in peace today.
Although I know you'll grieve for me,
Be strong, for it's Okay.
I'm now at home here in HEAVEN,
Where there's everlasting light.
I'm in the arns of JESUS,
Holding on to me so tight.
Please try to carry on with your life,
for there's still work to be done.
Someday you'll be rewarded
And meet GOD's only son.
He came himself to meet me,
Oh what a glorious sight !
When he put his arms around me,
And I saw a beaming light.
When your life on earth is over,
Then he will call you home.
It's then you will truely see,
The joy that's yet to come.
I will be there to greet you when JESUS brings you home with me.
Love Clyde
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GOD LOOKED AROUND HIS GARDEN AND FOUND AN EMPTY PLACE.
HE THEN LOOKED DOWN UPON HIS EARTH ANS SAW YOUR LOVING FACE.
HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU AND LIFTED YOU TO REST.
HIS GARDEN MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST.
HE KNEW YOU WERE SUFFERING, HE KNEW YOU WERE IN PAIN.
HE KNEW YOU WOULD NEVER GET WELL HERE ON EARTH.
HE SAW YOUR PATH WAS DIFFICULT, HE CLOSED YOUR TIRED EYES, AND WHISPERED "PEACE BE THINE" AND GAVE YOU WINGS TO FLY.
WHEN WE SAW YOU SLEEPING SO CALM AND FREE OF PAIN, WE WOULD NOT WISH YOU BACK TO EARTH TO SUFFER ONCE AGAIN.
YOU'VE LEFT US PRECIOUS MEMORIES, YOUR LOVE WILL BE OUR GUIDE, YOU LIVE ON THROUGH US, YOUR ALWAYS BY OUR SIDE.
IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO LOSE YOU, BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE, FOR PART OF US WENT WITH YOU ON THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME.
YOU ARE LOVED AND GREATLY MISSED..........
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NOVEMBER 19, 2003, THAT WAS THE DAY YOU PASSED AWAY. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.
WE WILL REMEMBER ALL THE BAD NIGHTS THAT YOU DIDN'T SLEEP, ALL THE MEDICINES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN, AND ALL THE TEARS THAT WE CRIED. HOW DO YOU FEEL? HOW DO YOU REST AT NIGHT AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF PAIN? AND WHEN YOU FEEL LONELY WHO DO YOU TALK TO ?
WE MISS YOU AND HOPE YOU DO NOT FEEL ALL THE PAINS, THAT YOU ONCE DELT WITH, BUT THE FACT THAT WE MISS YOU IS OUR ONLY SORROW, BUT FOR MOM WHO LOOKS AT YOUR PICTURE EVERNIGHT AND CRIES FOR YOU. NOT ONLY DID SHE LOSE HER HUSBAND, BUT SHE LOST HER BEST FRIEND THE NIGHT GOD TOOK YOU TO BE WITH HIM.
YOUR MEMORY IS STILL DEEP INSIDE OUR HEARTS, MINDS, AND SOULS, BUT FOR ALL THE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TO COME, THEY WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT A GREAT MAN YOU WERE.
WE MISS YOU AND WE KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER US EVERYDAY...
YOUR MEMORY IS OUR INHERITANCE NOW.... WE LOVE YOU DAD......
YOU WERE GONE BEFORE WE KNEW IT,
WITH NO TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE;
YOU GAVE US NO SIGN OR WARNING,
AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY.
NOW YOU'RE UP IN HEAVEN.
AND RIDING WITH THE BEST.
FAR UP ABOVE OUR HEADS,
WAY UP IN THE SKY, YOU REST.
WE MISS YOU VERY DEARLY,
BUT THAT MUCH YOU ALREADY KNOW.
WE THINK OF YOU EVERYDAY,
RAIN, SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW.
WITHOUT YOU HERE
THE SADNESS IS VERY RIFE.
OUR LIVES LOST SOME JOY
THE DAY YOU LOST YOUR LIFE.
I MISS YOUR LAUGHTER, FUN AND GENTLENESS.
I MISS THE THINGS I USED TO DO FOR YOU.
I MISS THE TIME, NOW FILLED WITH EMPTINESS,
WHEN EACH DAY WAS A STAGE FOR SOMETHING NEW.
I MISS YOUR LOVE, THOUGH MINE FOR YOU REMAINS,
A PASSION WITH NO OUTLET TO THE SEA,
A TEARDROP IN A DESERT, THAT CONTAINS
WHAT'S LEFT OF MY MATERNAL ECSTASY.
I MISS YOUR PRESENCE, LIKE A SILENT CHORD
THAT ANCHORED EVEN SOLITUDE IN GRACE.
I MISS, FOR MY LOVE'S LABOR, THE REWARD
OF SEEING SOME SMALL PLEASURE IN YOUR FACE.
ALL THESE I MISS, AND YET THEY ARE ALL HERE
WITHIN MY HEART, FAR MORE THAN I BEAR.
PLEASE LEAVE ANY CONDOLENCES OR SHARED MEMORIES BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLYDE'S SITE. OR ANY THOUGHTS YOU MAY HAVE.
PLEASE LIT A CANDLE BEFORE YOU LEAVE EVEN IF JUST PASSING BY THE SITE.
