Canon John writes....
I have just taken Mary’s funeral at Worthing crematorium. The weather was almost as one would wish it to be – bright sun, not too hot, birds singing and building nests. But it was not a normal funeral. We were not allowed a great throng of people, only close family and friends, all spaced out. It was not a funeral as we would have wanted it for such a valued member of our congregation, one who had been with us since David Brown’s days. Of course I learnt things about Mary I hadn’t known before. That is always the way. Her daughters and son-in-law spoke very fulsomely about her life and her unique character. She had a brilliant career as a nurse at Worthing Hospital until her problems with her two brain haemorrhages and the blindness which followed, which she overcame. Her grandchildren loved her, and one, Macy, sang a Leonard Cohen song for her grandmother. Terry was very much part of her life, and her daughters reflected that in what they said. Terry and Mary married quietly not so long ago in New Zealand, having known and loved each other for decades. We started the service with ‘Morning has broken’ by Cat Stephens and finished with Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’. We sang ‘Angel voices ever singing’ and ‘All things bright and beautiful’. I missed Mary’s hand gestures. In fact there are a lot of things that I shall miss now that Mary has gone to a greater light and joy and peace. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. Amen.
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