holly
Joined: 05/21/2007
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Mike Lester's Cartoons
05/21/2007 02:36:07 PM
Mike, I am Jill Alford's older sister, so I grew up in Rome also. With four of the nine siblings living in other states quite far away from Georgia, I was so thankful everyone was there for Jill and our precious niece and nephews. We are still numb over what happened to Kirk. I can't imagine how Jill, Nathan, Sarah, and Marcus feel. But to see the overwhelming outpouring of love shown by the community the evening of the visitation - over 5 hours of familiar and unfamiliar faces - we, as a family, are grateful for the tribute paid to him through your cartoon. The morning of the funeral, I sat at my mom's as we read the paper. When she turned the page, saw your cartoon, and showed it to me, after she said, "Oh, my!", we sat there speechless and teary eyed. My mom then said, "That's just awesome." Thank you, Mike. Thank you so much. I told my sister later that I really wish I'd verbally told Kirk how glad I was that he'd married my sister. They were truly best of friends, and we know that nothing was more important to him than his relationship with The Lord, as well as his wife and children. I envy those of you who knew him even better than I. But I do know he was quite a remarkable man. We really appreciate what you did for our family. - Holly Eccles, Sapulpa, OK