Christian Heritage Poem by Ray James

GREAT GRANNY WAS MY FAIR LADY BORN IN 1906
WHO CARED FOR THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
VIRGINIA MAE LANE WAS HER NAME.

HER PARENTS WERE LULA AND PHILIP DAVIS
AND SHE WAS A VICTORY IN MANY EYES.
WE GIVE HER ALL THE JOY
AND PEACE IN THE NEXT LIFE.

WE ASK THAT SHE SHED SOME LIGHT
FROM HEAVEN OF ALL THE VICTIMS
FROM THE PAST WHO MOVED FROM TENNESSEE
WITH SIBLINGS WHO WERE TEMPORARY ORPHANS
AND WITHOUT A FATHER AT AGE 12.

SHE TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE LORD WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER
BECAUSE THERE WAS
NOONE ELSE LIKE HER OF HER KIND FAITH.

A LADY FROM OLIVER SPRINGS, TN
WHO CARED FOR ALL HER SIBLINGS
WHO BUILT THE FIRST NURSING HOME
HERE IN THE 50'S IN WICHITA FALLS.

WHO WORKED ALONG SIDE HER SISTER
BERNICE MARIE DAVIS, A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR HER FOND MEMORIES
SHE BROUGHT. SHE STUDY THE BIBLE
AND CARED FOR THOSE WHO SHE TOUCHED.
SHE LIVES ON JUST LIKE THE RUGGED CROSS
DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AND HER HERITAGE
SHEDDING LIGHT TO THOSE IN NEED.

A LADY OF ADMIRATION,
A LADY OF WILL POWER,
A LADY OF AGE 12,
WHO CARED FOR HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WAS THE KINDEST OLD LADY I HAD EVER MET.
EVERYONE CALLED HER AUNT VIRGIE.

WHO HAD SPOKEN TO ME SEVERAL YEARS BACK
AND IN MY DREAMS. DON'T WORK YOURSELF TOO HARD,
SONNY RAY, YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH WORK IN THIS LIFE.
WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER YOU FOR ALONG TIME.
LET THE US GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
AWARD YOU FOR KEEPING NATO AND AMERICA STRONG.

SHE WAS A LOVER OF PEOPLE
WHO LOVED HER CHURCH DEARLY.
WHO GREW IN FAITH AND SPIRIT EVEYDAY
BY USING HEALING HANDS AND PRAYER.

SHE HAD SPOKEN TO ME IN MY DREAMS
SHE SAID GREAT SONNY RAY JAMES
WHERE GOING TO REMEMBER YOU
FOR ALONG TIME.
FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE
TO HELP THIS COUNTRY.
SHE DIED ON JANUARY 9TH 2004.

MY MOM BETTY LILE
HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HER
AND HER WORKING WITH BERNICE MARIE DAVIS
JUST LIKE THE LANE'S HER OFFSPRING.
YOU SEE MY GRANDMOTHER BERNICE
NEVER HAD A BAD WORD TO SAY ABOUT PEOPLE.

WE ARE TRACES OF THE HATFIELD'S AND DAVIS'S
FROM OLIVER SPRINGS, TN
WHO NOW COME TOGETHER AND RECOLLECTION
WITH THE HERITAGE WE BRING.
GIVE THANKS TOO THE LORD
WHO BRINGS PEACE IN THE NEW YEAR
FOR THE LANE'S, LILE'S AND JAMES'S.

TAG: YOU SEE IN THE YEAR 2017
WE NEVER GIVE UP HELPING THOSE IN NEED.