> This was in my local paper today, thought you guys would find this
> interesting.
> Barb
>
> Mary Sue Davis
> FORT WORTH -- Mary Sue Davis, 75, died Friday, Sept. 3, 1999, in Fort
Worth.
>
> Memorial service: was Sunday, Sept. 5, at Stonegate.
>
> Mary Sue Davis was born Feb. 16, 1924, in Washington, D. C.
>
> For Mary Sue Davis, life was a poem. Severely disabled with cerebral
palsy,
> she typed with one finger on an ancient electric typewriter and turned out
> poems of exceptional beauty and joy. She had poems published on greeting
> cards and in poetry books.
>
> Mary Sue was 75 when she died, but she seemed much younger. Her body may
> have been bent, but her mind was clear as a bell. She could out-talk you
any
> day. It didn't matter that you didn't always understand her. Her intention
> of love and laughter was clear. Her favorite expression was, "Oh, Boy!"
>
> For much of her life, she lived in her beloved home in Maplewood, N.J.,
with
> her mother, Elizabeth McGhee Davis, and her brother, Jack. Upon their
death,
> her sister, Ann Richter, brought her to Texas. She lived first at Alta
Mesa
> Nursing Center, and later at Stonegate Nursing Center.
>
> Her adored roommate of 10 years, Deborah Stanford, also has cerebral
palsy.
> They have given and received much love in both nursing homes, especially
> from their dear friends, Sylvia Chancellor, Sherri, Doris, and Janette.
>
> A memorial service was held Sept. 5, at Stonegate for Mary Sue. Present
were
> her niece and family, Leanna Thompson; nephew, Bob Richter and family;
niece
> from New York, Ellen Solymosy and family; and also her sister, Ann, who
> quotes Mary Sue's poem:
>
> "`Missing You"
>
>
> I looked inside my heart today
>
> to see what I could see
>
> And all I found were
>
> thoughts of you and
>
> missing you was me."'
>
> By: Mary Sue Davis
>
> Baumgardner Funeral Home
> 3704 Highway 377 S., 731-8400
>
>
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